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--Apple-Mail-9-926867709 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed I too have seen almost no pine siskins for a long time (with rare =20 exceptions and just tiny numbers), and my Niger seed has been eaten =20 very rarely; but a neighbor of mine just a couple of lots to the =20 north had lots of siskins and redpolls with goldfinches last winter? =20 or the winter before, and I had very few of them with few Niger =20 eaters. And for some reason my yard just doesn't attract large =20 numbers of goldfinches. Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Shouty McShoutsalot <desolatechair@gmail.com> > Date: February 4, 2014 10:12:24 AM AST > To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Pine Siskins > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Bought a 40 pound bag of Nyjer a few years ago and still have half =20 > of it. With the exception of Canada Jays, which I've never had, =20 > compared to say 5 years ago the above are all quite rare in my back =20= > yard as well these days. Haven't seen a Sisken in several years. > > > On 4 February 2014 07:21, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> =20 > wrote: > Ten years ago, siskins were a winter regular down here on Wyman =20 > Road. Haven=92t seen one here for three or four years. > > > > One more species, I fear, to join Canada jays, evening grosbeaks, =20 > boreal chickadees, purple finches, house sparrows =85 > > > > Gee, when I was really young, even pine grosbeaks ere not unusual! > > > > And cardinals and turkey vultures are normal visitors down here. > > > > The times, they are a changin=92. > > > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-=20 > owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of James Hirtle > Sent: February-03-14 10:09 PM > To: Naturens Naturens > Subject: [NatureNS] Pine Siskins > > > > I received an email today from John Glanville of Petite Riviere =20 > letting me know that seven pine siskins had arrived from nowhere. =20 > I personally have not seen a pine siskin myself all winter with a =20 > lot of birding. Hopefully they will hang in that area until the =20 > weekend. > > James R. Hirtle > Bridgewater > > > > > > --=20 > Jamie Simpson > Hantsport, NS --Apple-Mail-9-926867709 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> I too have seen almost no pine siskins for a long time (with rare = exceptions and just tiny numbers), and my Niger seed has been eaten very = rarely; but a neighbor of mine just a couple of lots to the north had = lots of siskins and redpolls with goldfinches last winter? or the winter = before, and I had very few of them with few Niger eaters. And for some = reason my yard just doesn't attract large numbers of goldfinches. = Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Shouty McShoutsalot <<a = href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com">desolatechair@gmail.com</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">February 4, 2014 10:12:24 AM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">naturens <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Pine = Siskins</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = dir=3D"ltr">Bought a 40 pound bag of Nyjer a few years ago and still = have half of it. With the exception of Canada Jays, which I've = never had, compared to say 5 years ago the above are all quite rare in = my back yard as well these days. Haven't seen a Sisken in = several years.</div> <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div = class=3D"gmail_quote">On 4 February 2014 07:21, John and Nhung <span = dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca" = target=3D"_blank">nhungjohn@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> = <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 = .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang=3D"EN-CA" = link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span = style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif= ";color:#1f497d">Ten years ago, siskins were a winter regular down = here on Wyman Road. Haven=92t seen one here for three or four = years. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span = style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif= ";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><span = style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif= "