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--Apple-Mail-12-660973951 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: February 26, 2014 11:39:04 AM AST > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] recent nature re feeders & yard > > FEB. 24, 2014 - Today again I saw at least 4 robins briefly in our > yard. > > FEB. 25, 2014 - Many more robins in our neighborhood today, at > least 25 seen at once but probably many more actually. Our male > cardinal was with them at one point, and I think they were all > after multiflora rose hips, which are very abundant in our > neighborhood and throughout Wolfville. > > FEB. 26, 2014 - Our feeders were visited by a female flicker > (regular), our pair (m,f) of cardinals (mentioned here because I > have not been seeing them much lately), 4+ chickadees, 4-6 > pheasants (2 separate cocks + 3 or more hens), 2 song sparrows, 5 > or more white-throated sparrows, 2 juncos, up to 3 goldfinches, 2+ > mourning doves (up to 10 or so sometimes), 1-2 downy woodpeckers, a > few starlings, 3 crows, 2 blue jays, and occasionally a white- > breasted nuthatch. We still have a regular red squirrel, and, > happily, no recent sightings of our 2 Norway rats. > > Speaking of squirrels, recently Brenda Thexton in east Wolfville > reported that she and her "kids" Dianne & Bob occasionally see a > large squirrel like a gray squirrel that is coloured dark brown or > gray-brown, not the normal gray or black pelages. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-12-660973951 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <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">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></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 26, 2014 11:39:04 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">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>></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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] recent nature re = feeders & yard</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b>FEB. 24, 2014 </b>- Today = again I saw at least 4<b> robins</b> briefly in our = yard.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 16px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 19px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica"><b>FEB. 25, 2014 </b>- Many more<b> robins</b> in our = neighborhood today, at least 25 seen at once but probably many more = actually. Our male<b> cardinal </b>was with them at one point, and = I think they were all after multiflora rose hips, which are very = abundant in our neighborhood and throughout Wolfville.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 19px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 16.0px Helvetica"><b>FEB. = 26, 2014 </b>- <b>Our feeders</b> were visited by a female<b> = flicker</b> (regular), our pair (m,f) of <b>cardinals</b> (mentioned = here because I have not been seeing them much lately), 4+ chickadees, = 4-6 pheasants (2 separate cocks + 3 or more hens), 2 song sparrows, 5 or = more white-throated sparrows, 2 juncos, up to 3 goldfinches, 2+ mourning = doves (up to 10 or so sometimes), 1-2 downy woodpeckers, a few = starlings, 3 crows, 2 blue jays, and occasionally a <b>white-breasted = nuthatch</b>. We still have a regular<b> red squirrel</b>, and, = happily, no recent sightings of our 2 <b>Norway = rats.</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 16px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 19px; "><b></b><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 16px;"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 16.0px Helvetica">Speaking of squirrels, recently Brenda Thexton in east = Wolfville rep