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</b>David &amp; Alison Webster<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January --Apple-Mail-1DED0C36-20CA-47EE-8942-910361348BF4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all=20 I hope I am not passing on mis-information. For some reason thought that thi= s is why flickers in winter are often found where there is bayberry but I am= now not 100% sure of this. Certainly other birds such as late yellow-rumpe= d (myrtle) warblers and I think tree swallows can be found in these area Well I just did a Google and indeed both red-bellied woodpeckers and flicker= s like bayberry. Apparently they have a very high fat content.=20 Cheers l Ken Ken McKenna Box 218 =20 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 > On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:29 PM, katefsteele@gmail.com wrote: >=20 > That also explains the flicker or two that were seen several times at Gran= d Desert Beach last winter where there is hardly a tree. I hadn't put much t= hought into why they were at that location! >=20 > Kate >=20 >=20 >=20 > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network. > From: Keith Lowe > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:15 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... >=20 > Liking bayberry would explain their presence at Rainbow Haven then. There a= re at least 4 =E2=80=93 6 of them wintering there this year. > =20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]= On Behalf Of Ken McKenna > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:37 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... > =20 > Hi all=20 > In Pictou co. Most overwintering flickers are near sources of bayberry and= here that is often near the shore like caribou I , Melmerby pp and big I.=20= > This year on Pictou hbr Cbc the Vines had 6-7 flickers nicely decorating o= ne tree near the entrance of Pictou hbr and in the middle a red-bellied wood= pecker. The odd one shows up elsewhere like Pictou town which is coastal in a= way. We rarely have missed getting a number of flickers on this count in t= he nearly 25 years of my doing this count.=20 > =20 > On the Springville count which runs an inland tangent from the Pictou hbr c= ount we rarely get flickers- not a lot of inland bayberry. My thoughts anyw= ay for what it is worth.=20 > =20 > Cheers > Ken >=20 > Ken McKenna > Box 218 =20 > Stellarton > NS B0K 1S0 > =20 >=20 > On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:16 PM, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> w= rote: >=20 > Hi Keith, > I have not seen one of these plots before; very impressive. What is th= e difference between a blue balloon and a red one ? Assuming the pointed end= is the location marker, nearly all are near salt water or in the warmer end= of the Annapolis Valley (when viewed at large scale); suggests aversion to c= old. > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Keith Lowe > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:19 AM > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... > =20 > Hi Ron, > =20 > Welcome to the list. > =20 > Northern Flickers are in range for overwintering in the western half of th= e Nova Scotia mainland. > =20 > You=E2=80=99ll have to zoom in but this map shows eBirded Northern Flicker= s in Jan/Feb for the last 10 years. Click on =E2=80=9CShow Points Sooner=E2=80= =9D on the right side of the page. > =20 > http://ebird.org/ebird/map/norfli?neg=3Dtrue&env.minX=3D&env.minY=3D&env.m= axX=3D&env.maxY=3D&zh=3Dfalse&gp=3Dfalse&ev=3DZ&mr=3Don&bmo=3D1&emo=3D2&yr=3D= last10&byr=3D2005&eyr=3D2015 > =20 > Keith Lowe > Halifax > =20 > =20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]= On Behalf Of Ron Wilson > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:31 AM > To: Nature NS > Subject: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... > =20 > ok - its just a play on words..... > =20 > We've been hosting a Northern Flicker at our feeders this winter. > Yesterday my wife Heather heard a noise in the back yard and looked out to= see TWO Northern Flickers battling for a spot on our suet feeder.=20 > =20 > It seems odd to me that Flickers are now overwintering in the Maritimes. > Maybe it is a new climate change trend or perhaps they have always been ca= pable of withstanding our cold temps but never had such an abundant winter f= ood source like they do now, given all the feeding stations around. > =20 > Ron Wilson > Somerset/Berwick NS=20 > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4273/9019 - Release Date: 01/29/15 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-1DED0C36-20CA-47EE-8942-910361348BF4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Hi all </div><div>I hope I am not= passing on mis-information. For some reason thought that this is why flicke= rs in winter are often found where there is bayberry but I am now not 100% s= ure of this. Certainly other birds such as late yellow-rumped (myrtle)= warblers and I think tree swallows can be found in these area</div><div><br= ></div><div>Well I just did a Google and indeed both red-bellied woodpeckers= and flickers like bayberry. Apparently they have a very high fat content.&n= bsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers l</div><div>Ken<br><br>Ken McKenna<div>= Box 218 </div><div>Stellarton</div><div>NS B0K 1S0</div><div><br></div= ></div><div><br>On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:29 PM, <a href=3D"mailto:katefsteele@g= mail.com">katefsteele@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"= cite"><div><div style=3D"width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calib= ri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; b= ackground-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">That also explains the flicker or two t= hat were seen several times at Grand Desert Beach last winter where there is= hardly a tree. I hadn't put much thought into why they were at that locatio= n!</div><div style=3D"width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri,= 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; back= ground-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style=3D"width: 100%; font= -size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-ser