next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects
-top-color:rgb(181 --047d7bd6b35c409d18050ddea7f6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 hi folks, Some more thoughts on finding patterns in our eBird data for NS. The density of birders/eBirders/checklists closely mirrors our population density which is coastal. This subset of the Northern Flicker data matches checklist densities quite well. Not suggesting that there is no coastal connection, just that we have some big blinds spots in our eBird data to get past! I've passed along a map for Richard to post showing the Northern Flicker data we're looking at, overlaid on the density of eBird checklists in NS (dark black = highest checklist densities; zoom in to see detail). Anywhere there is a non-white pixel we have submitted a checklist. This is based on coordinates provided with checklists so does not take into account what the area covered for each checklist was. Speaking of eBird blind spots, maybe we could hold an eBird (friendly) competition to try and fill in some of these gaps... cheers, James. On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Eric Mills <E.Mills@dal.ca> wrote: > Only a few birds have the enzymes (lipases) to digest the bayberry wax. > > Eric > > Eric L. Mills > Lower Rose Bay > Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia > Canada > *From: *Ken McKenna > *Sent: *Thursday, January 29, 2015 21:57 > *To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Reply To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject: *Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... > > Hi all > I hope I am not passing on mis-information. For some reason thought that > this 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-rumped (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 > flickers like bayberry. Apparently they have a very high fat content. > > Cheers l > Ken > > Ken McKenna > Box 218 > Stellarton > NS B0K 1S0 > > > On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:29 PM, katefsteele@gmail.com wrote: > > That also explains the flicker or two that 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 location! > > Kate > > > > 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 .... > > Liking bayberry would explain their presence at Rainbow Haven then. > There are at least 4 - 6 of them wintering there this year. > > > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [ > mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <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 .... > > > > Hi all > > 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. > > This year on Pictou hbr Cbc the Vines had 6-7 flickers nicely decorating > one tree near the entrance of Pictou hbr and in the middle a red-bellied > woodpecker. 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 the nearly 25 years of my doing this count. > > > > On the Springville count which runs an inland tangent from the Pictou hbr > count we rarely get flickers- not a lot of inland bayberry. My thoughts > anyway for what it is worth. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > Ken McKenna > > Box 218 > > Stellarton > > NS B0K 1S0 > > > > > On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:16 PM, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > wrote: > > Hi Keith, > > I have not seen one of these plots before; very impressive. What is > the 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 cold. > > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> > > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > *Sent:* Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:19 AM > > *Subject:* RE: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... > > > > Hi Ron, > > > > Welcome to the list. > > > > Northern Flickers are in range for overwintering in the western half of > the Nova Scotia mainland. > > > > You'll have to zoom in but this map shows eBirded Northern Flickers in > Jan/Feb for the last 10 years. Click on "Show Points Sooner" on the right > side of the page. > > > > > http://ebird.org/ebird/map/norfli?neg=true&env.minX=&env.minY=&env.maxX=&env.maxY=&zh=false&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=on&bmo=1&emo=2&yr=last10&byr=2005&eyr=2015 > > > > Keith Lowe > > Halifax > > > > > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [ > mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <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 .... > > > > ok - its just a play on words..... > > > > 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. > > > > 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 > capable of withstanding our cold temps but never had such an abundant > winter food source like they do now, given all the feeding stations around. > > > > Ron Wilson > > Somerset/Berwick NS > > 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 > > > -- James Churchill Kentville, Nova Scotia jameslchurchill@gmail.com (902) 681-2374 --047d7bd6b35c409d18050ddea7f6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">hi folks, <div><br><div>Some more thoughts on finding= patterns in our eBird data for NS. The density of birders/eBirders/checkli= sts closely mirrors our p