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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01D06194.2848AD10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Since the easiest birding these days is done from backyards I thought I = would send along some observations from my place in Plymouth, Pictou Co. = I see no signs yet of spring migrants as pretty much everything in my = yard has been here all winter. Some birds may have left to return north = as my 18 or so American Tree Sparrows dwindled to what I thought was one = by the first week of March. I see 2 and maybe 3 out there today but I = think majority have moved on. I am not sure why as most years they stay = to late April and sometimes into first week of May. There are at least = 5 Song Sparrows singing loudly even on nasty days and a White-throat = Sparrow which although present for at least 6 weeks or so, I heard = singing for the first time this morning. The Swamp Sparrow from early = February continues to be present quite a bit every day but I have not = heard it sing (maybe a female?). It does not yet have a red head and = still shows chest streaking. I have never had an over-wintering or maybe = even a spring or fall Swampie at my feeders before although I have found = them many years on the Springville CBC in nearby marshes. The dozen or = so Juncos are daily residents this winter.=20 Finches out-number everything else with 100+ Common Redpolls ( no = Hoary's yet) out there today and maybe a dozen Goldfinches and a handful = of Pine Siskins.=20 Blue Jays, MODO's, Rock Pigeons, Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, = Black-capped Chickadees, RN Pheasants, Starlings, Ravens and Crows round = out the daily visitors. Very infrequent visitors have been Red-tailed = Hawk, Bald Eagle, White-breasted Nuthatch, Bohemian Waxwing, Snow = Bunting, Evening Grosbeak and Purple Finch and gulls such as Herring and = Iceland. =20 Just came in from filling feeders and the drifts are getting pretty = large. Had to move one feeder higher up in tree.=20 Nice to see spring is coming in a few days at least by the calendar! = Black birds, Robins, Woodcock and migrant Fox Sparrows can't be too far = behind although they may turn around and head back south one they get a = look at the landscape! cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01D06194.2848AD10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Since the easiest birding these = days is done=20 from backyards I thought I would send along some observations from my = place in=20 Plymouth, Pictou Co. I see no signs yet of spring migrants as pretty = much=20 everything in my yard has been here all winter. Some birds may have left = to=20 return north as my 18 or so <STRONG>American Tree Sparrows</STRONG> = dwindled to=20 what I thought was one by the first week of March. I see 2 and maybe 3 = out there=20 today but I think majority have moved on. I am not sure why as most = years they=20 stay to late April and sometimes into first week of May. There are = at=20 least 5 <STRONG>Song Sparrows</STRONG> singing loudly even on nasty days = and a=20 <STRONG>White-throat Sparrow</STRONG> which although present for at = least 6=20 weeks or so, I heard singing for the first time this morning. The=20 <STRONG>Swamp Sparrow</STRONG> from early February continues to be = present quite=20 a bit every day but I have not heard it sing (maybe a female?). It does = not yet=20 have a red head and still shows chest streaking. I have never had an=20 over-wintering or maybe even a spring or fall Swampie at my feeders = before=20 although I have found them many years on the Springville CBC in nearby = marshes.=20 The dozen or so Juncos are daily residents this winter. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Finches out-number everything else with = 100+=20 <STRONG>Common Redpolls (</STRONG> no Hoary's = yet<STRONG>)</STRONG> out=20 there today and maybe a dozen <STRONG>Goldfinches</STRONG> and a handful = of=20 <STRONG>Pine Siskins</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Blue Jays, MODO's, Rock Pigeons, Hairy = and Downy=20 Woodpeckers, Black-capped Chickadees, RN Pheasants, Starlings,=20 Ravens and Crows round out the daily visitors. Very infrequent = visitors=20 have been Red-tailed Hawk, Bald Eagle, White-breasted Nuthatch, Bohemian = Waxwing, Snow Bunting, Evening Grosbeak and Purple Finch and gulls = such as=20 Herring and Iceland.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Just came in from filling feeders and = the drifts=20 are getting pretty large. Had to move one feeder higher up in = tree.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Nice to see spring is coming in a few = days at least=20 by the calendar! Black birds, Robins, Woodcock and migrant Fox = Sparrows=20 can't be too far behind although they may turn around and head back = south one=20 they get a look at the landscape!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01D06194.2848AD10--
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