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--089e0160b9da50da33051335893a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 8 April 2015 I found a moribund American Robin on a bare patch of gravel driveway and took it inside to offer warmth and food, but it did not survive the night. I doubt this bird death is an isolated event this spring. Birds require an energy re-boost when they arrive after long migration flights, and when their preferred feeding areas are covered by ice and snow, things can quickly become dire. Seed-eating birds can profit from feeders, but things are more difficult for robins and woodcocks, the two species that have been making headlines lately. There have been lots of woodcock reports among the birding community, but when I canvasses members of my choir last night almost 20% had noted either woodcocks or large flocks of robins. I put fruit out today for robins. I hope they find it. Robins are prolific breeders, and I expect the local population will rebound from this spring's mortality, but I suspect it will be more difficult for the woodcocks. Has anyone else noted mortality? I assume for every dead bird we find that many, many more die without being noted. Blake -- Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> White's Lake, Nova Scotia <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> --089e0160b9da50da33051335893a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,s= ans-serif;font-size:large">8 April 2015<br><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_de= fault" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">I found a mo= ribund American Robin on a bare patch of gravel driveway and took it inside= to offer warmth and food, but it did not survive the night.=C2=A0 I doubt = this bird death is an isolated event this spring.=C2=A0 Birds require an en= ergy re-boost when they arrive after long migration flights, and when their= preferred feeding areas are covered by ice and snow, things can quickly be= come dire.=C2=A0 <br><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-f= amily:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">Seed-eating birds can profit from = feeders, but things are more difficult for robins and woodcocks, the two sp= ecies that have been making headlines lately.=C2=A0 There have been lots of= woodcock reports among the birding community, but when I canvasses members= of my choir last night almost 20% had noted either woodcocks or large floc= ks of robins.<br><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-famil= y:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">I put fruit out today for robins. I ho= pe they find it.<br><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-fa= mily:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">Robins are prolific breeders, and I= expect the local population will rebound from this spring's mortality,= but I suspect it will be more difficult for the woodcocks.<br><br></div><d= iv class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size= :large">Has anyone else noted mortality?=C2=A0 I assume for every dead bird= we find that many, many more die without being noted.<br><br></div><div cl= ass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:larg= e">Blake<br clear=3D"all"></div><br>-- <br><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><font size= =3D"4"><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">Blake Mayban= k</a><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia<br> </font><font size=3D"4"><br></font><br> <a href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank"> </a><br> <br> <br><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div> </div> --089e0160b9da50da33051335893a--
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