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Hi all:The following are smaller versions of reports I`ve recently received=
since yesterday if anyone is keeping records of such. Just a note to let =
you know that we had an American=0A=
Woodcock visit our back garden this morning. It spent a few moments=0A=
under our yew hedge and then moved through the privet into our=0A=
neighbours yard and moved on.Very unusual visitor to the city! Irvine & H=
ope Gray Clayton Park=2C=0A=
Halifax=0A=
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I have had robins here eat diced apple and banana.They=0A=
are hanging around for 4 days now and look healthy=2Cchirping.I also=0A=
have woodcocks who will probably starve unless it warms up fast.This=0A=
has been the winter from hell!Aubrey Wagner=2CSHOREHAM VILLAGE=2CCHESTER=0A=
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No woodcocks on my property yet=2C but sis-in-law Rosemaryin Guys. Co. has =
had a pair coming for a few days and staying pretty close to her. She is pu=
tting out suggested food now.______________________________________________=
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I just wanted to report=0A=
two American woodcock sightings=3B one in my yard=2C Wilkie's Cove=0A=
road in Middle Lahave=2C and one in my parent's yard on Macdonald=0A=
Street in lunenburg. We also have a large flock (20-30) of robins=0A=
coming to feed on our stand of sumac flower heads and catch the=0A=
morning sun on our porch.=0A=
Kind regards=2C=0A=
Emily Marshall =0A=
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Ruby has asked me to=0A=
give you a report of the flock visiting her " bar and grill "=0A=
on the =0A=
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Chester Peninsula.=0A=
Robins x 6 are here eating on frozen berries=2C assorted sparrows=0A=
numbering 8=2C=0A=
Chickadees x3=2C large=0A=
male peasant=2C numerous crows=2C bluejays x6=2C a redwing blackbird and=0A=
the most thrilling visitor=2C a woodcock seen in late afternoon in the=0A=
garden patch which has snow melted along house. The woodcock has been=0A=
here for about a week. Ruby is housebound and enjoys feeding and=0A=
watching her flock on a daily basis.=0A=
*Note to readers that Ruby is 102 years old=2C but still enjoyingthe birds.=
_________________________________________________________More to follow=2C =
as fast as I clear one email another is coming in.This just shows the exten=
t of the migrants in the area. Pretty impressive.I believe that in the las=
t week=2C I`ve gotten more emails than in any other two week period during =
the last 15 years of writing the Bird Notes Column. Just as an FYI. All the=
best=2C James R. HirtleLaHave =0A=
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tly received since yesterday if anyone is keeping records of such. =3B =
</font></p><p style=3D"border-width: medium medium 1pt=3B border-style: non=
e none solid=3B border-color: currentColor currentColor rgb(0=2C 0=2C 0)=3B=
padding: 0cm 0cm 0.07cm=3B margin-bottom: 0.5cm=3B"><font size=3D"4">Just =
a note to let you know that we had an American=0A=
Woodcock visit our back garden this morning. It spent a few moments=0A=
under our yew hedge and then moved through the privet into our=0A=
neighbours yard and moved on.Very unusual visitor to the city! =3B Irv=
ine &=3B Hope Gray Clayton Park=2C=0A=
Halifax</font></p>=0A=
 =3B=0A=
<p style=3D"border-width: medium medium 1pt=3B border-style: none none soli=
d=3B border-color: currentColor currentColor rgb(0=2C 0=2C 0)=3B padding: 0=
cm 0cm 0.07cm=3B margin-bottom: 0.5cm=3B">=0A=
<font size=3D"4">I have had robins here eat diced apple and banana.They=0A=
are hanging around for 4 days now and look healthy=2Cchirping.I also=0A=
have woodcocks who will probably starve unless it warms up fast.This=0A=
has been the winter from hell!Aubrey Wagner=2CSHOREHAM VILLAGE=2CCHESTER</f=
ont></p>=0A=
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<pre class=3D"western">No woodcocks on my property yet=2C but sis-in-law Ro=
semary</pre><pre class=3D"western">in Guys. Co. has had a pair coming for a=
few days and staying</pre><pre class=3D"western"> pretty close to her. She=
is putting out suggested food now.</pre><pre class=3D"western">___________=
_________________________________________________</pre><pre class=3D"wester=
n">=0A=
</pre><pre style=3D"margin-bottom: 0.5cm=3B"><font size=3D"4">I just wanted=
to report=0A=
two American woodcock sightings=3B one in my yard=2C Wilkie's Cove=0A=
road in Middle Lahave=2C and one in my parent's yard on Macdonald=0A=
Street in lunenburg. We also have a large flock (20-30) of robins=0A=
coming to feed on our stand of sumac flower heads and catch the=0A=
morning sun on our porch.</font></pre><pre class=3D"western">=0A=
</pre><pre style=3D"margin-bottom: 0.5cm=3B"><font size=3D"4">Kind regards=
=2C</font></pre><pre style=3D"border-width: medium medium 1pt=3B border-sty=
le: none none solid=3B border-color: currentColor currentColor rgb(0=2C 0=
=2C 0)=3B padding: 0cm 0cm 0.07cm=3B margin-bottom: 0.5cm=3B">=0A=
<font size=3D"4">Emily Marshall </font>=0A=
</pre><pre class=3D"western">=0A=
</pre><pre style=3D"margin-bottom: 0.5cm=3B"><font size=3D"4">Ruby has aske=
d me to=0A=
give you a report of the flock visiting her " bar and grill "=0A=
on the </font>=0A=
</pre><pre class=3D"western">=0A=
</pre><pre style=3D"margin-bottom: 0.5cm=3B"><font size=3D"4">Chester Penin=
sula.=0A=
Robins x 6 are here eating on frozen berries=2C assorted sparrows=0A=
numbering 8=2C</font></pre><pre class=3D"western">=0A=
</pre><pre style=3D"margin-bottom: 0.5cm=3B"><font size=3D"4">Chickadees x3=
=2C large=0A=
male peasant=2C numerous crows=2C bluejays x6=2C a redwing blackbird and=0A=
the most thrilling visitor=2C a woodcock seen in late afternoon in the=0A=
garden patch which has snow melted along house. The woodcock has been=0A=
here for about a week. Ruby is housebound and enjoys feeding and=0A=
watching her flock on a daily basis.</font></pre><pre class=3D"western">=0A=
*Note to readers that Ruby is 102 years old=2C but still enjoying</pre><pre=
class=3D"western">the birds.</pre><pre class=3D"western">_________________=
________________________________________</pre><pre class=3D"western">More t=
o follow=2C as fast as I clear one email another is coming in.</pre><pre cl=
ass=3D"western">This just shows the extent of the migrants in the area. Pr=
etty impressive.</pre><pre class=3D"western">I believe that in the last wee=
k=2C I`ve gotten more emails </pre><pre class=3D"western">than in any other=
two week period during the last 15 years of </pre><pre class=3D"western">w=
riting the Bird Notes Column. Just as an FYI.</pre><pre class=3D"western">&=
nbsp=3B</pre><pre class=3D"western">All the best=2C</pre><pre class=3D"west=
ern"> =3B</pre><pre class=3D"western">James R. Hirtle</pre><pre class=
=3D"western">LaHave =0A=
</pre></font><pre class=3D"western"> =3B</pre> </div></body>
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