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Nhung &lt;nhungjohn@eastlink.ca&gt; <br& This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_1487_01D15164.A93446D0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_1488_01D15164.A93446D0" ------=_NextPart_001_1488_01D15164.A93446D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would guess that the variety and quantity of food now available in = winter, as a result of bird feed, roadkill and dead chickens, is much = greater than it was 70 years ago. This would tend to permit survival of = vagrants from the south and migratory birds who stuck around. Yt, DW ----- Original Message -----=20 From: John and Nhung=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 6:04 PM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Grackles Climate change or something else? =20 Down here in Yarmouth, I saw my first cardinal in 1992. Now they are = regulars the year around. =20 Ditto for turkey vultures, except that my first sighting of that = species was back in =E2=80=9982 or =E2=80=9983.=20 =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of angeladawngranchelli Sent: January 17, 2016 4:38 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Grackles =20 Maybe they are late leaving as they do migrate. I'm not sure if any = over winter here. =20 Cheers=20 Angela=20 =20 =20 =20 Sent from my Samsung device -------- Original message -------- From: John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>=20 Date: 2016-01-17 2:41 PM (GMT-04:00)=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Subject: [NatureNS] Grackles=20 A flock of eleven common grackles has just landed and is scrounging = birdseed down here on Wyman Road, south of Yarmouth. =20 Thought they migrated! 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This would tend to permit survival of = vagrants=20 from the south and migratory birds who stuck around.</DIV> <DIV>Yt, DW</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dnhungjohn@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca">John and=20 Nhung</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 17, 2016 = 6:04=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [NatureNS] = Grackles</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=3DWordSection1> <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; = FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Climate=20 change or something else?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; = FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; = FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Down=20 here in Yarmouth, I saw my first cardinal in 1992. Now they are = regulars=20 the year around.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; = FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; = FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Ditto=20 for turkey vultures, except that my first sighting of that species was = back in=20 =E2=80=9982 or =