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Index of Subjects I am also most used to hearing them in Black Spruce swamps all Spring. We had a large population of them in the swampy woods behind my home in Riverport, Lun Co. I feel this one must be passing through this particular area of dry woods and was probably just doing some Spring singing inspired by the beautiful hot and sunny weather of yesterday. Nancy On 2016-03-31, at 10:02 PM, Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Hi Nancy: > I could have sworn that I heard a singing Ruby-crowned kinglet this morning > as I was running out the door to work. We don't have the best habitat for > those little guys here (bark beetle consumed most of the spruce), but I was > pretty sure that is what I heard, and I suppose they are passing through. > Your observation makes me think that perhaps I was correct. > > Back in the late 1980s in East Dalhousie, we had territorial Ruby-Crowned > Kinglets that consistently set up residency in the swampy black spruce stand > near the house. I seem to equate them with wet spruce woods rather than > drier locations, but the literature doesn't necessarily indicate this. I > loved to observe this species (as best one can, since he stays so high in > the trees and moves constantly, and so loud with song!). The black flies > are also pretty torturous just when he sings the most. > > There's been a complete silence of "his" voice in the usual wooded swamps > where I've frequented for at least a couple of decades (even longer than > this, I think). I miss hearing "his" complex call, and hope your > observation indicates a slight recovery. > > At the rate we are greedily mowing down the wooded swamps for biomass and > other low grade products, I rather doubt we will see the recovery of this > species in NS, or any other avian species in the coming decade(s). > > Enjoy him! Let's hope he produces maximum progeny numbers this year! > > Donna > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > On Behalf Of Nancy P Dowd > Sent: March-31-16 2:23 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Ruby-crowned Kinglet > > I first heard and then located a singing Ruby-Crowned Kinglet this afternoon > along a woods road in E Dalhousie, Kings Co. > > Nancy D > > Sent from my iPhone >
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