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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005B_01D1CAC1.BD1FC5D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Pat McKay and I did some woods birding yesterday along the Old Mineville = Road, a very quiet rough track that runs between West Porters Lake and = Mineville, HRM. In one area there were a lot of Golden-crowned Kinglet = calls, and we saw a group of more than 4 kinglets flitting around in the = woods together, feeding and calling. We couldn't get a good enough look = to confirm fledgling plumage, but this appeared to be a family group. A little research confirmed that this is the right season for a first = brood of fledglings to be out of the nest and moving about with their = parents. Tufts gives April 16 for the average start of nesting on = Wolfville Ridge, and roughly mid-May for the completion of egg laying. = The Birders' Handbook indicates that incubation takes 14-15 days, and = fledging another 14-19; it also indicates that this kinglet typically = has 2 broods. Also notable were a good showing of butterflies and a lack of other = flying insects - no black flies, and the only mosquitoes that bothered = us were at a salt marsh in the early morning, where we went to hear = Sora. Although the day became windy, there was no wind felt down at = ground level in the woods. Are other birders noting this absence of = insecs? Cheers, Susann Myers ------=_NextPart_000_005B_01D1CAC1.BD1FC5D0 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=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: = 15px"=20 id=3DMailContainerBody leftMargin=3D0 topMargin=3D0 = CanvasTabStop=3D"true"=20 name=3D"Compose message area"> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Pat McKay and I did some woods birding = yesterday along=20 the Old Mineville Road, a very quiet rough track that runs between = West=20 Porters Lake and Mineville, HRM. In one area there were a lot of=20 Golden-crowned Kinglet calls, and we saw a group of more than=20 4 kinglets flitting around in the woods together, feeding and=20 calling. We couldn't get a good enough look to confirm fledgling = plumage,=20 but this appeared to be a family group.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>A little research confirmed that this is the = right=20 season for a first brood of fledglings to be out of the nest and moving = about=20 with their parents. </FONT><FONT face=3DCalibri>Tufts = gives April 16=20 for the average start of nesting on Wolfville Ridge, and roughly mid-May = for the=20 completion of egg laying. <EM>The Birders' Handbook</EM> indicates = that=20 incubation takes 14-15 days, and fledging another 14-19; it also = indicates that=20 this kinglet typically has 2 broods.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Also notable were a good showing of = butterflies and a=20 lack of other flying insects - no black flies, and the only mosquitoes = that=20 bothered us were at a salt marsh in the early morning, where = we went to=20 hear Sora. Although the day became windy, there was no wind felt = down at=20 ground level in the woods. Are other birders noting this absence = of=20 insecs?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Susann Myers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_005B_01D1CAC1.BD1FC5D0--
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