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Index of Subjects --=_630d596c32f82032f2efd957982cd715 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi Susann; I've been fishing the nearby streams after the rains we had last week, and although I was expecting them, there were absolutely no black flies. This may have been because it was from daybreak until probably 7:00 A.M. although in the past they were quite bad. Billy BillyOn 20 Jun 2016 07:02, Susann Myers wrote: > 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 --=_630d596c32f82032f2efd957982cd715 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"> <html><body> <p>Hi Susann;</p> <p> I've been fishing the nearby streams after the rains we had last = week, and although I was expecting them, there were absolutely no blac= k flies. This may have been because it was from daybreak un= til probably 7:00 A.M. although in the past they were quite bad.</p> <p>Billy</p> <p> </p> <p>BillyOn 20 Jun 2016 07:02, Susann Myers wrote:</p> <blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"padding-left:5px; border-left:#1010ff 2p= x solid; margin-left:5px; width:100%"><!-- html ignored --><!-- head ignore= d --><!-- meta ignored --><!-- meta ignored --> <div><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">Pat McKay and I did some woods b= irding yesterday along the Old Mineville Road, a very quiet rough track&nbs= p;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 mo= re 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.</span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;"></span> </div> <div><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">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. </span><span style=3D"font-= family: Calibri;">Tufts gives April 16 for the average start of nestin= g on Wolfville Ridge, and roughly mid-May for the completion of egg laying= =2E <em>The Birders' Handbook</em> indicates that incubation takes 14= -15 days, and fledging another 14-19; it also indicates that this kinglet&n= bsp;typically has 2 broods.</span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;"></span> </div> <div><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">Also notable were a good showing= of butterflies and a lack of other flying insects - no black flies, and th= e only mosquitoes that bothered us were at a salt marsh in the early mornin= g, where we went to hear Sora. Although the day became windy, th= ere was no wind felt down at ground level in the woods. Are other bir= ders noting this absence of insecs?</span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;"></span> </div> <div><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">Cheers,</span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;">Susann Myers</span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;"></span> </div> <div><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri;"></span> </div> </blockquote> <p> </p> <div> </div> </body></html> --=_630d596c32f82032f2efd957982cd715--
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