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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01D1CAF9.92812660 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks, Billy. That's the sort of thing I've been experiencing, too. My memories of = being in the woods for the breeding bird atlas in mid-June a few years = ago are of having swarms of black flies so thick around my head that it = was hard to hear the bird songs I was trying to ID. And this year, = after a few on migration count day, May 14, I haven't seen any black = flies along the Eastern Shore. I'm not complaining, by any means, but = it does seem unusual. Cheers, Susann From: bdigout=20 Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 12:28 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Golden-crowned Kinglet family group 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 ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01D1CAF9.92812660 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Dutf-8 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>Thanks, Billy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>That's the sort of thing I've been = experiencing,=20 too. My memories of being in the woods for the breeding bird = atlas in=20 mid-June a few years ago are of having swarms of black flies so = thick=20 around my head that it was hard to hear the bird songs I was trying to = ID. =20 And this year, after a few on migration count day, May 14, I haven't = seen any=20 black flies along the Eastern Shore. I'm not complaining, by any = means,=20 but it does seem unusual.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Susann</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A = title=3Dbdigout@seaside.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:bdigout@seaside.ns.ca">bdigout</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 20, 2016 12:28 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Golden-crowned Kinglet family=20 group</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P>Hi Susann;</P> <P> I've been fishing the nearby streams after the rains we had = last week,=20 and although I was expecting them, there were absolutely no black=20 flies. This may have been because it was from daybreak = until=20 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=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; WIDTH: 100%; = MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"=20 type=3D"cite"><!-- html ignored --><!-- head ignored --><!-- meta = ignored --><!-- meta ignored --> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Pat McKay and I did some = woods birding=20 yesterday along the Old Mineville Road, a very quiet rough = track that=20 runs between West Porters Lake and Mineville, HRM. In one area = there=20 were a lot of 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, 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=20 is the right season for a first brood of fledglings to be out of the = nest and=20 moving about with their parents. </SPAN><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Tufts gives April 16 for the = average start=20 of nesting on Wolfville Ridge, and roughly mid-May for the completion = of egg=20 laying. <EM>The Birders' Handbook</EM> indicates that incubation = takes=20 14-15 days, and fledging another 14-19; it also indicates that this=20 kinglet 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=20 butterflies and a lack of other flying insects - no black flies, and = the only=20 mosqu