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This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01D2ADE3.5C7F3E30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Carmel, James, and all, I had one Song Sparrow all winter at my feeders. There has been no = singing yet so presumably it is a female. Usually by this time of year, = more Song Sparrows would have arrived but no prospective mates so far. = The single male Downy Woodpecker and Red-breasted Nuthatch that wintered = here have both found a female companion recently. The White-breasted = Nuthatch, despite his constant singing lately, is still alone. His = prospects may not be a promising as the female Song Sparrow.=20 Looking at the northeastern US radars for this first week of April, = there was some moderate migration that got as far north as Pennsylvania, = Southern NY state, and New Jersey on Sunday night, April 2-3. On that = night the northwest winds dominating our region moved north enough for a = southwest flow up to those parts. However, migrants heading here are = still blocked by weather events. There was an upper-level counter = clockwise flow over the Gulf of Maine last night, so it could be = worthwhile today to look for some strays in southwestern Nova Scotia. If = any are found, their origin would most likely be New Jersey where there = were small numbers moving last night. John =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Carmel Smith Sent: April-04-17 22:11 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Fox Sparrow reports, Great Blue Herons, Common = Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds =20 Thanks for your report James!=20 Spring is in the air. And this morning I actually saw the year's first = Purple at my feeder! First time I can recall where they were rare in the = winter.=20 =20 Also the first time I've had two overwintering Song Sparrows...at least = one of them is a singing male, and I know it's a young one because he = was really mangling the song in the Fall, and still was this Spring, up = until recently when he seemed to have a breakthrough and "get it." The = two of them easily made it through the coldest months. I wonder if it = will be a trend, or if they were in one of the last batches hatched out = in late August and just didn't feel ready to migrate? I was seeing some = very juvenile Songs even in October, and was wondering about their = chances. Carmel Smith Midville Branch, L'burg County =20 On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 9:32 PM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com = <mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com> > wrote: =20 Things are starting to move. I received this email today,=20 Today in Lower Rose Bay we saw 3 herons fly overhead and have seen 2 fox = sparrows. Maryann and Doug Hodges Lower Rose Bay -=20 Chris Anderson reported a great blue heron to me on April 1 at this = location. =20 I also received an email of red crossbills in Chester and Volglers Cove. = Two in each case. =20 I took a jaunt between LaHave and Petite Riviere today and saw numbers = of common grackles. There also was a lone red-winged blackbird that had = taken up residence in Dublin Shore. In Petite Riviere there was a group = of 14 dark-eyed juncos. The western willet was again at Crescent Beach. =20 James R. Hirtle LaHave =20 ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01D2ADE3.5C7F3E30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><meta = name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered = medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Helvetica; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0 {mso-style-name:msonormal; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;} span.EmailStyle20 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:windowtext;} span.EmailStyle21 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style></head><body lang=3DEN-CA link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple><div = class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>Carmel, James, and all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>I had one Song Sparrow all winter at my feeders. There has = been no singing yet so presumably it is a female. Usually by this time = of year, more Song Sparrows would have arrived but no prospective mates = so far. The single male Downy Woodpecker and Red-breasted Nuthatch that = wintered here have both found a female companion recently. The = White-breasted Nuthatch, despite his constant singing lately, is still = alone. His prospects may not be a promising as the female Song Sparrow. = <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-la= nguage:EN-US'>Looking at the northeastern US radars for this first week = of April, there was some moderate migration that got as far north as = Pennsylvania, Southern NY state, and New Jersey on Sunday night, April = 2-3. On that night the northwest winds dominating our region moved north = enough for a southwest flow up to those parts. However, migrants heading = here are still blocked by weather events. There was an upper-level = counter clockwise flow over the Gulf of Maine last night, so it could be = worthwhile today to look