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--001a113ff17cb103680558631474 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Once the wind finally died down a bit around 4:30 I took a walk through my woods trail and encountered a couple of surprises: An EASTERN WOOD PEEWEE was calling consistently and once I located it I could see it carry insects to and fro its rather insistent youngster. It strikes me as a late date for such a young bird. Maybe a second nesting this year as the adults appeared here on May 22. The fledgling flew into the adult on a couple of occasions in an effort to display it's hunger, once knocking the adult off its perch - other times it sat contentedly preening on branches. A PALM WARBLER as mixed in with assorted chickadees, nuthatches, and Yellow-rumped Warblers. I hadn't seen "my" Hummingbirds in the yard all day so had assumed they had finally moved on but there they were back in the woods, out of the winds I guess. I see them back there often feeding at the tops of small poplars - my guess is feeding on insects. Once back in the yard I observed a COOPERS HAWK gliding effortlessly over the tree tops - most likely putting an end to much outright bird activity and vocalization in the woods for at least a half hour. My decision to leave the camera proved to be a wrong move as there would have been good opportunities to photograph the Wood Peewees :( Ron Wilson Somerset NS --001a113ff17cb103680558631474 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Once the wind finally died down a bit =C2=A0around 4:30 I = took a walk through my woods trail and encountered a couple of surprises:<d= iv><br></div><div>An EASTERN WOOD PEEWEE was calling consistently and once = I located it I could see it carry insects to and fro its rather insistent y= oungster. It strikes me as a late date for such a young bird. Maybe a secon= d nesting this year as the adults appeared here on May 22.=C2=A0 The fledgl= ing flew into the adult on a couple of occasions in an effort to display it= 's hunger, once knocking the adult off its perch - other times it sat c= ontentedly preening on branches.</div><div><br></div><div>A PALM WARBLER as= mixed in with assorted chickadees, nuthatches, and Yellow-rumped Warblers.= =C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>I hadn't seen "my" Hummingbir= ds in the yard all day so had assumed they had finally moved on but there t= hey were back in the woods, out of the winds I guess. I see them back there= often feeding at the tops of small poplars - my guess is feeding on insect= s.</div><div><br></div><div>Once back in the yard I observed a COOPERS HAWK= gliding effortlessly over the tree tops =C2=A0- most likely putting an end= to much outright bird activity and vocalization in the woods for at least = a half hour.</div><div><br></div><div>My decision to leave the camera prove= d to be a wrong move as there would have been good opportunities to photogr= aph the Wood Peewees :(=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Ron Wilson</div><div= >Somerset NS</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div> --001a113ff17cb103680558631474--
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