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style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt">Nancy<o:p></o:p></p>& This is a multipart message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_Cg+yUNCYPTWhdsHlxTQRMw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hmm=E2=80=A6 come to think of it, I vaguely recall that most of the = birds we saw back then were winter birds. =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of nancy dowd Sent: April 8, 2018 11:53 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eastern Towhee =20 Thank you John for pointing this out. There are a few species that were = common in past years, dwindled, and then seem to be picking up again. = These are usually breeding birds though.=20 =20 I am interested in hearing from others here re past Towhee observations = in the time frame you mention. It is not a bird that slips by unnoticed. = =20 Nancy Sent from my iPad On Apr 8, 2018, at 8:34 AM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> = wrote: You may be right about future trends, but down here in the banana belt, = I saw towhees more frequently, forty-five to sixty years ago! =20 =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of nancy dowd Sent: April 8, 2018 7:01 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Eastern Towhee =20 Our first overshooting Eastern Towhee was seen yesterday at a feeder in = Gaetz Brook, HRM. Slightly earlier than in 2014-2017. The only winter = reports for this species were in the Grand Pre area, likely all of the = same bird. See the NSBS Spring First Arrivals table = http://nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/spring-first-arrivals =20 I feel the E Towhee is soon to be one of our NS breeding birds. = It=E2=80=99s favoured shrubby habitat plus tolerance of humans prime it = for easy range expansion.=20 =20 As always corrections, updates and additions to the SFA table are most = welcome.=20 =20 Nancy Sent from my iPad --Boundary_(ID_Cg+yUNCYPTWhdsHlxTQRMw) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = 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 14 (filtered = medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; 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.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate {mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char"; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} span.BalloonTextChar {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text"; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.EmailStyle20 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} .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><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></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";color:#1F497= D'>Hmm=E2=80=A6 come to think of it, I vaguely recall that most of the = birds we saw back then were winter birds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div = style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm = 0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>= </b><span lang=3DEN-US = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> = naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = <b>On Behalf Of </b>nancy dowd<br><b>Sent:</b> April 8, 2018 11:53 = AM<br><b>To:</b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: = [NatureNS] Eastern Towhee<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Thank you = John for pointing this out. There are a few species that were common in = past years, dwindled, and then seem to be picking up again. These are = usually breeding birds though. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>I = am interested in hearing from others here re past Towhee observations in = the time frame you mention. It is not a bird that slips by = unnoticed. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Nancy<o:p></o:p></p><div = id=3DAppleMailSignature><p class=3DMsoNormal>Sent from my = iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Apr 8, 2018, at 8:34 AM, John and = Nhung <<a = href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca">nhungjohn@eastlink.ca</a>> = wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote = style=3D'margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>You may be right about future trends, but down here in the banana = belt, I saw towhees more frequently, forty-five to sixty years = ago!&