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Index of Subjects I did as you suggested with a 1964 and 1965 sample (downloading takes too long on Rural Broadband, an unfortunate fact of life in this under serviced area) These issues are available on the NSBS website. http://nsbirdsociety.ca There are a lot of reports for Dec and through Jan for scattered Rufous-sided Towhee (now E Towhee) throughout the province during these years. Only several Spring ones in SW NS in April appear. Not much conclusive here- was hoping this and other data might have been entered onto eBird as historical records but their histograms for those years did not say much too me (and they are based on %checklists containing reports so I am unsure about how useful past records really are on eBird). Nancy On 2018-04-08, at 3:04 PM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Recollections are good, but written records are even better... > > Come to think of it some of the old NS Bird Society newsletters from the > '50's and '60's may have relevant information! > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > On Behalf Of NancyDowd > Sent: April 8, 2018 2:27 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eastern Towhee > > Keep the info coming- these facts are good to know. > > An aside: I notice in Ian McLaren's book (All the Birds of NS) we generally > get more Fall E Towhee overshoots than Springtime ones, some staying for the > winter. If the Spring overshoot numbers begin increasing, next step is often > nesting. (Like the Great Egret this year- will a pair(s) settle down and > nest?) > > Maybe Keith Lowe will be able generate some stats for total Towhee numbers > in recent Springs? Or someone might have a more anecdotal idea of these > trends? > > On 2018-04-08, at 12:44 PM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> wrote: > >> Hmm. come to think of it, I vaguely recall that most of the birds we saw > back then were winter birds. >> >> 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 >> >> 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. >> >> 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. >> >> 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! >> >> 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 >> >> 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 >> >> I feel the E Towhee is soon to be one of our NS breeding birds. It's > favoured shrubby habitat plus tolerance of humans prime it for easy range > expansion. >> >> As always corrections, updates and additions to the SFA table are most > welcome. >> >> Nancy >> >> Sent from my iPad >
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