[NatureNS] White Point Birds 4/9/18

From: "Marg Millard" <mmillard@eastlink.ca>
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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:13:20 -0300
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Nancy I just got photos of the bird about 1/2 hour or so ago.  It seems =
small to me but I am pretty sure with that beak, it is a R-B Grosbeak.  =
I have to go to B=E2=80=99water  so will try to download the images =
later, or this evening. The wind is blowing and the camera is tired. I =
hope I have something that ties it down. I tried to get the Catbird in =
one shot for size comparison but I don=E2=80=99t think that worked. I =
will know more later. I am near a flyway, I think. I see birds moving =
straight in from the water, over the WP golf course and right to us. We =
have been feeding birds since we moved here in 1990. I=20
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Thank you Marg. Unless I hear otherwise yours is the  First Spring =
Arrival of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak this year! As you can see from the =
NSBS SFA table this species has made its first appearance at different =
times during the past four years with your sighting falling around the =
average. http://nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/spring-first-arrivals =
=20
So far, it is fairly easy to keep track of the scattered overwintering =
RB Grosbeak in NS (very identifiable birds, usually patronizing feeding =
stations) and thus be able to detect arriving birds in Spring. That may =
change in future if stayover numbers keep increasing.=20

Your feeders are a hotspot for first migrants it seems.

Nancy=

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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>Nancy I just got photos of the bird about 1/2 hour =
or so=20
ago.&nbsp; It seems small to me but I am pretty sure with that beak, it =
is a R-B=20
Grosbeak.&nbsp; I have to go to B=E2=80=99water&nbsp; so will try to =
download the images=20
later, or this evening. The wind is blowing and the camera is tired. I =
hope I=20
have something that ties it down. I tried to get the Catbird in one shot =
for=20
size comparison but I don=E2=80=99t think that worked. I will know more =
later. I am near=20
a flyway, I think. I see birds moving straight in from the water, over =
the WP=20
golf course and right to us. We have been feeding birds since we moved =
here in=20
1990. I </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>Thank you Marg. Unless I hear otherwise yours is =
the&nbsp;=20
First Spring Arrival of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak this year! As you can =
see=20
from the NSBS SFA table this species has made its first appearance at =
different=20
times during the past four years with your sighting falling around the =
average.=20
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"http://nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/spring-first-arrivals"'><FONT =

size=3D4>http://nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/spring-first-arrivals<=
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size=3D4>&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D4>So far, it is fairly easy to keep track of the =
scattered=20
overwintering RB Grosbeak in NS (very identifiable birds, usually =
patronizing=20
feeding stations) and thus be able to detect arriving birds in Spring. =
That may=20
change in future if stayover numbers keep increasing. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>Your feeders are a hotspot for first migrants it=20
seems.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>Nancy</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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