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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_x7h1PZAVkyooCI6P9iHmcw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable 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 ...................................................... 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= --Boundary_(ID_x7h1PZAVkyooCI6P9iHmcw) Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>Nancy I just got photos of the bird about 1/2 hour = or so=20 ago. It seems small to me but I am pretty sure with that beak, it = is a R-B=20 Grosbeak. I have to go to B=E2=80=99water 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> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">......................................................</FONT></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>Thank you Marg. Unless I hear otherwise yours is = the =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 </FONT><A=20 style=3D'href: = "http://nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/spring-first-arrivals"'><FONT = size=3D4>http://nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/spring-first-arrivals<= /FONT></A><FONT=20 size=3D4> </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> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>Your feeders are a hotspot for first migrants it=20 seems.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4>Nancy</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_x7h1PZAVkyooCI6P9iHmcw)--
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