[NatureNS] White Point Birds 4/9/18

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From: nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:03:05 -0300
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Please send me one later when you get the chance. Usually the bill is distin=
ctive.=20

Thanks, Nancy

Sent from my iPad

> On Apr 10, 2018, at 2:13 PM, Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca> wrote:
>=20
> Nancy I just got photos of the bird about 1/2 hour or so ago.  It seems sm=
all 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 somethi=
ng that ties it down. I tried to get the Catbird in one shot for size compar=
ison but I don=E2=80=99t think that worked. I will know more later. I am nea=
r 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 h=
ere in 1990. I
> ......................................................
> 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 t=
able this species has made its first appearance at different times during th=
e past four years with your sighting falling around the average. http://nsbi=
rdsociety.ca/library/resources/spring-first-arrivals =20
> So far, it is fairly easy to keep track of the scattered overwintering RB G=
rosbeak in NS (very identifiable birds, usually patronizing feeding stations=
) and thus be able to detect arriving birds in Spring. That may change in fu=
ture if stayover numbers keep increasing.
> =20
> Your feeders are a hotspot for first migrants it seems.
> =20
> Nancy

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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Please send me one later when you get the c=
hance. Usually the bill is distinctive.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>Thanks, Nan=
cy<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On A=
pr 10, 2018, at 2:13 PM, Marg Millard &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mmillard@eastlin=
k.ca">mmillard@eastlink.ca</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"c=
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<div><font size=3D"4">Nancy I just got photos of the bird about 1/2 hour or s=
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ago.&nbsp; It seems small to me but I am pretty sure with that beak, it is a=
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Grosbeak.&nbsp; I have to go to B=E2=80=99water&nbsp; so will try to downloa=
d the images=20
later, or this evening. The wind is blowing and the camera is tired. I hope I=
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have something that ties it down. I tried to get the Catbird in one shot for=
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size comparison but I don=E2=80=99t think that worked. I will know more late=
r. I am near=20
a flyway, I think. I see birds moving straight in from the water, over the W=
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golf course and right to us. We have been feeding birds since we moved here i=
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1990. I </font></div>
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<div><font size=3D"4">Thank you Marg. Unless I hear otherwise yours is the&n=
bsp;=20
First Spring Arrival of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak this year! As you can see=
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from the NSBS SFA table this species has made its first appearance at differ=
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times during the past four years with your sighting falling around the avera=
ge.=20
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ing-first-arrivals&quot;"><font size=3D"4">http://nsbirdsociety.ca/library/r=
esources/spring-first-arrivals</font></a><font size=3D"4">&nbsp; </font></di=
v>
<div><font size=3D"4">So far, it is fairly easy to keep track of the scatter=
ed=20
overwintering RB Grosbeak in NS (very identifiable birds, usually patronizin=
g=20
feeding stations) and thus be able to detect arriving birds in Spring. That m=
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change in future if stayover numbers keep increasing. </font></div>
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<div><font size=3D"4">Your feeders are a hotspot for first migrants it=20
seems.</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"4"></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font size=3D"4">Nancy</font></div></div></div></div>
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