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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-B4671D87-C5C7-4346-833B-95553B836AE9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --Apple-Mail-B4671D87-C5C7-4346-833B-95553B836AE9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <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. <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 <<a href=3D"mailto:mmillard@eastlin= k.ca">mmillard@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"c= ite"><div> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <div><font size=3D"4">Nancy I just got photos of the bird about 1/2 hour or s= o=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 downloa= d 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 late= r. I am near=20 a flyway, I think. I see birds moving straight in from the water, over the W= P=20 golf course and right to us. We have been feeding birds since we moved here i= n=20 1990. I </font></div> <div><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><font style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">........= ..............................................</font></font></div> <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= =20 from the NSBS SFA table this species has made its first appearance at differ= ent=20 times during the past four years with your sighting falling around the avera= ge.=20 </font><a style=3D"href: "http://nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/spr= ing-first-arrivals""><font size=3D"4">http://nsbirdsociety.ca/library/r= esources/spring-first-arrivals</font></a><font size=3D"4"> </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= ay=20 change in future if stayover numbers keep increasing. </font></div> <div> <div><font size=3D"4"></font> </div> <div><font size=3D"4">Your feeders are a hotspot for first migrants it=20 seems.</font></div> <div><font size=3D"4"></font> </div> <div><font size=3D"4">Nancy</font></div></div></div></div> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-B4671D87-C5C7-4346-833B-95553B836AE9--
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