[NatureNS] Flicker

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Hi Peter:  along with many Downy and a few Hairy WPs, we have a single N. F=
licker show up occasionally at our hanging-log suet+peanut butter feeders e=
very winter, though not necessarily always the same bird.  The Smithsonian =
Field Guide to the Birds of N. Am (2008, 1st ed., map on p. 280 but you nee=
d a magnifying glass to read it) confirms that this species has year-round =
residential status in coastal and southern Nova Scotia:  at least some bird=
s here don=92t migrate.  My Sibley=92s Guide to Birds (2000, 1st ed.,) map =
on p.318 is less detailed in that it doesn=92t show this, though I think th=
ere=92s a later edition.

As a come-from-away used to house-owners=92 bird-baths and who once wondere=
d idly how birds here get any water at all when the lake freezes over, the =
first time I ever saw the solution was from this same N. Flicker repeatedly=
 eating snow off the piles on our back deck rail in January or so, some yea=
rs back.  I=92ve since seen other birds like starlings do it often and imag=
ine it is commonplace for other species in winter here after it has snowed.=
   I=92m not sure how much water they get this way, however, versus direct =
from oxidation of their food (like gerbils), but no doubt this is known for=
 some species and a real birder perhaps may inform us.
Steve in Hfx
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On Nov 3, 2018, at 12:39 PM, Hubcove@aol.com<mailto:Hubcove@aol.com> wrote:

I have some suet out for the woodpeckers but was very surprised to see a ye=
llow shafted flicker show up this morning. They are pretty common here in t=
he summer but I have never seen one this late and never at a feeder.

Peter Stow
Hubbards


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Hi Peter: &nbsp;along with many Downy and a few Hairy WPs, we have a single=
 N. Flicker show up occasionally at our hanging-log suet&#43;peanut butter =
feeders every winter, though not necessarily always the same bird. &nbsp;Th=
e Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of N. Am
 (2008, 1st ed., map on p. 280 but you need a magnifying glass to read it) =
confirms that this species has year-round residential status in coastal and=
 southern Nova Scotia: &nbsp;at least some birds here don=92t migrate. &nbs=
p;My Sibley=92s Guide to Birds (2000, 1st ed.,)
 map on p.318 is less detailed in that it doesn=92t show this, though I thi=
nk there=92s a later edition.
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<div>As a come-from-away used to house-owners=92 bird-baths and who once wo=
ndered idly how birds here get any water at all when the lake freezes over,=
 the first time I ever saw the solution was from this same N. Flicker repea=
tedly eating snow off the piles on
 our back deck rail in January or so, some years back. &nbsp;I=92ve since s=
een other birds like starlings do it often and imagine it is commonplace fo=
r other species in winter here after it has snowed. &nbsp; I=92m not sure h=
ow much water they get this way, however, versus
 direct from oxidation of their food (like gerbils), but no doubt this is k=
nown for some species and a real birder perhaps may inform us.&nbsp;</div>
<div>Steve in Hfx<br>
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<div>On Nov 3, 2018, at 12:39 PM, <a href=3D"mailto:Hubcove@aol.com">Hubcov=
e@aol.com</a> wrote:</div>
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">I have some suet out for the woodpeckers but was very surprised to see a =
yellow shafted flicker show up this
 morning. They are pretty common here in the summer but I have never seen o=
ne this late and never at a feeder.</span><br>
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