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<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN lang=3DEN-US>< This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------821A9D92C8EF2CF9F6283E2D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit We had a pair of cardinals here today in Halifax Don Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net On 2/1/2019 1:17 PM, Keith Lowe wrote: > > The Depth of Winter List (DOWL) starts today. It is a subset of the > WBL where we track February birds and while we are not be getting hit > with the Polar Vortex as much as the interior of the continent, it is > bad enough and must be making life pretty miserable, if not shorter, > for many birds. > > Our DOWL average is 148 species. We finished January at 197 species > which is 4 less than last year but 3 more than the year prior. 197 was > also our total for the WBL in 2015. > > eBird lags a bit so it will likely be a day or two before I get the > first DOWL update out but I see Ken MacAulay just posted he still has > a Red-bellied Woodpecker coming to his feeder so let’s crown it as the > first species on the DOWL. > > Winter Bird List (WBL) Dec 1 - Feb 29 > > Depth of Winter List (DOWL) Feb 1 - Feb 28 > > For more info and history or to download the full spreadsheet , visit > our Winter Bird List page at the Nova Scotia Bird Society website. > > https://www.nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/the-birds-of-winter > --------------821A9D92C8EF2CF9F6283E2D Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <font face="Calibri">We had a pair of cardinals here today in Halifax<br> <br> Don<br> <br> </font> <div class="moz-signature">Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net</div> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/1/2019 1:17 PM, Keith Lowe wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:DM6PR02MB5451D6965C4535158A56B292B0920@DM6PR02MB5451.namprd02.prod.outlook.com"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:#954F72; text-decoration:underline;} p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0 {mso-style-name:msonormal; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} p.xmsonormal, li.xmsonormal, div.xmsonormal {mso-style-name:x_msonormal; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} span.EmailStyle19 {mso-style-type:personal; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} span.EmailStyle20 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Depth of Winter List (DOWL) starts today. It is a subset of the WBL where we track February birds and while we are not be getting hit with the Polar Vortex as much as the interior of the continent, it is bad enough and must be making life pretty miserable, if not shorter, for many birds. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Our DOWL average is 148 species. We finished January at 197 species which is 4 less than last year but 3 more than the year prior. 197 was also our total for the WBL in 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">eBird lags a bit so it will likely be a day or two before I get the first DOWL update out but I see </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ken MacAulay just posted he still has a Red-bellied Woodpecker coming to his feeder so let’s crown it as the first species on the DOWL.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.65pt"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Winter Bird List (WBL) Dec 1 - Feb 29</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.65pt"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121" lang="EN-US">Depth of Winter List (DOWL) Feb 1 - Feb 28<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;m