[NatureNS] hermit thrush dearth?

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Hi Donna and All,

     Good point re this year being difficult for ground nesters. One can 
not expect warm eggs when ice cold runoff over deep soil frost persists 
into spring.

     In some areas, so I was told today, frost depth exceeded 7 feet !

YT, DW, Kentville

On 8/5/2019 9:00 AM, Donna Crossland wrote:
> I have heard Hermit thrushes this year, though cannot say whether more 
> or them or fewer than other years.  I heard one late singer just last 
> Thursday in the woods across from Jake's Landing.  I could look at our 
> Keji database where we generate maximum potential pairs each year.  I 
> had a theory that those incredible rains received this spring were 
> tough on the ground nesters.  Last year was not great, what with the 
> freeze in early June and cool temps.
>
> Donna Crossland
>
>
> On 2019-08-04 11:09 p.m., Doug Linzey wrote:
>> They've been missing from here, too, for about 4-5 years. I used to 
>> hear them every summer, not nesting on our property, but nearby. Not 
>> anymore.
>>
>> Doug Linzey
>> Arlington, N. Mountain, Kings Co.
>>
>>
>> On 8/3/2019 4:22 PM, Mary Macaulay wrote:
>>> I have been missing hearing hermit thrush up here from the woods of 
>>> Wallace. Anyone else heard them?
>>>
>>> With kindest regards
>>>
>>> Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng.
>>>
>>
>>
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