[NatureNS] hummers and fledged families..

From: "GayleMacLean" <duartess@EastLink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 15:48:07 -0300
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Love your account of the wonderful birdy news from your backyard! Added =
bonus to this lovely day! Thank you for sharing=2C Judy!

Gayle=C2=A0MacLean
Dartmouth
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On 08/23/19 09=3A40 PM=2C Judy Tufts  =3Ctandove=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=3E=
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=3E Last Sun Aug 18 our last adult male RTHU left our Wolfville Ridge pr=
operty=2E
=3E The one remaining immature appears to be in no hurry to leave=2E Yes=
terday
=3E afternoon (22nd) while watching it come to one of our feeders I was
=3E surprised to see two RTHU newcomers (imms=2E=3F) suddenly appear tog=
ether out of
=3E nowhere and tried to come to the feeder=2E Our little hummer would h=
ave none
=3E of it and quickly chased them out of sight before returning to land =
near the
=3E feeder to keep guard! The vagrants have not been since so possible l=
ooked
=3E for a more welcoming location=2E It has been a most unusual hummingb=
ird
=3E season here on Wolfville Ridge=2E =

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=3E Other avian delights we have been enjoying this week is our recently=
 fledged
=3E family of Song Sparrows on our property this week=2E There are at le=
ast four
=3E youngsters and their enthusiasm of chasing and occasionally falling =
over
=3E each other as they rush to inspect just about everything in sight an=
d chase
=3E the parents for food=2C is priceless=2E Also =27our=27 chickadees ma=
naged to raise a
=3E second family in the same nest box this year=2E Not expecting to fin=
d any
=3E little birds in the nest box as I checked it last Sunday=2C when I r=
emoved the
=3E lid there were five perfectly mature nestlings in a perfectly symmet=
rical
=3E and beautiful circle with their heads pointing inward=2E Not a peep=2C=
 no
=3E anxiety shown=2E=2E=2E oh! how I wished I had had my camera=2E It wa=
s like an
=3E unbelievably gorgeous mosaic=2E Not surprisingly=2C within 2 hours I=
 saw the
=3E backyard garden full of excited baby birds=2E=2E=2Ethe chickadees=2C=
 and the sparrow
=3E families=2C discovering their =27new=27 world=2E
=3E =

=3E =C2=A0
=3E =

=3E Cheers=2C
=3E =

=3E =C2=A0
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=3E Judy Tufts
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=3E  Judy Tufts =

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=3E  Wolfville
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