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--Apple-Mail=_D07FD2AE-54E6-4727-9241-5601642FCF77 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Here at our Wolfville apartment the starlings love bird pies! Cheers = from Jim Begin forwarded message: > From: David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] was Starlings Now White Ponit birds > Date: March 3, 2020 at 5:12:12 PM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > Hi All again, >=20 > I do not intend to lose sleep over it but when a weed-like = introduced bird such as Starling begins to fade I naturally wonder what = is causing it. I heard some decades ago about traps for Starlings that = function like a lobster trap; easy to enter but impossible to exit. = These were I think intended for poultry yards and feed plants. Or it = could be a symptom of too many Eagles. Or an overabundance of Hawks. Or = it could be a consequence of too many urban life-unfriendly lawns where = even ants have to move away in search of food. Insects have fallen to = likely <5% of former times so food is possible. Or some unknown. >=20 > YT, Dave Kentville > On 3/3/2020 4:19 PM, Marg Millard wrote: >> I don=92t mind that we have lower numbers than usual. There have been = so many over the years. >> =20 >> White Point Artist, Marg Millard >> 19 White Point 2 Rd., White Point, Queens Co.,=20 >> R.R. # 1 Hunts Point, Nova Scotia=20 >> B0T 1G0 Canada (902) 683-2393=20 >> MargMillard.ca By Appointment, please=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> "Hope is the thing with feathers >> That perches in the soul >> And sings the tunes without the words >> And never stops=96at all." (Emily Dickinson) --Apple-Mail=_D07FD2AE-54E6-4727-9241-5601642FCF77 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Here = at our Wolfville apartment the starlings love bird pies! Cheers = from Jim<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">David Webster <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>><br></span></= div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; = color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [NatureNS] was Starlings Now = White Ponit birds</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">March 3, 2020 at = 5:12:12 PM AST<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div> =20 <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3DUTF-8"> =20 <div><p>Hi All again,</p><p> I do not intend to lose = sleep over it but when a weed-like introduced bird such as Starling begins to fade I naturally wonder what is causing it. I heard some decades ago about traps for Starlings that function like a lobster trap; easy to enter = but impossible to exit. These were I think intended for poultry yards and feed plants. Or it could be a symptom of too many = Eagles. Or an overabundance of Hawks. Or it could be a consequence of too many urban life-unfriendly lawns where even ants have to move away in search of food. Insects have fallen to likely <5% of former times so food is possible. Or some unknown.</p><p>YT, Dave = Kentville<br> </p> <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 3/3/2020 4:19 PM, Marg Millard wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" = cite=3D"mid:8CA2C51B5206498FA8368FB1D6BBC7C7@Millard"> <meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3DUTF-8"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri;"> <div>I don=92t mind that we have lower numbers than usual. = There have been so many over the years. </div> <div> </div> <div style=3D"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri;">White = Point Artist, Marg Millard<br> 19 White Point 2 Rd., White Point, Queens Co., <br> R.R. # 1 Hunts Point, Nova Scotia <br> B0T 1G0 Canada (902) 683-2393 <br> MargMillard.ca By = Appointment, please <br> <br> <br> "Hope is the thing with feathers<br> That perches in the soul<br> And sings the tunes without the words<br> And never stops=96at all." (Emily Dickinson)</div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D07FD2AE-54E6-4727-9241-5601642FCF77--
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