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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-F76C582E-8087-4AD7-9E59-E2F131D5A86B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I thought too. Sent from my iPad > On May 20, 2020, at 5:40 PM, John Kearney <j.f.kearney@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFBeautiful post DW.=20 >=20 > Sent from my iPad >=20 >> On May 20, 2020, at 5:22 PM, Shouty McShoutsalot <desolatechair@gmail.com= > wrote: >>=20 >> Lovely. Thanks for sharing. >>=20 >>> On Wed., May 20, 2020, 17:16 David Webster, <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: >>> Dear All, >>>=20 >>> I saw a comment recently on naturens traffic to the effect that=20 >>> even sitting quietly in the woods may adversely affect birds. And it got= =20 >>> buried in subsequent traffic. >>>=20 >>> This puzzles me because if you are really quiet then you become in=20= >>> effect an unusually shaped rock or burl. I have had e.g. a Chicadee land= =20 >>> within a few inches of my nose (at most 3" away) and peer this way and=20= >>> that way; no hint of concern just curious. When very slowly crossing a=20= >>> knee-high windfall I once had a Squirrel walk between my legs without=20= >>> indicating awareness. When sitting a foot away from a tiny Spruce (~1"=20= >>> diam. at soil) at dusk I once had a small Mouse slowly climb up the tree= =20 >>> saying ek ek ek as nonchalant as could be. And one day while passing=20 >>> time, while I fished nearby, my wife waded out to a small rocky "island"= =20 >>> in a brook took both rubber boots off and a few minutes later a Muskrat=20= >>> joined her, smelled the inside of both boots, smelled and crossed her=20= >>> bare legs and then leisurely left the island and proceeded up stream.=20= >>> Twice when sitting in Spruce I had a Kinglet land and hop about within=20= >>> inches apparently unaware I was there. Grey Jays are the exception-=20 >>> they find you; especially when they smell a fire because that may mean a= =20 >>> welcome change from a dull diet. >>>=20 >>> Sometimes it seems birds welcome company. One summer I spent many=20= >>> hours thinning an area of woods which was clearly overstocked; cutting=20= >>> and let lie or cutting and trimming for firewood. Regardless where I was= =20 >>> working in this ~10 acre area a Robin would eventually show up,=20 >>> apparently unconcerned, and follow me around as I moved. Shortly after=20= >>> I bought the woodlot I would trigger a flyby of one or several Pileated=20= >>> Woodpeckers shortly after I started the chainsaw. One or more would fly=20= >>> in, circle me several times calling (Yak, Yak, Yak....) and then fly=20 >>> away. The woods then had been clear cut only about 30 years=20 >>> previously so Pileated food may have been in short supply and perhaps=20= >>> they wanted a fix on possible exposed food. They are less common now=20= >>> but still often come near where I am cutting and stick around until I=20= >>> pause and look up to e.g. try to take a picture. >>>=20 >>> Sometimes simply by being friendly you see things unexpectedly. One= =20 >>> day while eating at a large Cortland apple and splitting wood in a light= =20 >>> rain a Squirrel seemed interested so I put a small slice out of my=20 >>> reach. After he ate that I continued feeding him slim slices. When it=20= >>> started to rain quite hard he perched in full view on a Spruce branch=20= >>> with tail up over his back and with the tail end flared out, fan like=20= >>> and serving as an unbrella, protecting his head and front feet from rain= . >>>=20 >>> Yellow Jackets naturally get annoyed if you damage their nest but=20= >>> once, while slicing and eating an apple in the yard, a Yellow Jacket=20 >>> flew within a few feet and paused in mid air which I took to mean "May I= =20 >>> land on your hand" so I slowly extended my hand to say "welcome" and it=20= >>> landed and proceeded to make good use of the apple juice on my hand. In=20= >>> like fashion, some beetles have come near when having tea in the yard=20= >>> and had a good drink. I don't recall details but I somehow improvised a=20= >>> feeding tube consisting of two flat and pointed slivers of wood. They=20= >>> would fly to the table for 2 or 3 slips, retreat and then come for more.= =20 >>> In such interactions one must move but a key factor is to avoid rapid or= =20 >>> unexpected motion. >>>=20 >>> Also sitting quietly near sunny warm areas where one might see a=20= >>> snake out hunting will often lead to a snake seen. >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Enough DW, Kentville >>>=20 >>>=20 --Apple-Mail-F76C582E-8087-4AD7-9E59-E2F131D5A86B Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">I thought too.<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent= from my iPad</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On May 20,= 2020, at 5:40 PM, John Kearney <j.f.kearney@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br>= </blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<meta= http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8">Beautifu= l post DW. <br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature" dir=3D"ltr">Sent from= my iPad</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On May 20, 2020, at 5:22 PM, Shouty McSho= utsalot <<a href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com">desolatechair@gmail.c= om</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><d= iv dir=3D"auto">Lovely. Thanks for sharing.</div><br><div class=3D"gma= il_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed., May 20, 2020, 17:16= David Webster, <<a href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com= </a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0= 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear All,<br> <br> I saw a comment recently on naturens traffic to the= effect that <br> even sitting quietly in the woods may adversely affect birds. And it got <br= > buried in subsequent traffic.<br> <br> T