[ValleyNature] flickers this winter

[James W. Wolford]

Also yesterday we had presumably the same female flicker eating  
mountain ash berries, at home in Wolfville.  Jim

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> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford at eastlink.ca>
> Date: January 3, 2010 1:15:38 PM AST
> To: NatureNS <naturens at chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: [NatureNS] re N. Flickers this winter
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> After almost none through the late fall here in Wolfville, at least  
> at my home, lately we have had two regular flickers at our feeders,  
> mostly at bird pie and suet? and perhaps cracked corn etc. on the  
> ground, but today our female took advantage of the 15 cm. or so of  
> new snow to reach the tubular peanut feeder and was seen at it  
> repeatedly.  Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
>
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>
>> From: iamclar at dal.ca
>> Date: January 1, 2010 3:24:22 PM AST
>> To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>> Subject: [NatureNS] First for year - N. Flicker
>> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>>
>> All;
>>
>> Our first of year was a flicker at our suet, which yesterday was  
>> the first this
>> winter. They've been increasingly regular in recent winters; are  
>> they scarecer
>> than usual this year?
>>
>> Cheers, Ian
>>
>> Ian McLaren, Halifax
>>
>
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