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FOR THE BIRDS
June 1992
By
Helen O'Shea
Common Grackle
This is May and June news.
I know that spring is here from the number of phone calls reportmig new bird species in the area. The KILDEER are back. Bill and I spotted one near the Havenside Barachois on April 19 and Warren Bagnell saw two in his yard on Arpil 22. Ian Harte confirmed seeing one also.
Gwen Lunn reported seeing a PALM WARBLER in her yard on May 1st and a SAVANNA SPARROW a week later. On May 2, we saw two GREAT BLUE HERON and a BELTED KINGFISFIER.
The exciting news is the sighting of a male and female YELLOW BELLIED SAPSUCKER on Havenside by Gwen. Rovie and Bruce MacDonald have seen the male. The SAPSUCKER is a woodpecker with red crown, forehead and throat. The back is black, barred with white. The belly is a pale yellow. SAPSUCKERS, nest in a hole in a tree, usually a live poplar. According to Tufts' Birds of Nova Scotia, " The name sapsucker is appropriate for this bird because it habitully drills holes in the bark of trees, causing sap to run. It appears to gain a measure of sustenance from the sap and is said to over-indulge in it at tim to the extent of becoming groggy. It also eats insects attracted to the sap.
Now that it is June, the HUMMINGBIRDS are back around the feeders. I've had one since the third week in May. Rovie MacDonald has spotted an INDIGO BUNTING on Havenside. And as reported above the KlILDEERS are back. There is one on her nest with 4 eggs tucked under her. As usual there are many confusing spring WARBLERS - excitable little birds, slate grey in colour with yellow markings.
A BLUE JAY ran into Susan Myers window. It seemed to be recovering, but neighbourhood cats " did it in". I had a ROBIN flying into my dining room window all day long for 5 days. It usually carried straw and branches, to build a nest, and seems to have been trying to reach the trees reflected in the window glass. Cecil and Helen Pearl have their SWALLOWS back They have a nest box outside their kitchen window on Havenside. Cecil said that the birds have been coming for several years and each year they fly around the kitchen window until he puts up the nesting box.
Helen O’Shea
Extracted from © The Seagull, Helen O'Shea, For the Birds