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Ken McKenna
Box 218 Stellarton NS
B0K 1S0
902 752-7644
kenmcken@pchg.net
Hi all
I have had Mourning Warblers in a number of atlas squares in the =
Antigonish- Pictou areas. I had a pair with young nearby yesterday in =
the James R. square. I find that recent cutovers are good, but once the =
growth gets too high they move elsewhere. I still had a Black-billed =
Cuckoo calling yesterday in the French R. square in an area I had one =
call a few weeks ago. There still seem to be a good number of birds that =
can be confirmed in this area, but soon I supose that birds will be =
migrating. I had a Junco on eggs yesterday and managed to get =
Black-backed Woodpeckers in the Haggart's L. area.=20
cheers
Ken
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Wayne P. Neily=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:25 AM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Where are all the Mourning warblers?
Hello Richard et al.,
On the other Noth Mountain (Cape Breton Highlands N. P.), they seem =
to be in normal numbers. Although I did not do any quantitative work =
while atlassing there 30 and 31 July, Mourning Warblers were common, =
with adult males and females and juveniles being seen (and more heard =
scolding) in typical breeding habitat. I would estimate that they were =
the fourth commonest species there, after White-throated Sparrow, =
Lincoln's Sparrow, and Dark-eyed Junco (with Yellow-rumped Warbler a =
close fifth).
However, I have not seen them elsewhere in N. S. this year (although =
I usually do not expect them in western N. S. except in migration), so =
perhaps some populations were affected by the storms. =20
Wayne Neily=20
Tremont, Nova Scotia=20
"Come forth into the light of things,=20
Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth, 1798.=20
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From: "Richard Stern" <sternrichard@gmail.com>
Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: [NatureNS] Where are all the Mourning warblers?
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:11:40 -0300
Hi,
We have had a small property at Baxter's Harbor, in King's Co., on the
North Mtn., for 3 years now. Each Summer there has been a healthy
local population of Mourning Warblers, and their song has been a
characteristic sound in the area all summer, till this year. This year
there have been none at all, anywhere in the area. The local habitat
is largely cut over 2nd growth open woods, with many bushes and
saplings. For the previous 3 - 4 years there have been at least 4 or 5
singing Mourning's in the immediate area, and more farther along the
road. The habitat has not changed, and other long-distance migrant
passerines (Magnolias, Y-Rs, Redstats, B-H Vireos etc.) seem unchanged
too.
Mourning Warblers winter on the Caribbean slope of central; and NW
South America, and presumably migrate acrosss the gulf . Has anyone
else seen a precipitous decline in this species this year, or coulsd
this be part of a random fluctuation, or what?
--
#################
Richard Stern,
317 Middle Dyke Rd.,
RR#1 Port Williams,
NS, Canada B0P 1T0
rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca
rbstern@xcountry.tv
sternrichard@gmail.com
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<DIV>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I have had Mourning =
Warblers in=20
a number of atlas squares in the Antigonish- Pictou areas. I had a pair =
with=20
young nearby yesterday in the James R. square. I find that recent =
cutovers are=20
good, but once the growth gets too high they move elsewhere. I still had =
a=20
Black-billed Cuckoo calling yesterday in the French R. square in an area =
I had=20
one call a few weeks ago. There still seem to be a good number of birds =
that can=20
be confirmed in this area, but soon I supose that birds will be =
migrating. I had=20
a Junco on eggs yesterday and managed to get Black-backed Woodpeckers in =
the=20
Haggart's L. area. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>cheers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Ken</FONT></DIV>
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Neily</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [NatureNS] Where =
are all the=20
Mourning warblers?</DIV>
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<P>Hello Richard et al.,<BR><BR> On the other Noth Mountain =
(Cape Breton=20
Highlands N. P.), they seem to be in normal numbers. Although I =
did not=20
do any quantitative work while atlassing there 30 and 31 July, =
Mourning=20
Warblers were common, with adult males and females and juveniles being =
seen=20
(and more heard scolding) in typical breeding habitat. I would =
estimate=20
that they were the fourth commonest species there, after =
White-throated=20
Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, and Dark-eyed Junco (with Yellow-rumped =