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I went to Brier Island today with George Lowe a birder for 40 years and his daughter Mel who has been birding since she was three. Both of them picked up life birds. It was a grand day with quite a few interesting sightings. On the way along just past Keji we found a nice group of migrants. There were evening grosbeaks, red crossbills and an array of other species. Amongst the group were a red-eyed vireo, blue-headed vireos, a number of different warblers, a swamp sparrow and a white-crowned sparrow along with other species. At one stop through Virginia there were six swamp sparrows a merlin and a red-tailed hawk. Through Bear River we saw one broad-winged hawk, a red-tailed hawk, and an American Kestrel. Along Digby Neck there were numbers of warbler species and at one location an unknown which puzzles me. I would say that it was a northern parula, but wing bars were absent. The warbler was bluish in colour with an olive patch on the back, a yellow throat and white from the chest down. Any suggestions that I might not have considered would be helpful? Further along Digby neck and not far in was a juvenile Eastern Bluebird on the wires. We also saw another broad-winged hawk and a merlin. On Brier there were few warblers to be found. The highlight was the impressive hawk flight a week earlier than I was expecting. Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 Merlin 6 Broad-winged Hawk 301 Peregrine Falcon 1 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 5 Northern Goshawk 11 Northern Harrier 8 American Kestrel 4 Turkey Vulture 1 Other highlights of Brier: I saw about 60 phalaropes of unknown species fly by. Off Peajack Cove, there were 6 black-legged kittiwakes that flew by. Off West Light there were four Great Cormorants. At Pond Cove a buff-breasted sandpiper and 70 green-winged teal and one blue-winged teal. 44 species for Brier while there and 66 for the day. James R. Hirtle Lunenburg
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