[NatureNS] birding annapolis co. fundy shore

Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:35:36 -0400
From: George Forsyth <g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca>
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Harold Forsyth and I had a great morning and early afternoon birding 
along the fundy shore today. I used Blake Maybank's website to get an 
idea of the best sites. We started at the Bridgetown sewage treatment 
lagoons where we were able to see: 	 	bufflehead ducks (~25)
						ringneck ducks (~15)
						black ducks (5)
						black scoters (6)
						green wing teal (1)
Then to the shore, from Hampton along to Margaretsville we saw:
						lots of surf scoters
						lots of white wing scoters
						black scoters (6)
						red throated loons (~10)
						common loon (1)
						red necked grebes (3)
						eiders ( ~30)
						long tailed duck (10 +)
						harlequin ducks (16)
						alcid species (6)
						comorants in flight (100+)
						purple sandpiper (12)
						gannets (~30)
						parasitic jaeger (2)
						many herring gulls
						fewer black backed gulls
						ring billed gull (1)
						black legged kittiwakes (~50)
						bald eagle (1)
						crows (lots)
						
robins, bluejays, starlings, bl cap chickadees, boreal chickadee 
(heard), goldfinches, golden crowned kinglets, one pheasant and one 
song sparrow, the woods where we stopped didn't seem to have many 
birds.


						monarch butterfly (1) flying at Cottage Cove
						


A pleasant day, some sun, some wind, some cloud, but never as 
unpleasant as it can be along the Fundy Shore in November!!


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George E. Forsyth						ph.  902 681 4910
c/o Evangeline Middle School			fax. 902 681 4909
9387 Commercial St.
New Minas, N.S.
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