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Dec. 5, 2006 -- On the cold, snowy morning after oodles of traffic problems from our first real snow-fall of the winter, Luke DeCicco and I drove all the way from Wolfville to Liverpool, actually Brooklyn, to look for the European REDWING thrush, first reported Dec. 2 by Dorothy Poole and then seen by several others on Dec. 3 or 4. When we got to the Brooklyn Baptist Church and house #33 on Shore Road, Hans Toom, Bernice Moores, Don McNeill, and Peter Hope were also there. There was lots of bird activity in the area, mostly C. GRACKLES (with the odd RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD), STARLINGS, and BLUE JAYS; other birds noted included a BALTIMORE ORIOLE (not seen well by me), ROCK PIGEONS, MOURNING DOVE, AM. TREE SPARROW, D.-E. JUNCO, plus DUCKS (mallards, blacks) in the water by the Bowater-Mersey Newsprint Mill (for Washington Post, says Pete Hope), including 2 male C. GOLDENEYES. Despite waiting and watching and walking a bit by all of us, nobody could find the REDWING for at least an hour (or two hours for some). Then Don and Pete walked behind house #33 -- the oriole had been seen going in and out of an ornomental holly bush laden with berries next to the house, and eventually Pete let out an exclamation, ³ITıs (the REDWING) in the holly bush!² Then we all surrounded and approached said bush, and then indeed the REDWING flushed out of there and flew just a short distance to perch in the open in a small deciduous tree, where we all got quite good looks. Thank-yous to Dorothy Poole and others who reported it and its location for well for all of us. Having gotten an early start from Wolfville (much too early for this late sleeper), Luke and I were back in Wolfville by about 12:30 p.m., after a very satisfying ³wild goose chase².
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