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Index of Subjects Hi, N.Shrike and Common Yellowthroat were seen on the Wolfville CBC. Richard On 12/22/06, Blake Maybank <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi All, > > With much of the month of December behind us, as well as a number of > Christmas Bird Counts, the NS Winter List has reached 170. This > puts us equal to Quebec, for instance, but they count five exotic > species on their list (such as Mandarin Duck), so we are in fact > ahead. Among other provinces that keep track (now all but Ontario), > we are in second place behind BC, which is to be expected. Besides, > this isn't a contest, and it isn't a level playing field --- location > is everything. > > As is having fun. Check out the winter list page to see what we've > seen, and what we've yet to see. > > http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/maybank/other/nswinter.htm > > Some that we're missing include Wood Duck, Tufted Duck, Gray > Partridge, woodcock, three owls (Long-eared, Short-eared, and > Saw-whet), Northern Shrike, Winter Wren, Common Yellowthroat, > White-crowned Sparrow, both crossbills, and Common Redpoll. We've > had all these in each of the previous 10 years, so they should still > be available to us. But this has been an odd winter thus far. > > Don't forget to check out the species found across the country. See > if you can guess where the following species were > noted: Slaty-backed Gull; Curve-billed Thrasher; Swainson's Thrush; > Eurasian Collared-Dove; Indigo Bunting; Bullock's Oriole. > > The next update will not be until early in the New Year, so until > then Merry Christmas, and joyful Saturnalia and Juvenalia. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Blake Maybank > Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" > > author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" > http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm > > 144 Bayview Drive > White's Lake, Nova Scotia, > B3T 1Z1, Canada > > maybank@ns.sympatico.ca > (902) 852-2077 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/597 - Release Date: 21/12/2006 > > > -- ################# 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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