[NatureNS] Depths of Winter List of Birds

Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:27:42 -0400
From: Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca>
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Hi Patricia,

I can add Comm. Goldeneye to your Feb. '07 list.

Lois Codling

Patricia L. Chalmers wrote:
> Hi there,
>
>     I was interested to see Blake's report of the Nova Scotia Winter 
> List reaching 200 species.  I confess that I'm always a little 
> ambivalent about winter listing, since finding lots of lingering 
> songbirds in early December seems to be the key to a big list.  I feel 
> sorry for the "doomed birds", but am astonished by those which survive 
> thanks to the kindness of backyard bird-feeders.  It is fascinating, 
> though, to see the range and variety of species which have turned up 
> here between the first of December and the end of February, and I 
> salute Blake for compiling these records for us - for eleven years!
>
>     On the other hand, the diversity of bird species which are found 
> here, in even the coldest weather, impresses me too - as well as the 
> hardiness of the birders who seek them out. You have to get outdoors, 
> often in bitter weather, if you want to see a Snowy Owl or some other 
> winter specialty.  And as we've seen this week, surprises turn up.  So 
> the idea of a list of what's still around once winter has really set 
> in, such as the "Dead of Winter List" kept by Rob Parsons in Manitoba, 
> appeals to me as representative of winter in our province.  For his 
> purposes, this is a February list.  I was looking at the reports on 
> Manitobabirds at http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/MANI.html the 
> other day, and at present the list stands at 46 species.  I began to 
> compare it with what we might find, and of course many of the birds 
> are the same.  We aren't going to get a Sharp-tailed Grouse or a 
> Black-billed Magpie, though a Varied Thrush would be possible. It was 
> amusing to see Harris's Sparrow on both lists. And WE have two other 
> typically western birds, a Yellow-headed Blackbird and a Western Tanager!
>
>     I have compiled the following list of birds reported (via NatureNS 
> or the NS-RBA) so far in Nova Scotia this month, (plus a few I've seen 
> myself).  Since I was comparing it to the Manitoba list, I followed 
> the same taxonomic order.  I could see how things were going to shape 
> up as soon as I got to Bald Eagle, which is 8th on their list and 28th 
> on ours - we have so many ducks still, thanks to the seacoast and open 
> freshwater magnets like Sullivan's Pond.
>
>
> Nova Scotia Depths of Winter List 2007
>
> 1 .. Canada Goose
> 2 .. Brant
> 3 .. Green-winged Teal
> 4 .. Black Duck
> 5 .. Mallard
> 6 .. Northern Shoveler
> 7 .. Northern Pintail
> 8 .. Gadwall
> 9 .. American Wigeon
> 10.. Eurasian Wigeon
> 11.. Redhead
> 12 ..Ring-necked Duck
> 13 ..Lesser Scaup
> 14.. Greater Scaup
> 15.. Common Eider
> 16.. Black Scoter
> 17.. Surf Scoter
> 18.. White-winged Scoter
> 19.. Bufflehead
> 20.. Barrow's Goldeneye
> 21.. Hooded Merganser
> 22.. Common Merganser
> 23.. Red-breasted Merganser
> 24.. Ring-necked Pheasant
> 25.. Northern Fulmar
> 26.. Great Cormorant
> 27.. American Bittern
> 28.. Bald Eagle
> 29.. Northern Harrier
> 30.. Sharp-shinnned Hawk
> 31.. Cooper's Hawk
> 32.. Red-tailed Hawk
> 33.. Rough-legged Hawk
> 34.. Merlin
> 35.. Peregrine Falcon
> 36.. American Coot
> 37.. Black-bellied Plover
> 38.. Killdeer
> 39.. Red Knot
> 40.. Sanderling
> 41.. Purple Sandpiper
> 42.. Dunlin
> 43.. American Woodcock
> 44.. Black-headed Gull
> 45.. Ring-billed Gull
> 46.. Herring Gull
> 47.. Iceland Gull
> 48.. Great Black-backed Gull
> 49.. Dovekie
> 50.. Common Murre
> 51.. Thick-billed Murre
> 52.. Razorbill
> 53.. Black Guillemot
> 54.. Rock Pigeon
> 55.. Mourning Dove
> 56.. Great Horned Owl
> 57.. Snowy Owl
> 58.. Barred Owl
> 59.. Short-eared Owl
> 60.. Belted Kingfisher
> 61.. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
> 62.. Downy Woodpecker
> 63.. Hairy Woodpecker
> 64.. Northern Flicker
> 65.. Gray Jay
> 66.. Blue Jay
> 67.. American Crow
> 68.. Common Raven
> 69.. Horned Lark
> 70.. Black-capped Chickadee
> 71.. Red-breasted Nuthatch
> 72.. White-breasted Nuthatch
> 73.. Brown Creeper
> 74.. Golden-crowned Kinglet
> 75.. Hermit Thrush
> 76.. American Robin
> 77.. Northern Mockingbird
> 78.. European Starling
> 79.. Pine Warbler
> 80.. Western Tanager
> 81.. American Tree Sparrow
> 82.. Chipping Sparrow
> 83.. Vesper Sparrow
> 84.. Savannah Sparrow
> 84a.."Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow
> 85.. Song Sparrow
> 86.. White-throated Sparrow
> 87.. Harris's Sparrow
> 88.. Dark-eyed Junco
> 89.. Lapland Longspur
> 90.. Northern Cardinal
> 91.. Yellow-headed Blackbird
> 92.. Common Grackle
> 93.. Pine Siskin
> 94.. American Goldfinch
> 95.. Evening Grosbeak
> 96.. House Sparrow
>
>     This was much more work than I thought when I started it, in an 
> idle moment, but if others think it's interesting I'll update it 
> periodically.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Patricia L. Chalmers
>     Halifax
>
>

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