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Hi Patricia,=0A=0AI saw two Common Loons in Chester area on Thursday. One =
more for the list! =0AJennifer=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Loi=
s Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0ASen=
t: Friday, February 9, 2007 8:27:42 PM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] Depths of =
Winter List of Birds=0A=0AHi Patricia,=0A=0AI can add Comm. Goldeneye to yo=
ur Feb. '07 list.=0A=0ALois Codling=0A=0APatricia L. Chalmers wrote:=0A> Hi=
there,=0A>=0A> I was interested to see Blake's report of the Nova Scot=
ia Winter =0A> List reaching 200 species. I confess that I'm always a litt=
le =0A> ambivalent about winter listing, since finding lots of lingering =
=0A> songbirds in early December seems to be the key to a big list. I feel=
=0A> sorry for the "doomed birds", but am astonished by those which surviv=
e =0A> thanks to the kindness of backyard bird-feeders. It is fascinating,=
=0A> though, to see the range and variety of species which have turned up =
=0A> here between the first of December and the end of February, and I =0A>=
salute Blake for compiling these records for us - for eleven years!=0A>=0A=
> On the other hand, the diversity of bird species which are found =0A>=
here, in even the coldest weather, impresses me too - as well as the =0A> =
hardiness of the birders who seek them out. You have to get outdoors, =0A> =
often in bitter weather, if you want to see a Snowy Owl or some other =0A> =
winter specialty. And as we've seen this week, surprises turn up. So =0A>=
the idea of a list of what's still around once winter has really set =0A> =
in, such as the "Dead of Winter List" kept by Rob Parsons in Manitoba, =0A>=
appeals to me as representative of winter in our province. For his =0A> p=
urposes, this is a February list. I was looking at the reports on =0A> Man=
itobabirds at http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/MANI.html the =0A> other=
day, and at present the list stands at 46 species. I began to =0A> compar=
e it with what we might find, and of course many of the birds =0A> are the =
same. We aren't going to get a Sharp-tailed Grouse or a =0A> Black-billed =
Magpie, though a Varied Thrush would be possible. It was =0A> amusing to se=
e Harris's Sparrow on both lists. And WE have two other =0A> typically west=
ern birds, a Yellow-headed Blackbird and a Western Tanager!=0A>=0A> I h=
ave compiled the following list of birds reported (via NatureNS =0A> or the=
NS-RBA) so far in Nova Scotia this month, (plus a few I've seen =0A> mysel=
f). Since I was comparing it to the Manitoba list, I followed =0A> the sam=
e taxonomic order. I could see how things were going to shape =0A> up as s=
oon as I got to Bald Eagle, which is 8th on their list and 28th =0A> on our=
s - we have so many ducks still, thanks to the seacoast and open =0A> fresh=
water magnets like Sullivan's Pond.=0A>=0A>=0A> Nova Scotia Depths of Winte=
r List 2007=0A>=0A> 1 .. Canada Goose=0A> 2 .. Brant=0A> 3 .. Green-winged =
Teal=0A> 4 .. Black Duck=0A> 5 .. Mallard=0A> 6 .. Northern Shoveler=0A> 7 =
.. Northern Pintail=0A> 8 .. Gadwall=0A> 9 .. American Wigeon=0A> 10.. Eura=
sian Wigeon=0A> 11.. Redhead=0A> 12 ..Ring-necked Duck=0A> 13 ..Lesser Scau=
p=0A> 14.. Greater Scaup=0A> 15.. Common Eider=0A> 16.. Black Scoter=0A> 17=
.. Surf Scoter=0A> 18.. White-winged Scoter=0A> 19.. Bufflehead=0A> 20.. Ba=
rrow's Goldeneye=0A> 21.. Hooded Merganser=0A> 22.. Common Merganser=0A> 23=
.. Red-breasted Merganser=0A> 24.. Ring-necked Pheasant=0A> 25.. Northern F=
ulmar=0A> 26.. Great Cormorant=0A> 27.. American Bittern=0A> 28.. Bald Eagl=
e=0A> 29.. Northern Harrier=0A> 30.. Sharp-shinnned Hawk=0A> 31.. Cooper's =
Hawk=0A> 32.. Red-tailed Hawk=0A> 33.. Rough-legged Hawk=0A> 34.. Merlin=0A=
> 35.. Peregrine Falcon=0A> 36.. American Coot=0A> 37.. Black-bellied Plove=
r=0A> 38.. Killdeer=0A> 39.. Red Knot=0A> 40.. Sanderling=0A> 41.. Purple S=
andpiper=0A> 42.. Dunlin=0A> 43.. American Woodcock=0A> 44.. Black-headed G=
ull=0A> 45.. Ring-billed Gull=0A> 46.. Herring Gull=0A> 47.. Iceland Gull=
=0A> 48.. Great Black-backed Gull=0A> 49.. Dovekie=0A> 50.. Common Murre=0A=
> 51.. Thick-billed Murre=0A> 52.. Razorbill=0A> 53.. Black Guillemot=0A> 5=
4.. Rock Pigeon=0A> 55.. Mourning Dove=0A> 56.. Great Horned Owl=0A> 57.. S=
nowy Owl=0A> 58.. Barred Owl=0A> 59.. Short-eared Owl=0A> 60.. Belted Kingf=
isher=0A> 61.. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker=0A> 62.. Downy Woodpecker=0A> 63.. =
Hairy Woodpecker=0A> 64.. Northern Flicker=0A> 65.. Gray Jay=0A> 66.. Blue =
Jay=0A> 67.. American Crow=0A> 68.. Common Raven=0A> 69.. Horned Lark=0A> 7=
0.. Black-capped Chickadee=0A> 71.. Red-breasted Nuthatch=0A> 72.. White-br=
easted Nuthatch=0A> 73.. Brown Creeper=0A> 74.. Golden-crowned Kinglet=0A> =
75.. Hermit Thrush=0A> 76.. American Robin=0A> 77.. Northern Mockingbird=0A=
> 78.. European Starling=0A> 79.. Pine Warbler=0A> 80.. Western Tanager=0A>=
81.. American Tree Sparrow=0A> 82.. Chipping Sparrow=0A> 83.. Vesper Sparr=
ow=0A> 84.. Savannah Sparrow=0A> 84a.."Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow=0A> 85.. S=
ong Sparrow=0A> 86.. White-throated Sparrow=0A> 87.. Harris's Sparrow=0A> 8=
8.. Dark-eyed Junco=0A> 89.. Lapland Longspur=0A> 90.. Northern Cardinal=0A=
> 91.. Yellow-headed Blackbird=0A> 92.. Common Grackle=0A> 93.. Pine Siskin=
=0A> 94.. American Goldfinch=0A> 95.. Evening Grosbeak=0A> 96.. House Sparr=
ow=0A>=0A> This was much more work than I thought when I started it, in=
an =0A> idle moment, but if others think it's interesting I'll update it =
=0A> periodically.=0A>=0A> Cheers,=0A>=0A> Patricia L. Chalmers=0A>=
Halifax=0A>=0A>=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A =0A___________________________=
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