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Index of Subjects Hi Pat; Are Candace Malcolm's Orioles and Dickcissel still doing well? Leszek and I were there at the very end of January or the very beginning of February and saw two of her Orioles - alive and well... Cheers; Suzanne --- Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote: > 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 > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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