[NatureNS] c. mergs, pintails, Iceland gulls, tons of robins today, etc.

Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:45:17 -0300
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Apr. 2, 2007 - Ducks Unlimited pond along river and Middle Dyke Road, New
Minas: 9 COMMON MERGANSERS (4m,5f); 1 m/f pr. of N. PINTAILS; 1 m MALLARD; 1
m RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.

Port Williams sewage ponds: about 10 MALLARDS.

New Minas sewage ponds: 6 ICELAND GULLS (4 ad., 1 first-winter, 1
second-winter? (a lot of white and some gray on the mantle)(yes - Sibley
shows this plumage under "2nd winter").

I heard one of our CARDINALS singing southeast of our back yard in
Wolfville.

Apr. 3, 2007 - 80 CANADA GEESE  at Windsor sewage ponds.

Apr. 4, 2007 - both m and f N. CARDINALS seen at our Wolfville feeders (what
a treat every time we see them).

The first C. GRACKLE (male) for our Wolfville yard showed up today.

Jennifer Foster at Lower Blomidon (actually Hustonıs Beach) reports that
³TONS² OF ROBINS landed at her place today!!

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204
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Jim (James W.) Wolford
91 Wickwire Avenue 
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
B4P 1W3
phone (902)542-9204 (home)
fax (902)585-1059 (Acadia Univ. Biology Dept.)
e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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