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Index of Subjects At 2:53 PM -0300 4/12/07, Blake Maybank wrote: >The biggest surprise was seeing two Turkey Vultures gently soaring >south above the "spine" of Prospect Peninsula To avoid being on the road during today's snow, Mary Majka and I headed home from Halifax to New Brunswick last evening, Apr. 12. A TURKEY VULTURE [Urubu à tête rouge] flew easterly across Highway 102 in front of us, about 3-4 km north of the Elmsdale service area around 6:45 p.m. We had spent much of Wednesday and Thursday exploring the Saint Mary's River valley of Guysborough County with George Archibald. It's a lovely area that was not well-known to us. AMERICAN ROBINS [Merle d'Amérique], SONG SPARROWS and DARK-EYED JUNCOS were widespread and common but blackbirds were very scarce there. COMMON LOONS were present on a few of the opening lakes. During March, there was some discussion on NatureNS of the relative scarcity of EVENING GROSBEAKS this winter. On Thursday morning, we met Florence Duffy, at Waternish, I think. She reported having had a large number of grosbeaks all winter (consuming >$100/month of sunflower seeds). There were about 15 around her house when we stopped. While we were there, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK flew from the woods and across the river. Later in Halifax, Chris Majka alerted us to the easy-to-find, snoozing NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL on Seymour Street. That would be the bird highlight of our trip, but the landscape of Guysborough and eastern Halifax counties (rivers, coast, lakes and forests), seen under a deep blue sky, will remain more vivid in our memories. David -- David Christie Mary's Point, Harvey, Albert Co., New Brunswick, Canada http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/maryspt
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