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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_yehSuSsJSN6UzeUx8XyxfA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT A quick trip to Louisbourg, CBRM, May 7-9 brought a couple of surprises: - Red-necked Grebe: 13 at Kennington Cove, May 8 -9 (winter here, but have usually left by this date) - Purple Sandpiper: 28 at Kennington Cove, May 7 - 8 (winter here, but not usually seen in large numbers this late in the season) - Winter Wrens singing, from May 7 on (I have never heard them here on the NAMC count, the second Saturday in May) Otherwise, the pattern was similar to that reported elsewhere in the province. Ruffed Grouse and Snowshoe Hare are everywhere - both can be seen at 3-5 per km along the edges of quiet gravel roads at dusk - and many in broad daylight. A bit of atlas owling showed significant hare numbers, with many along roadsides at dusk and significant rustling/interference with listening conditions after dark. Turning on a flashlight briefly produced noisy panic among more than one hare in the immediate vicinity! Some Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers were present May 7-8, but both arrived in big numbers for the morning of May 9. Lots of ducks & seabirds around, including one pair of lingering Buffleheads May 7, as well as Green-winged (5) and Blue-winged (2) Teal and Ring-necked Ducks (2) in Louisbourg. Feeders in Louisbourg had good numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds (m+f) and Brown-headed Cowbirds. On May 8, N. Gannets were winging their way northeast along the coast off Louisbourg at a rate of 50 per minute in the afternoon, in strong winds. Scoters were also flying past in good numbers. Great Cormorants and Black-legged Kittiwakes were present on breeding islands at Louisbourg and Kennington Cove in usual numbers. Some atlas owling showed N. Saw-whets quite easy to find - I had 3, in 3 short evenings of owling in the Louisbourg area. Great-horneds are fairly quiet at this point in the season, but are dueting at dusk. Altogether a lovely time to be out and about. Cheers, Susann --Boundary_(ID_yehSuSsJSN6UzeUx8XyxfA) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A quick trip to Louisbourg, CBRM, May 7-9 brought a couple of surprises:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Red-necked Grebe: 13 at Kennington Cove, May 8 -9 (winter here, but have usually left by this date)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Purple Sandpiper: 28 at Kennington Cove, May 7 - 8 (winter here, but not usually seen in large numbers this late in the season)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Winter Wrens singing, from May 7 on (I have never heard them here on the NAMC count, the second Saturday in May)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otherwise, the pattern was similar to that reported elsewhere in the province. Ruffed Grouse and Snowshoe Hare are everywhere - both can be seen at 3-5 per km along the edges of quiet gravel roads at dusk - and many in broad daylight. A bit of atlas owling showed significant hare numbers, with many along roadsides at dusk and significant rustling/interference with listening conditions after dark. Turning on a flashlight briefly produced noisy panic among more than one hare in the immediate vicinity! Some Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers were present May 7-8, but both arrived in big numbers for the morning of May 9. Lots of ducks & seabirds around, including one pair of lingering Buffleheads May 7, as well as Green-winged (5) and Blue-winged (2) Teal and Ring-necked Ducks (2) in Louisbourg. Feeders in Louisbourg had good numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds (m+f) and Brown-headed Cowbirds. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On May 8, N. Gannets were winging their way northeast along the coast off Louisbourg at a rate of 50 per minute in the afternoon, in strong winds. Scoters were also flying past in good numbers. Great Cormorants and Black-legged Kittiwakes were present on breeding islands at Louisbourg and Kennington Cove in usual numbers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>S</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>ome atlas owling showed N. Saw-whets quite easy to find - I had 3, in 3 short evenings of owling in the Louisbourg area. Great-horneds are fairly quiet at this point in the season, but are dueting at dusk. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Altogether a lovely time to be out and about.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Susann</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_yehSuSsJSN6UzeUx8XyxfA)--
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