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For the second Sunday in a row we lucked out with weather, allowing us to run a Breeding Bird Survey. This time out it was the Trafalgar route, in innermost Guysborough County. It was overcast, but otherwise a fine day, and the bugs were barely noticeable. Bird numbers were not high, continuing the trend in recent years, but I had a slight recovery in species diversity, with 62 species noted, but still down from the long-term average of 68. Highlights included a Northern Goshawk (my first on this route), a family of Gray Jays, three different Pileated Woodpeckers, Rock Pigeons (a first for the route, nesting under a bridge -- still no starlings on the route, though), and 19 of the 22 possible breeding species of warbler, missing Black-throated Blue, Wilson's, and Blackpoll. Six warbler species were represented by single individuals - Tennessee, Yellow, Cape May, Bay-breasted, Northern Waterthrush, and Canada. In stark contrast to last year there were no Golden-crowned Kinglets, and only one Winter Wren -- last year both were plentiful, on this route and around the province. I was also surprised to not have a single Blue Jay. There were plenty of flycatchers though, including 9 Yellow-bellied, 5 Least, 15 Alder, and 2 Olive-sided. An enjoyable time, and I was glad to be able to complete both routes this year. Cheers, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm 144 Bayview Drive White's Lake, Nova Scotia, B3T 1Z1, Canada maybank@ns.sympatico.ca (902) 852-2077 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/852 - Release Date: 17/06/2007
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