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The Cape Chignecto Provincial Park field trip was rained out three of the six years I went for the July 1st weekend, so this year I chose an earlier week end. We drove (but mostly parked by the roadside) during the terrible thunder and hail storm in Shubenacadie on Friday. At Port Greville it was still raining during the night. Nevertheless I was up at 6am and with grandson David Erskine got ready. rain at 7 made us decide to wait. At 8 am two birders, Myrna and Reg Isnor from Shubenacadie arrived at the park for the trip. I had concerns about the wet trail, so when they said they preferred birding to hiking, I met them in Spencer's Island, ( Black Ducks in the marsh and Eiders at sea) and we spent the morning chasing birds in the mist. At our first stop in Fraserville, we missed seeing any Bluebirds, but there were lots of Tree Swallows, Hummingbirds, Ravens, Crows, Mourning Doves and a Downy Woodpecker. In Brookville, a warbler hot spot, we heard (once only) and got the briefest of glimpses of a Mourning Warbler. Also in the hollow were Common Yellowthroat, Redstart, N.Parula , Alder Flycatcher, and Blue headed Vireo. (Lots of Mourning Doves on the wires all along the way.) We went back Red River where a Wood Duck took off at the Forks. Swainson's Thrush, Palm Warbler and Red eyed Vireo were seen or heard at the "Meadows", and we had good looks there at an Olive-sided Flycatcher. There was what I believed to be a Black-throated Blue singing, but the song seemed a bit "off". Will check again. At the height of land we had Pileated Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Grey Jay (en route), Hermit Thrush, Robins, Boreal and Black capped Chickadees, Black throated Green Warblers (at least a dozen ), and a Black and White Warbler. The White throated Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Song Sparrow were singing in the rain.Yellow Warbler, at my place in Port Greville as well as most of the above. Magnolias and White Throated Sparrows probably nesting (DD) .Herring Gulls were seen off the Point. We ate inside, and hoped for a Lincoln and /or Vesper as I see them there regularly, but not this weekend. We had an Am Goldfinch on the doorstep (8210 Port Greville) in the am. and I had a Canada Warbler and lots of Yellow rumps later in the day. On Saturday afternoon I took David trout fishing back Seal Brook and was rewarded- a beautiful Bay-breasted Warbler singing "in my face". Also Nashville, Magnolias, Chesnut sided, Parula, Yellow, Common Yellow throat and A.Redstart Warblers, Cedar Waxwings, and at least eleven nests of Barn Swallows under the Fox River Bridge. I counted only eight Swallows in the air. Also Alder Flycatcher, Hairy Woodpecker, and a Sharp-shinned Hawk at various stops. Purple Finch, Junco and Swamp sparrow also seen and heard . We had a good time in spite of the damp weather. Thanks, Myrna and Reg for being such good sports. Sunday we hiked in to Shulie Lake again and there was a handsome Loon preening just off the camp.
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