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Index of Subjects Hi James and All, I knew of one here in the Canso area many years ago but I now see that there were atleast two "Early" reports in Tufts "Birds of Nova Scotia" http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0037.htm Any sightings more recent (from his publication up to present) we will have to rely on our current experts to shed some light on for us. Tom Kavanaugh Canso ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Hirtle" <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 11:07 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Possible, but Unknown at this point > A bird was reported to me via a friend from along the Mullocks Road. The > report was a week ago, and I doubt it if the bird in question is still > about. It was shortly after the hurricane force winds and rain that we had. > Anyhow, this is the road that cuts across from Rhodes Corner through to > Whynott's Settlement where the recycling centre is. The bird apparently was > closer to the Rhode's Corner side. It was described as an all dark heron, > but a smaller one with an orange colored bill. The person who saw this bird > spotted it perched on a railing for a bridge alongside of a pond beside the > road. It was keyed out right away, as the person who saw it, has a house > very near the pond and he went right to his bird book. The bird was > reported to me as as a dark morph reddish egret. I got the email the day > after the sighting and went to try and find this bird right away, but could > not find anything. Although it is possible that the bird could have been > blown inland, the reddish egret is a bird of saltwater marshes according to > Sibleys. I think that it is more likely that the bird in question was a > little blue heron in regards to habitat. In second questioning the > reportee, he is unsure now about the color of the bill even though initially > he was adament about it. Anyhow, the reportee will have his camera on hand > and if the bird shows again he will try to get a photo and will call me > right away. This person knows the normal birds about and recognized this > one as different. He also took note of the size and it is definitely not a > great blue heron as he knows this species and of course a great blue is much > larger and looks different then the discription above. I've documented it > as a little blue heron unless other confirmation can be obtained. > > Just in case, has anyone online had other reports, or of confirmation of a > reddish egret, either in New Brunswick or elsewhere in the maritimes or > across the bay from us that might correlate to this sighting as a > possiblilty only in Nova Scotia? Again no confirmation of this bird has > been made and I'm only reporting it as an unconfirmed possible, just in case > it happens to show somewhere else as a reddish egret correlating to the same > timeline. > > To Ian or others, what is the history or record of reddish egrets in Nova > Scotia? Has there ever been one? I have no knowledge of such. Again just > to clarify, I am not stating that the bird resported was this species and > put these questions forth only out of curiousity. > > James R. Hirtle > Dublin Shore > > _________________________________________________________________ > See Fireworks On Live Image Search > http://search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=Fireworks&mkt=en-ca&FORM=SERNEP
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