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Hi Harvey; At 03:00 PM 10/09/2007, you wrote: >Hi Blake, The library only offers limited time to users, so here >goes a quickie list of some birds I'd like to find and see. Some >are lifers, others not. Some may be out of season, so thats that. > >Hudsonian god. A possibility. We'll make a search. >Brant >Oysterc >Piping P Wrong season for all, though there still might be a couple of Oystercatchers on Cape Sable Island, but they usually leave by now. >Buff-Bellied S The big flight mostly passed through, but we might be lucky with a lingering bird or two. >Great corm (likely where we are now?) A bit early, as most are still in Cape Breton, but if NW winds propel a cormorant migration, we might see them. >White-rumped S Should be around. >Seaside Sp No, it is a vagrant in Nova Scotia >Boreal Chick We'll do a search if you still need this one. >Gray Jay Serendipity is required. They are present, but so often elusive. >Savannah Sp Not a problem. And we have a chance for the Ipswich race as well. >Dick..Crossbills (tho you have told us these are unlikely) As noted. >Fox Sp Small chance of a migrant. >Blacked backed WP Serendipity, as with Gray Jays. >Sharp-tailed Sp There might still be a few about. We'll search. >Migrating and resident birds of prey, particularily Rough- L hawk and Falcons Falcons should be moving through, but it is too early for Rough-legged Hawks. >Harl duck Too early. >Eiders (both) Common Eider will not be a problem, but King is a vagrant. >most northern seabirds, such as Kittimakes jagers, Storm P The whale-watching trip is your best bet. >Long-tailed duck (is it too early?) Too early. >all Scoters Razorbills a bit early for scoters, and with luck you saw razorbills on the whale-watching trip >Orange-crowned W possible. >Places we would like your recommendations about: > >Cape Sable Island >Port Joli area >Hartlen Point min HRM > >In making suggestions and plans, please consider ease of access and >potential for birding from or near auto) It will probably be easier if we chat about this. In the meantime, some The dates you propose, Sept. 23-25, sound good to me. We'll plan around those, and talk early next week, once I return from Toronto. Cheers, Blake -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.19/1008 - Release Date: 14/09/2007 8:59 AM
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