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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0097_01C7F6E7.3AFB6260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Some worth-mentioning birds Thursday, September 13, 2007 Birds sighted by Fulton Lavender and Liz Doull. A few unseen birds = were heard by Fulton Sandy Cove Road Golden crowned kinglet Ruby crowned kinglet red eyed vireo black and white warbler blackpoll warbler Nashville warbler Wilson's Warbler Magnolia Warbler Common Yellow Throat - everywhere! Palm Warbler Yellow warbler Boreal Chickadee - preferring spruce trees=20 1 Grey Jay - seen, 2-3 heard=20 Black backed woodpecker - heard White winged crossbills - flying in the sky=20 1 Baltimore Oriole 3 bobolink - flying high in the sky 1 Solitary Sandpiper - heard - in the brook at the end of the road Warblers were mostly heard but wouldn't come out visibly due to bright = sun and strong winds.=20 No luck with the yellow throated warbler or white eyed vireo You will notice that alder trees and branches hanging over the road have = been cut down by the branch/ tree-cutting people - operating the = branch-cutting machine - the process took 3 days (Tuesday- Thursday) so = some 'good' birds may have moved on. =20 Tuesday, Sept 11, 2007 - Sandy Cove Road Liz Doull found Cape May and = Bay breasted warblers. Really a lot of bird activity in the drizzle. = Difficult to check out each of more than 50 birds flying back and forth = in the spruce area (from the entrance to where there were several large = boulders on the left side). Birds stopped moving when heavy rain began = at 10:30. Twenty-six species were seen in one spot. It was possible the = two rare birds were present. I had to leave due to my meeting at 11.=20 ........................ Duncan Cove Road/ Trail 1 Blue headed vireo - at first sounding like a yellow throated vireo 1 red eyed vireo 2 Wilson's Warbler Blackpoll warblers 4 Baltimore Orioles... (at least 9 were found the next day) Chebucto Head Road - just before the sharp turn towards the hill to the = lighthouse - juvenvile Lark Sparrow - good looks - not there Friday am - Yellow billed cuckoo - flying by - seen by Fulton only - quick glance = - not relocated - swamp sparrow Chebucto Head Road (near the T-intersection with Ketch Harbour Road) Chestnut sided warbler Rose breasted grosbeak Dottie's Pond (from the Willis property) - scoped - Marbled Godwit - with 16 wimbrels - difficult to find the godwit at a = distance from the Willis property esp on a bright sunny day. They move = and disappear in one of the few little coves which are not visible. The = best view **may** be on the top of the hill - where the Rosebank Farm = is - where you could see those little coves and in better lighting esp = in the afternoon. Patience is necessary if you really want to see the = godwit. =20 Scoped beyond the Shorebird Cove/ Smelly Cove - Three Fathom Harbour - = low tide stilt sandpiper with short billed dowitchers (at a distance)=20 Conrad's Beach -1 Little Gull (2nd summer/ third winter) - along with some Bonies - = excellent looks in good lighting - no black top wings as previously = noted by Susan B - We had good looks of its underwings so it was not = black - Instead, it was smudgy dark grey. Few black wing tips.=20 1 Barn? swallow 3 bobolinks Sanderlings=20 3 Ruddy Turnstones peeps - happily no unleashed dogs... =20 .......................................... Friday, Sept 14th, 2007 - Liz Doull only - one hour Chebucto Head Road - 9 plus Orioles sp, two clearly identified as Northern Oriole as I saw = them at a distance - possibly moving on - Swamp sparrow - no sign of Lark Sparrow or cuckoo - Monarch fluttering around and by me -=20 Cheers, Liz Doull ------=_NextPart_000_0097_01C7F6E7.3AFB6260 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Some worth-mentioning birds=20 Thursday, September 13, 2007</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Birds sighted by Fulton Lavender and Liz=20 Doull. </FONT><FONT face=3DArial>A few unseen birds were = heard by=20 Fulton</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Sandy Cove Road</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Golden crowned kinglet</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Ruby crowned kinglet</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>red eyed vireo</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>black and white warbler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>blackpoll warbler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Nashville warbler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> Wilson's Warbler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Magnolia Warbler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Common Yellow Throat - everywhere!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Palm Warbler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Yellow warbler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Boreal Chickadee - preferring spruce trees=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 Grey Jay - seen, 2-3 = heard </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Black backed woodpecker - heard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>White winged crossbills - flying in the sky = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 Baltimore Oriole</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>3 bobolink - flying high in the = sky</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 Solitary Sandpiper - heard - in the brook at = the end of=20 the road</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Warblers were mostly heard but wouldn't come out = visibly=20 due to bright sun and strong winds. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>No luck with the yellow throated warbler or = white eyed=20 vireo</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>You will notice that alder trees and branches = hanging over=20 the road have been cut down by the branch/ tree-cutting people - = operating the=20 branch-cutting machine - the process took 3 days (Tuesday- = Thursday)=20 so some 'good' birds may have moved on. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Tuesday, Sept 11, 2007 - Sandy Cove = Road=20 </STRONG> Liz Doull found Cape May and Bay breasted = warblers. Really=20 a lot of bird activity in the drizzle. Difficult to check=20 out each of more than 50 birds flying back and forth in the spruce = area=20 (from the entrance to where there were several large boulders on = the left=20 side). Birds stopped moving when heavy rain began at = 10:30. Twenty-six=20 species were seen in one spot. It was possible the two = rare=20 birds were present. I had to leave due to my meeting at 11.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>........................</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Duncan Cove Road/ = Trail</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 Blue headed vireo - at first sounding like a = yellow=20 throated vireo</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 red eyed vireo</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>2 Wilson's Warbler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Blackpoll warblers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>4 Baltimore Orioles... (at least 9 were found = the next=20 day)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Chebucto Head Road - just before the = sharp turn=20 towards the hill to the lighthouse</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- juvenvile Lark Sparrow - good looks - not = there Friday=20 am</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- Yellow billed cuckoo - flying by - seen by = Fulton only -=20 quick glance - not relocated</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- swamp sparrow</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Chebucto Head Road (near the = T-intersection=20 with Ketch Harbour Road)</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Chestnut sided warbler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Rose breasted = grosbeak</FONT><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Dottie's Pond (from the Willis = property)</STRONG>=20 <STRONG>- scoped</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- Marbled Godwit - with 16 wimbrels - difficult = to find=20 the godwit at a distance from the Willis property esp on a bright sunny=20 day. They move and disappear in one of the few little coves = which are=20 not visible. The best view **may** be on the top of the hill = </FONT><FONT face=3DArial>- where the Rosebank Farm is - where you could = see those=20 little coves and in better lighting esp in the afternoon. = Patience is=20 necessary if you really want to see the godwit. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Scoped beyond the Shorebird Cove/ = Smelly=20 Cove</STRONG> <STRONG>- Three Fathom Harbour - low = tide</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>stilt sandpiper with short billed = dowitchers (at a=20 distance) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Conrad's Beach</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>-1 Little Gull (2nd summer/ third winter) = - along=20 with some Bonies - excellent looks in good lighting - no = black top=20 wings as previously noted by Susan B - We had good looks of its = underwings=20 so it was not black - Instead, it was smudgy dark grey. Few black = wing=20 tips. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 Barn? swallow</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>3 bobolinks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3DArial>Sanderlings </FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>3 Ruddy Turnstones</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>peeps</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- happily no unleashed dogs... = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT = face=3DArial>..........................................</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Friday, Sept 14th, 2007 - Liz Doull only = - one=20 hour</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Chebucto Head Road</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- 9 plus Orioles sp, two clearly identified as = Northern=20 Oriole as I saw them at a distance - possibly moving = on</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- Swamp sparrow</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- no sign of Lark Sparrow or cuckoo</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- Monarch fluttering around and by me - = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Cheers, Liz Doull</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0097_01C7F6E7.3AFB6260--
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