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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_2AhedGwA2vQcY8xHR4IzAw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all A group spent the Thanksgiving weekend birding Seal I. The boat trip over on Friday afternoon was uneventful until a flyby of a POMERINE JAEGER. An ATLANTIC PUFFIN was seen in the water by a couple of observers. On the Island a quick walk before dusk revealed a number of sparrows with a few White-crowned Sparrows. A single TREE SWALLOW flew over the pond. On Saturday the group saw 77 species Highlights were 2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 40+ NORTHERN FLICKER, 2 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1 EASTERN PEEWEE, 3 RUSTY BLACKBIRD, 1 MARSH WREN, 25 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLE and 20 AMERICAN PIPIT. A wind switch in late morning brought in 20 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS and 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS. Somewhat similar to Murray Newell's observations, Sunday brought a nice fall-out of birds on Seal Island. YELLOW-RUMPED and PALM WARBLERS were extremely common and birds were dropping down on the island through the day as the wind switched just after day-break to a NW direction. The wind continued strong through the day.The observers recorded 86 species that day including a large number of AMERICAN KESTREL, and MERLINS as well as 6 PEREGRINE FALCON. Other notable birds included, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 2 PINE WARBLER, 1 VEERY, 1 GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH, 5 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, 1 IPSWICH SPARROW, "35" RUSTY BLACKBIRD, 2 INDIGO BUNTING, 20 HORNED LARK and 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Sparows were in good numbers, SONG-20, SWAMP-25, WHITE-THROATED-50, WHITE-CROWNED-35, and D.E. JUNCO-40. On Monday, most of Sunday's birds departed, but 3 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS were observed, 1 SORA, 7 WILSON'S SNIPE, 1 COOPER'S HAWK (DON MACNEIL) and increased numbers of Pipits, HORNED LARKS and LAPLAND LONGSPUR.The late morning boat trip back was quiet except for a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and a BONAPARTE'S GULL. A few Monarchs, Red Admiral, Sulfur Sp.? and American Copper were present though the weekend. There were also a number of dragonflies that were not studied in any detail. In summary there were 11 species of warbler and 13 shorebird species noted. cheers Ken --Boundary_(ID_2AhedGwA2vQcY8xHR4IzAw) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A group spent the Thanksgiving weekend birding Seal I. The boat trip over on Friday afternoon was uneventful until a flyby of a POMERINE JAEGER. An ATLANTIC PUFFIN was seen in the water by a couple of observers. On the Island a quick walk before dusk revealed a number of sparrows with a few White-crowned Sparrows. A single TREE SWALLOW flew over the pond. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On Saturday the group saw 77 species Highlights were 2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 40+ NORTHERN FLICKER, 2 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1 EASTERN PEEWEE, 3 RUSTY BLACKBIRD, 1 MARSH WREN, 25 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLE and 20 AMERICAN PIPIT. A wind switch in late morning brought in 20 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS and 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Somewhat similar to Murray Newell's observations, Sunday brought a nice fall-out of birds on Seal Island. YELLOW-RUMPED and PALM WARBLERS were extremely common and birds were dropping down on the island through the day as the wind switched just after day-break to a NW direction. The wind continued strong through the day.The observers recorded 86 species that day including a large number of AMERICAN KESTREL, and MERLINS as well as 6 PEREGRINE FALCON. Other notable birds included, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 2 PINE WARBLER, 1 VEERY, 1 GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH, 5 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, 1 IPSWICH SPARROW, "35" RUSTY BLACKBIRD, 2 INDIGO BUNTING, 20 HORNED LARK and 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Sparows were in good numbers, SONG-20, SWAMP-25, WHITE-THROATED-50, WHITE-CROWNED-35, and D.E. JUNCO-40. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On Monday</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>, most of Sunday's birds departed, but 3 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS were observed, 1 SORA, 7 WILSON'S SNIPE, 1 COOPER'S HAWK (DON MACNEIL) and increased numbers of Pipits, HORNED LARKS and LAPLAND LONGSPUR.The late morning boat trip back was quiet except for a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and a BONAPARTE'S GULL. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> A few Monarchs, Red Admiral, Sulfur Sp.? and American Copper were present though the weekend. There were also a number of dragonflies that were not studied in any detail. In summary there were 11 species of warbler and 13 shorebird species noted. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_2AhedGwA2vQcY8xHR4IzAw)--
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