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Yesterday (Oct. 31) I showed Hans Toom some of the birding sites on the Prospect Peninsula, my local patch. The woods were fairly quiet on our walk to Wagner's Beach, but seven Bohemian Waxwings flew north overhead, as did a couple of Pine Siskins. Lots of robins were on the move. There were four American Pipits on the rocky beach, many gannets offshore, and a Common and a Red-throated Loon floating side by side for handy comparison. We drove Murphy Cove and Kelly Point Roads, and with so many robins overhead it was not surprising to find a Hermit Thrush at roadside. There were also two roadside Ruffed Grouse, widely separated. There were four Bufflehead in The Barachois off Sheas Island (nine were present today), and small flocks of juncos in various places. The most unexpected and puzzling bird was an immature male White-winged Scoter at the Head of Prospect Bay, at least seven km from the open ocean. This bird was present again today, and may linger, if it doesn't figure the way out of the bay. Our final destination was Shag End, the peninsula west of Prospect Peninsula, where the birds of note were nine Snow Buntings along the road, three Common Mergansers in Myra Cove (first peninsula record), and two Oldsquaw off Black Point, with many dozens of diving gannets in the distance. Still no sign of the winter resident Harlequin Ducks. Cheers, and good birding, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm 144 Bayview Drive White's Lake, Nova Scotia, B3T 1Z1, Canada (902) 852-2077 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.17/1103 - Release Date: 01/11/2007 6:01 AM
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