[NatureNS] Birds, Kings County Berwick to Kingston north of 101hwy

From: "Patrick Giffin" <barpat@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: "NATURENS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Cc: "Wayne P. Neily" <neilyornis@hotmail.com>,
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:07:30 -0400
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Hi: Great birding day, little wind and enough light, low ambient noise.

Chute Rd, north of Brooklyn St:~1400
52 Common Red Polls, 1m, 1f mature, Pine Grosbeaks, mature, 2m =
Ring-necked Pheasant,=20
Berwick Heights Golf Course, pond east of Clubhouse:
pair of Mallards, 1 adult, f Hooded Merganser
west of Clubhouse on 221:
7 adult, f, 1 adult, m, Pine Grosbeaks

McLean Rd, north of Brooklyn St~ 1430
this Rd. is on the west side of the golf course and runs between hwy221 =
and Brooklyn St. In the fields beside the course, the crops had been =
carrots and corn.  The carrot field, about 5 acres, had 100s of =
wonderful looking, fully intact carrots, larger than those that we would =
see in stores/markets.  On the road and along the edge of the corn field =
there was a large spill of corn kernels.  The kernels we 2-3 times the =
size of anything that we have seen on a corn cob, likely for animal =
feed. I gathered some of it to put on a ground feeder in our backyard.
~1000 E.Starlings, 2 mature Red-tailed Hawks,2 mature Northern Harriers, =
8 Common Redpolls
40 Herring Gulls,=20
Brooklyn Rd. near Civic # 3199:
1 Northern Harrier, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 10 Blue Jays, 3 Mourning Doves
Aylesford Rd.:
11 American Goldfinch, 1 mature, Red-tailed Hawk
Hwy 221, &  intersection of Morden Rd:
3 f, 1m Ring-necked Pheasant, 2 Common Raven, 10 Common Redpolls, 1 Blue =
Jay
Cheers, Barbara and Pat
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<DIV><STRONG>Hi: Great birding day, little wind and enough light, low =
ambient=20
noise.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Chute Rd, north of Brooklyn St:~1400</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>52 Common Red Polls, </STRONG><STRONG>1m, 1f&nbsp;mature, =
Pine=20
Grosbeaks, mature, </STRONG><STRONG>2m Ring-necked Pheasant, =
</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Berwick Heights Golf Course, pond east of =
Clubhouse:</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>pair of Mallards, 1 adult, f Hooded =
Merganser</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>west of Clubhouse on 221:</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>7 adult,&nbsp;f, 1 adult, m, Pine=20
Grosbeaks</STRONG><STRONG></DIV></STRONG>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>McLean Rd, north of Brooklyn St~ 1430</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>this Rd. is on the west side of the golf course and runs =
between=20
hwy221 and Brooklyn St. In the fields beside the course, the crops had =
been=20
carrots and corn.&nbsp; The carrot field, about 5 acres, had 100s of =
wonderful=20
looking, fully intact carrots, larger than those that we would see in=20
stores/markets.&nbsp; On the road and along the edge of the corn field =
there was=20
a large spill of corn kernels.&nbsp; The kernels we 2-3 times the size =
of=20
anything that we have seen on a corn cob, likely for animal feed. I =
gathered=20
some of it to put on a ground feeder in our backyard.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>~1000 E.Starlings, </STRONG><STRONG>2 mature Red-tailed=20
Hawks,</STRONG><STRONG>2 mature Northern Harriers, </STRONG><STRONG>8 =
Common=20
Redpolls</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>40 Herring Gulls, </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Brooklyn Rd. near Civic # 3199:</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>1 Northern Harrier, </STRONG><STRONG>1 Red-tailed Hawk,=20
</STRONG><STRONG>10 Blue Jays, 3 Mourning Doves</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Aylesford Rd.:</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>11 American Goldfinch, 1 mature, Red-tailed =
Hawk</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Hwy 221, &amp; &nbsp;intersection of Morden =
Rd:</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>3 f, 1m Ring-necked Pheasant, 2 Common Raven, 10 Common =
Redpolls, 1=20
Blue Jay</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Cheers, Barbara and Pat</STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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