[NatureNS] Winter Birding Highlights in Canada - 2007-2008

Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:20:10 -0400
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Hi NatureNS;

Winter Birding Highlights in Canada - 2007-2008

Environment Canada's long-term forecast [ http://tinyurl.com/yu46t7 ] 
is calling for below average temperatures for the December-February 
period for pretty much the entire country, and links this prediction 
to the resurgence of "La Nina" in the Pacific Ocean.   This means 
that Canadians will experience a winter colder than any in the past 
15 years, a return to winters as we used to know them, before climate 
change really kicked in.

And as you might expect, given the early onset of cold weather, the 
winter bird lists of all the Canadian provinces are off to a slower 
start than in recent years.  But Canadian birders are a hardy bunch, 
eh?   They persevere.   And despite the cold temperatures each 
province has enjoyed some unusual birds to liven up a day's outing.

The rarest bird is certainly the Cook's Petrel in British Columbia, a 
first for Canada.   It flew against a home-owner's door in Lillooet 
following a vicious storm.  Although the bird was taken into care, it 
subsequently died.

Here are the various regional totals, with a few highlighted species, 
for nine provinces, as well as the French islands of Saint-Pierre et 
Michelon, as of Dec. 11.   The province of Ontario still refuses to 
play.   Note that the British Columbia list has not been updated in a 
few days. I've also provided links to each region's winter birding page.

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