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Newfoundland: http://tinyurl.com/2jqo5p
135 species - Greater White-fronted Goose, Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Nova Scotia: http://tinyurl.com/2u2ulg
147 species - White-eyed Vireo, Grasshopper Sparrow, Indigo
Bunting, Bullock's Oriole
Prince Edward Island: http://tinyurl.com/3bkhwz
80 species - Carolina Wren, Bullock's Oriole
New Brunswick: http://tinyurl.com/36hpe4
126 species - White-winged Dove, Lark Sparrow
Quebec: http://tinyurl.com/2ngu7n
140 species - Eurasian Collared-Dove, American Pipit
Manitoba: http://tinyurl.com/yjtx52
64 species - Green-winged Teal
Saskatchewan: http://tinyurl.com/2qde59
74 species - Barrow's Goldeneye, Gray Catbird
Alberta: http://tinyurl.com/yke4sl
101 species - Wood Duck, Red-bellied Woodpecker
British Columbia: http://tinyurl.com/33bmzc
160+ species - Cook's Petrel, Bobolink, Vesper Sparrow
French Islands of Saint-Pierre et Michelon http://tinyurl.com/y45kl5
68 species: Nashville Warbler, Brown-headed Cowbird
Good (winter) birding,
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Blake Maybank
maybank@ns.sympatico.ca
Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"
author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"
http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm
White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3>Hi NatureNS;<br><br>
Winter Birding Highlights in Canada - 2007-2008<br><br>
Environment Canada’s long-term forecast [
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/yu46t7" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/yu46t7</a> ] 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.<br><br>
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. <br><br>
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.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
FROM EAST TO WEST:<br><br>
Newfoundland:
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/2jqo5p" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/2jqo5p</a> <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>135
species - Greater White-fronted Goose, Blue-grey Gnatcatcher<br><br>
Nova Scotia:
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/2u2ulg" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/2u2ulg</a> <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>147
species - White-eyed Vireo, Grasshopper Sparrow, Indigo Bunting,
Bullock’s Oriole<br><br>
Prince Edward Island:
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/3bkhwz" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/3bkhwz</a> <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>80 species
- Carolina Wren, Bullock’s Oriole<br><br>
New Brunswick:
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/36hpe4" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/36hpe4<br>
</a><x-tab> </x-tab>126
species - White-winged Dove, Lark Sparrow <br><br>
Quebec:
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/2ngu7n" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/2ngu7n</a> <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>140
species - Eurasian Collared-Dove, American Pipit<br><br>
Manitoba:
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/yjtx52" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/yjtx52<br>
</a><x-tab> </x-tab>64
species - Green-winged Teal<x-tab> </x-tab><br><br>
Saskatchewan:
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/2qde59" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/2qde59</a> <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>74 species
- Barrow’s Goldeneye, Gray Catbird<br><br>
Alberta:
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/yke4sl" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/yke4sl</a> <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>101
species - Wood Duck, Red-bellied Woodpecker<br><br>
British Columbia:
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/33bmzc" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/33bmzc</a> <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>160+
species - Cook’s Petrel, Bobolink, Vesper Sparrow<br><br>
French Islands of Saint-Pierre et Michelon
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/y45kl5" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/y45kl5<br>
</a><x-tab> </x-tab>68
species: Nashville Warbler, Brown-headed Cowbird<br><br>
Good (winter) birding,<br><br>
<x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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Blake Maybank<br>
maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br><br>
Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br><br>
author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br>
<a href="http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm<br><br>
</a>White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada</font></body>
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