[NatureNS] Shubenacadie CBC

Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:42:40 -0400
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Hi All;

Given the weather forecast I didn't with to roam far from home, and 
thought that if I went north I'd have a little more time to bird 
before the storm hit.   The Shubenacadie CBC fit the bill.  The snow 
arrived at Lantz at 1430, so I bolted straight home at that time, but 
I managed 8 hours in the field.

The Shubenacadie CBC has few observers (doesn't help that it is on 
the same day as the Halifax count) so I thought I'd help.   I had no 
idea if the count would be interesting or not, but it was.   The 
woods were very quiet, with almost all the action at feeders and in 
the messier farmyards (too many neat farmyards in the area).

I haven't heard the results from the rest of the circle, but my own 
highlights included Great Horned Owl, Chipping Sparrow, Pine Warbler, 
and Rusty Blackbird.  Nice to see lots of Evening Grosbeaks, as well 
as numerous Horned Larks.   Tons of Mourning Doves and Blue 
Jays.   And starlings.   Also House Sparrows.

A fun count.

Cheers,


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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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