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were present including visitors from Cape Breton, ------=_Part_36679_10702472.1199819692433 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, 3 of us visited Pt.Pleasant Park too, and had a 1st w. Glaucous Gull. Richard On Jan 8, 2008 2:35 PM, Bob McDonald <bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote: > Several people have asked for a listing of noteworthy sightings from > Sunday's NSBS field trip. Here is a short report on places we visited and > species seen: > > McCormack's Beach (Eastern Passage) - 4 most common gull species but no > Mew (Common) Gull seen, WW Scoter, C. Eider. > Pond beside 1905 Shore Drive - no N Pintail seen. > Hartlens Point - RL Hawk, N Harrier, and 2 adult B Eagles on Devils Is, L > Longspurs (4-5) and H Lark (1) flying along the kelp beds, flock of S > Buntings flew over (~35-40), > LT Duck, RB Merganser, C Goldeneye, Dovekie > (far out), an imm B. Eagle flew over. > Dartmouth Cove (bottom of Old Ferry Rd) - DC Cormorant, B Guillemot (at > least 4), flock of Scaup (mostly Greaters with a few Lessers mixed in) > Sullivan's Pond/Findlay Park - A Coot, BH Gull, N Flicker, N Cardinal, A > Robin, Song and WT Sparrows > Birch Cove Park (lower parking lot) - missed the Baltimore Oriole but Pine > Grosbeaks were heard flying over > Brookdale Crescent - OC Warbler (a very bright yellow bird), YT Warbler > (WOW! We lucked out on this one!), B Creepers (at least 3), D Woodpecker, RB > Nuthatch. All of these birds > seemed to be keeping company with the resident BC Chickadee flock. > Pat McKay's (35 Edward St) - YB Chat (!), fairly large mixed flock of A > Goldfinch and C Redpoll. > Tufts Cove - A Wigeon, C. Goldeneye, Bufflehead but no sign of the GB > Heron, GW Teal, E Wigeon, or Gadwall. > Bedford Bay (mouth of the Sackville River) - C Goldeneye, Barrows > Goldeneye (M + F), C Merganser, SS Hawk circled over our heads > > Rather than visiting local Halifax hot-spots on the Peninsula, we headed > out to Chebucto Head. I'm delighted that we did. Never have I experienced > such good conditions for observing from the lighthouse. Here we saw > Razorbills (at least 15 birds and several quite close). C Loon (at least 4). > BL Kittiwake (at least 2, possibly more), and way out one Common Murre ( a > life bird for NS for the leader!!). Thanks to Fulton for finding this one > for us. > > Although I had to head for home at 4:30 PM when we were asked to leave, > others stopped at Herring Cove to pick up a RN Grebe and another Dovekie. > > All in all an excellent day with respect to the weather, the company and > the birds. Birders from at least 6 counties were present including visitors > from Cape Breton, Shelburne, Kings, Queens and Lunenburg. My checklist > shows 62 species tallied by the group during the field trip. > > Best wishes, > Bob McDonald > Trip Leader > > > > -- ################# Dr.Richard Stern, 70 Exhibition St. Kentville, NS, Canada B4N 4K9 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_36679_10702472.1199819692433 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi,<br><br>3 of us visited Pt.Pleasant Park too, and had a 1st w. Glaucous Gull.<br><br>Richard<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 8, 2008 2:35 PM, Bob McDonald <<a href="mailto:bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca">bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca </a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font size="2">Several people have asked for a listing of noteworthy sightings from Sunday's NSBS field trip. Here is a short report on places we visited and species seen:</font></div> <div><font size="2"></font> </div> <div><font size="2">McCormack's Beach (Eastern Passage) - 4 most common gull species but no Mew (Common) Gull seen, WW Scoter, C. Eider.</font></div> <div><font size="2">Pond beside 1905 Shore Drive - no N Pintail seen.</font></div> <div><font size="2">Hartlens Point - RL Hawk, N Harrier, and 2 adult B Eagles on Devils Is, L Longspurs (4-5) and H Lark (1) flying along the kelp beds, flock of S Buntings flew over (~35-40),</font></div> <div><font size="2"> LT Duck, RB Merganser, C Goldeneye, Dovekie (far out), an imm B. Eagle flew over.</font></div> <div><font size="2">Dartmouth Cove (bottom of Old Ferry Rd) - DC Cormorant, B Guillemot (at least 4), flock of Scaup (mostly Greaters with a few Lessers mixed in)</font></div> <div><font size="2">Sullivan's Pond/Findlay Park - A Coot, BH Gull, N Flicker, N Cardinal, A Robin, Song and WT Sparrows</font></div> <div><font size="2">Birch Cove Park (lower parking lot) - missed the Baltimore Oriole but Pine Grosbeaks were heard flying over</font></div> <div><font size="2">Brookdale Crescent - OC Warbler (a very bright yellow bird), YT Warbler (WOW! We lucked out on this one!), B Creepers (at least 3), D Woodpecker, RB Nuthatch. All of these birds seemed to be keeping company with the resident BC Chickadee flock.</font></div> <div><font size="2"> <div><font size="2">Pat McKay's (35 Edward St) - YB Chat (!), fairly large mixed flock of A Goldfinch and C Redpoll.</font></div></font></div> <div><font size="2">Tufts Cove - A Wigeon, C. Goldeneye, Bufflehead but no sign of the GB Heron, GW Teal, E Wigeon, or Gadwall.</font></div> <div><font size="2">Bedford Bay (mouth of the Sackville River) - C Goldeneye, Barrows Goldeneye (M + F), C Merganser, SS Hawk circled over our heads</font></div> <div><font size="2"></font> </div> <div><font size="2">Rather than visiting local Halifax hot-spots on the Peninsula, we headed out to Chebucto Head. I'm delighted that we did. Never have I experienced such good conditions for observing from the lighthouse. Here we saw Razorbills (at least 15 birds and several quite close). C Loon (at least 4). BL Kittiwake (at least 2, possibly more), and way out one Common Murre ( a life bird for NS for the leader!!). Thanks to Fulton for finding this one for us.</font></div> <div><font size="2"></font> </div> <div><font size="2">Although I had to head for home at 4:30 PM when we were asked to leave, others stopped at Herring Cove to pick up a RN Grebe and another Dovekie.</font></div> <div><font size="2"></font> </div> <div><font size="2">All in all an excellent day with respect to the weather, the company and the birds. Birders from at least 6 counties were present including visitors from Cape Breton, Shelburne, Kings, Queens and Lunenburg. My checklist shows 62 species tallied by the group during the field trip.</font></div> <div><font size="2"></font> </div> <div><font size="2">Best wishes,</font></div> <div><font size="2">Bob McDonald</font></div> <div><font size="2">Trip Leader</font></div> <div><font size="2"></font> </div> <div><font size="2"></font> </div> <div><font size="2"></font> </div></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Dr.Richard Stern, <br>70 Exhibition St.<br>Kentville, NS, Canada<br>B4N 4K9<br><br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada <br>B0P 1T0<br><br>rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca
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