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Hi there,
Not many new species were reported this week to be added to
the Depths of Winter List. Surely there are a few more out
there? Last year in February there were 151 species of birds
reported in Nova Scotia. Missing so far, but found last year in
February, are Redhead, Gray Partridge, American Bittern, Cooper's
Hawk, Gyrfalcon, Sandhill Crane, Killdeer, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot,
American Woodcock, Black-legged Kittiwake, Razorbill, Snowy Owl,
Long-eared Owl, Winter Wren, Brown Thrasher, Western Tanager, Field
Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, "Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow,
Lincoln's Sparrow, Harris's Sparrow, Dickcissel, and Yellow-headed
Blackbird. It has already been remarked that this seems to be a poor
winter for alcids and sparrows, and an exceptional winter for
finches. And of course, some species have been found this year which
were not around at all last year ...
Many thanks to all who have contributed sightings for this
survey of diversity during the doldrums of winter!
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
Nova Scotia Depths of Winter List 2008 (i.e. the month of February)
1 ... Snow Goose
2 ... Canada Goose
3 ... Brant
- ... Mute Swan ** presumed to be feral**
4 ... Green-winged Teal
5 ... Black Duck
6 ... Mallard
7 ... Northern Shoveler
8 ... Northern Pintail
9 ... Gadwall
10... American Wigeon
11... Eurasian Wigeon
12... Ring-necked Duck
13... Lesser Scaup
14... Greater Scaup
15... Common Eider
16... Harlequin Duck
17... Black Scoter
18... Surf Scoter
19... White-winged Scoter
20... Long-tailed Duck
21... Bufflehead
22... Common Goldeneye
23... Barrow's Goldeneye
24... Hooded Merganser
25... Common Merganser
26... Red-breasted Merganser
27... Ring-necked Pheasant
28... Spruce Grouse
29... Ruffed Grouse
30... Red-throated Loon
31... Common Loon
32... Horned Grebe
33... Red-necked Grebe
34... Great Cormorant
35... Double-crested Cormorant
36... Great Blue Heron
37... Turkey Vulture
38... Bald Eagle
39... Northern Harrier
40... Sharp-shinned Hawk
41... Northern Goshawk
42... Red-tailed Hawk
43... Rough-legged Hawk
44... Golden Eagle
45... American Kestrel
46... Merlin
47... Peregrine Falcon
48... American Coot
49... Black-bellied Plover
50... Sanderling
51... Purple Sandpiper
52... Dunlin
53... Wilson's Snipe
54... Bonaparte's Gull
55... Black-headed Gull
56... Ring-billed Gull
57... Mew (Common) Gull
58... Herring Gull
59... Iceland Gull
60... Lesser Black-backed Gull
61... Glaucous Gull
62... Great Black-backed Gull
63... Dovekie
64... Common Murre
65... Thick-billed Murre
66... Black Guillemot
67... Rock Pigeon
68... Mourning Dove
69... Great Horned Owl
70... Barred Owl
71... Short-eared Owl
72... Saw-whet Owl
73... Belted Kingfisher
74... Red-bellied Woodpecker
75... Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
76... Downy Woodpecker
77... Hairy Woodpecker
78... Black-backed Woodpecker
79... Northern Flicker
80... Pileated Woodpecker
81... Northern Shrike
82... Gray Jay
83... Blue Jay
84... American Crow
85... Common Raven
86... Horned Lark
87... Black-capped Chickadee
88... Boreal Chickadee
89... Red-breasted Nuthatch
90... White-breasted Nuthatch
91... Brown Creeper
92... Carolina Wren
93... Golden-crowned Kinglet
94... Ruby-crowned Kinglet
95... Townsend's Solitaire
96... Hermit Thrush
97... American Robin
98... Varied Thrush
99... Gray Catbird
100.. Northern Mockingbird
101.. European Starling
102.. American Pipit
103.. Bohemian Waxwing
104.. Cedar Waxwing
105.. Yellow-rumped Warbler
106.. Yellow-throated Warbler
107.. Pine Warbler
108.. Yellow-breasted Chat
109.. Eastern Towhee
110.. American Tree Sparrow
111.. Chipping Sparrow
112.. Clay-coloured Sparrow
113.. Savannah Sparrow
114.. Fox Sparrow
115.. Song Sparrow
116.. Swamp Sparrow
117.. White-throated Sparrow
118.. White-crowned Sparrow
119.. Dark-eyed Junco
120.. Lapland Longspur
121.. Snow Bunting
122.. Northern Cardinal
123.. Red-winged Blackbird
124.. Eastern Meadowlark
125.. Rusty Blackbird
126.. Common Grackle
127.. Brown-headed Cowbird
128.. Baltimore Oriole
129.. Bullock's Oriole
130.. Pine Grosbeak
131.. Purple Finch
132.. House Finch
133.. Red Crossbill
134.. White-winged Crossbill
135.. Common Redpoll
136.. Hoary Redpoll
137.. Pine Siskin
138.. American Goldfinch
139.. Evening Grosbeak
140.. House Sparrow
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<font face="Courier New, Courier">Hi there,<br>
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<x-tab> </x-tab>Not many
new species were reported this week to be added to the Depths of Winter
List. Surely there are a few more out there? Last year in
February there were 151 species of birds reported in Nova Scotia.
Missing so far, but found last year in February, are Redhead, Gray
Partridge, American Bittern, Cooper's Hawk, Gyrfalcon, Sandhill Crane,
Killdeer, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, American Woodcock, Black-legged
Kittiwake, Razorbill, Snowy Owl, Long-eared Owl, Winter Wren, Brown
Thrasher, Western Tanager, Field Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Lark Sparrow,
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Harris's
Sparrow, Dickcissel, and Yellow-headed Blackbird. It has already
been remarked that this seems to be a poor winter for alcids and
sparrows, and an exceptional winter for finches. And of course,
some species have been found this year which were not around at all last
year ...<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Many
thanks to all who have contributed sightings for this survey of diversity
during the doldrums of winter!<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Cheers,<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Patricia
L. Chalmers<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Halifax<br>
<br>
Nova Scotia Depths of Winter List 2008 (i.e. the month of
February)<br><br>
1 ... Snow Goose<br>
2 ... Canada
Goose<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
3 ... Brant<br>
- ... Mute Swan ** presumed to be feral**<br>
4 ... Green-winged Teal<br>
5 ... Black Duck<br>
6 ... Mallard<br>
7 ... Northern Shoveler<br>
8 ... Northern Pintail<br>
9 ... Gadwall<br>
10... American Wigeon<br>
11... Eurasian Wigeon<br>
12... Ring-necked Duck<br>
13... Lesser Scaup<br>
14... Greater Scaup<br>
15... Common Eider<br>
16... Harlequin Duck<br>
17... Black Scoter<br>
18... Surf Scoter<br>
19... White-winged Scoter<br>
20... Long-tailed Duck<br>
21... Bufflehead<br>
22... Common Goldeneye<br>
23... Barrow's Goldeneye<br>
24... Hooded Merganser<br>
25... Common Merganser<br>
26... Red-breasted Merganser<br>
27... Ring-necked Pheasant<br>
28... Spruce Grouse<br>
29... Ruffed Grouse<br>
30... Red-throated Loon<br>
31... Common Loon<br>
32... Horned Grebe<br>
33... Red-necked Grebe<br>
34... Great Cormorant<br>
35... Double-crested Cormorant<br>
36... Great Blue Heron<br>
37... Turkey Vulture<br>
38... Bald Eagle<br>
39... Northern Harrier<br>
40... Sharp-shinned Hawk<br>
41... Northern Goshawk<br>
42... Red-tailed Hawk<br>
43... Rough-legged Hawk<br>
44... Golden Eagle<br>
45... American Kestrel<br>
46... Merlin<br>
47... Peregrine Falcon<br>
48... American Coot<br>
49... Black-bellied Plover<br>
50... Sanderling<br>
51... Purple Sandpiper<br>
52... Dunlin<br>
53... Wilson's Snipe<br>
54... Bonaparte's Gull<br>
55... Black-headed Gull<br>
56... Ring-billed Gull<br>
57... Mew (Common) Gull<br>
58... Herring Gull<br>
59... Iceland Gull<br>
60... Lesser Black-backed Gull<br>
61... Glaucous Gull<br>
62... Great Black-backed Gull<br>
63... Dovekie<br>
64... Common Murre<br>
65... Thick-billed Murre<br>
66... Black Guillemot<br>
67... Rock Pigeon<br>
68... Mourning Dove<br>
69... Great Horned Owl<br>
70... Barred Owl<br>
71... Short-eared Owl<br>
72... Saw-whet Owl<br>
73... Belted Kingfisher<br>
74... Red-bellied Woodpecker<br>
75... Yellow-bellied Sapsucker<br>
76... Downy Woodpecker<br>
77... Hairy Woodpecker<br>
78... Black-backed Woodpecker<br>
79... Northern Flicker<br>
80... Pileated Woodpecker<br>
81... Northern Shrike<br>
82... Gray Jay<br>
83... Blue Jay<br>
84... American Crow<br>
85... Common Raven<br>
86... Horned Lark<br>
87... Black-capped Chickadee<br>
88... Boreal Chickadee<br>
89... Red-breasted Nuthatch<br>
90... White-breasted Nuthatch<br>
91... Brown Creeper<br>
92... Carolina Wren<br>
93... Golden-crowned Kinglet<br>
94... Ruby-crowned Kinglet<br>
95... Townsend's Solitaire<br>
96... Hermit Thrush<br>
97... American Robin<br>
98... Varied Thrush<br>
99... Gray Catbird<br>
100.. Northern
Mockingbird<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
101.. European Starling<br>
102.. American Pipit<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
103.. Bohemian Waxwing<br>
104.. Cedar Waxwing<br>
105.. Yellow-rumped Warbler<br>
106.. Yellow-throated Warbler<br>
107.. Pine Warbler<br>
108.. Yellow-breasted Chat<br>
109.. Eastern Towhee<br>
110.. American Tree Sparrow<br>
111.. Chipping Sparrow<br>
112.. Clay-coloured Sparrow<br>
113.. Savannah Sparrow<br>
114.. Fox Sparrow<br>
115.. Song Sparrow<br>
116.. Swamp Sparrow<br>
117.. White-throated Sparrow<br>
118.. White-crowned Sparrow<br>
119.. Dark-eyed Junco<br>
120.. Lapland Longspur<br>
121.. Snow Bunting<br>
122.. Northern Cardinal<br>
123.. Red-winged Blackbird<br>
124.. Eastern Meadowlark<br>
125.. Rusty Blackbird<br>
126.. Common Grackle<br>
127.. Brown-headed Cowbird<br>
128.. Baltimore Oriole<br>
129.. Bullock's Oriole<br>
130.. Pine Grosbeak<br>
131.. Purple Finch<br>
132.. House Finch<br>
133.. Red Crossbill<br>
134.. White-winged Crossbill<br>
135.. Common Redpoll<br>
136.. Hoary Redpoll<br>
137.. Pine Siskin<br>
138.. American Goldfinch<br>
139.. Evening Grosbeak<br>
140.. House Sparrow<br><br>
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