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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_K8SNllKYt72E8sos7A2IJQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT You can add a Razorbill. Mike King saw a number of them at Chebucto Head and I had one there later. Don MacNeill donmacneill@eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: P.L. Chalmers To: NatureNS Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 11:23 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Depths of Winter List of Birds - Third Week of February 2008 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 --Boundary_(ID_K8SNllKYt72E8sos7A2IJQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can add a Razorbill. Mike King saw a number of them at Chebucto Head and I had one there later.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Don MacNeill<BR><A href="mailto:donmacneill@eastlink.ca">donmacneill@eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca href="mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca">P.L. Chalmers</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 22, 2008 11:23 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Depths of Winter List of Birds - Third Week of February 2008</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Courier New, Courier">Hi there,<BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB><BR><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></FONT></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_K8SNllKYt72E8sos7A2IJQ)--
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