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An adult Northern Goshawk has been terrorizing our feeder birds since late fall. It's still in the vicinity, tho' hard to see unless you're a Mourning Dove or Junco. Date sent: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:52:00 -0400 To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> From: "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] Depths of Winter List of Birds - First Week of February 2008 Send reply to: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Hi there, > > Peter's post about the depths of winter reminded me that a > few people had asked me if I would compile a "Depths of Winter" bird > list again this year. This list complements Blake Maybank's Nova > Scotia Winter Bird Sightings at > http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/maybank/other/nswinter.htm. While some of > the birds on that list were lingering migrants and vagrants who > didn't stay around once winter set in, the Depths of Winter List > records those tough birds which are still here in February. The > following list includes all birds mentioned in NatureNS, the NS-RBA, > or which I have seen myself or heard about from others since the > first of February. Many common species haven't been mentioned lately, > so no doubt there are lots of gaps here. We also haven't had any > recent status reports on some of the rarities; is the Varied Thrush > still being seen? How about those warblers which Liz asked about? > > Please send me additions, and I will update the list once a > week. Last year 151 species were reported. There are six species > already this year which were not reported in February 2007, including > Red-bellied Woodpecker, Townsend's Solitaire, Fox Sparrow, Eastern > Meadowlark, Common Redpoll, and Hoary Redpoll. > > Cheers, > > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax > > Nova Scotia Depths of Winter List 2008 (i.e. the month of February) > > 1 ... Canada Goose > 2 ... Brant > 3 ... Green-winged Teal > 4 ... Black Duck > 5 ... Mallard > 6 ... American Wigeon > 7 ... Eurasian Wigeon > 8 ... Common Eider > 9 ... Harlequin Duck > 10... Surf Scoter > 11... White-winged Scoter > 12... Long-tailed Duck > 12... Hooded Merganser > 14... Common Merganser > 15... Red-breasted Merganser > 16... Ring-necked Pheasant > 17... Red-throated Loon > 18... Common Loon > 19... Horned Grebe > 20... Great Blue Heron > 21... Bald Eagle > 22... Sharp-shinned Hawk > 23... Red-tailed Hawk > 24... American Coot > 25... Purple Sandpiper > 26... Bonaparte's Gull > 27... Herring Gull > 28... Lesser Black-backed Gull > 29... Dovekie > 30... Thick-billed Murre > 31... Rock Pigeon > 32... Mourning Dove > 33... Short-eared Owl > 34 ...Red-bellied Woodpecker > 35... Downy Woodpecker > 36... Hairy Woodpecker > 37... Northern Flicker > 38... Blue Jay > 39... American Crow > 40... Common Raven > 41... Black-capped Chickadee > 42... Red-breasted Nuthatch > 43... Brown Creeper > 44... Carolina Wren > 45... Townsend's Solitaire > 46... Hermit Thrush47... American Robin > 48... European Starling > 49... Bohemian Waxwing > 50... Cedar Waxwing > 51... Eastern Towhee > 52... American Tree Sparrow > 53... Clay-coloured Sparrow > 54... Fox Sparrow > 55... Song Sparrow > 56... White-throated Sparrow > 57... White-crowned Sparrow > 58... Dark-eyed Junco > 59... Northern Cardinal > 60... Red-winged Blackbird > 61... Eastern Meadowlark > 62... Common Grackle > 63... Baltimore Oriole > 64... Pine Grosbeak > 65... Purple Finch > 66... House Finch > 67... Common Redpoll > 68... Hoary Redpoll > 69... Pine Siskin > 70... American Goldfinch > 71... House Sparrow > > ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Eric L. Mills 286 Kingsburg Road RR#1, Rose Bay, Nova Scotia B0J 2X0, CANADA E.Mills@Dal.Ca ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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