[NatureNS] Depths of Winter List of Birds - First Week of February 2008

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Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 18:09:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Suzanne Borkowski <suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca>
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Hi Pat;

My Chipping Sparrows are still around.  And today, at
Three Fathom Harbour I had Boreal Chickadee and
Golden-crowned Kinglet.

Cheers;
Suzanne



--- "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> 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
> 



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