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Hi Patricia, We had 2 Bufflehead seen from Indian Pt. Rd., just S. of Tantallon, on Feb. 4th. This is, I think, an addition to your list. Lois Codling P.L. Chalmers 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 > > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.21/1265 - Release Date: 07/02/2008 11:17 AM >
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