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

Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:08:19 -0400
From: Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca>
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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
>
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