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Hi there,
Last week's message flushed out a few new species of
birds. Thanks to those who reported Razorbill, Gray Partridge and
Tufted Duck. This is a smaller list than last year (151 species),
but then the provincial list for the entire winter, maintained by
Blake Maybank, is also smaller (190 versus 205). In both years, just
under 75% of the bird species detected in Nova Scotia during the
winter are still to be found in February.
Many thanks to all who have indulged my curiosity by
contributing 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... Tufted Duck
16... Common Eider
17... Harlequin Duck
18... Black Scoter
19... Surf Scoter
20... White-winged Scoter
21... Long-tailed Duck
22... Bufflehead
23... Common Goldeneye
24... Barrow's Goldeneye
25... Hooded Merganser
26... Common Merganser
27... Red-breasted Merganser
28... Grey Partridge
29... Ring-necked Pheasant
30... Spruce Grouse
31... Ruffed Grouse
32... Red-throated Loon
33... Common Loon
34... Horned Grebe
35... Red-necked Grebe
36... Great Cormorant
37... Double-crested Cormorant
38... Great Blue Heron
39... Turkey Vulture
40... Bald Eagle
41... Northern Harrier
42... Sharp-shinned Hawk
43... Northern Goshawk
44... Red-tailed Hawk
45... Rough-legged Hawk
46... Golden Eagle
47... American Kestrel
48... Merlin
49... Peregrine Falcon
50... American Coot
51... Black-bellied Plover
52... Sanderling
53... Purple Sandpiper
54... Dunlin
55... Wilson's Snipe
56... Bonaparte's Gull
57... Black-headed Gull
58... Ring-billed Gull
59... Mew (Common) Gull
60... Herring Gull
61... Iceland Gull
62... Lesser Black-backed Gull
63... Glaucous Gull
64... Great Black-backed Gull
65... Dovekie
66... Common Murre
67... Thick-billed Murre
68... Razorbill
69... Black Guillemot
70... Rock Pigeon
71... Mourning Dove
72... Great Horned Owl
73... Barred Owl
74... Short-eared Owl
75... Saw-whet Owl
76... Belted Kingfisher
77... Red-bellied Woodpecker
78... Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
79... Downy Woodpecker
80... Hairy Woodpecker
81... Black-backed Woodpecker
82... Northern Flicker
83... Pileated Woodpecker
84... Northern Shrike
85... Gray Jay
86... Blue Jay
87... American Crow
88... Common Raven
89... Horned Lark
90... Black-capped Chickadee
91... Boreal Chickadee
92... Red-breasted Nuthatch
93... White-breasted Nuthatch
94... Brown Creeper
95... Carolina Wren
96... Golden-crowned Kinglet
97... Ruby-crowned Kinglet
98... Townsend's Solitaire
99... Hermit Thrush
100.. American Robin
101.. Varied Thrush
102.. Gray Catbird
103.. Northern Mockingbird
104.. European Starling
105.. American Pipit
106.. Bohemian Waxwing
107.. Cedar Waxwing
108.. Yellow-rumped Warbler
109.. Yellow-throated Warbler
110.. Pine Warbler
111.. Yellow-breasted Chat
112.. Eastern Towhee
113.. American Tree Sparrow
114.. Chipping Sparrow
115.. Clay-coloured Sparrow
116.. Savannah Sparrow
117.. Fox Sparrow
118.. Song Sparrow
119.. Swamp Sparrow
120.. White-throated Sparrow
121.. White-crowned Sparrow
122.. Dark-eyed Junco
123.. Lapland Longspur
124.. Snow Bunting
125.. Northern Cardinal
126.. Red-winged Blackbird
127.. Eastern Meadowlark
128.. Rusty Blackbird
129.. Common Grackle
130.. Brown-headed Cowbird
131.. Baltimore Oriole
132.. Bullock's Oriole
133.. Pine Grosbeak
134.. Purple Finch
135.. House Finch
136.. Red Crossbill
137.. White-winged Crossbill
138.. Common Redpoll
139.. Hoary Redpoll
140.. Pine Siskin
141.. American Goldfinch
142.. Evening Grosbeak
143.. House Sparrow
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<font face="Courier New, Courier">Hi there,<br>
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<x-tab> </x-tab>Last
week's message flushed out a few new species of birds. Thanks to
those who reported Razorbill, Gray Partridge and Tufted Duck. This
is a smaller list than last year (151 species), but then the provincial
list for the entire winter, maintained by Blake Maybank, is also smaller
(190 versus 205). In both years, just under 75% of the bird species
detected in Nova Scotia during the winter are still to be found in
February.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Many
thanks to all who have indulged my curiosity by contributing 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... Tufted Duck<br>
16... Common Eider<br>
17... Harlequin Duck<br>
18... Black Scoter<br>
19... Surf Scoter<br>
20... White-winged Scoter<br>
21... Long-tailed Duck<br>
22... Bufflehead<br>
23... Common Goldeneye<br>
24... Barrow's Goldeneye<br>
25... Hooded Merganser<br>
26... Common Merganser<br>
27... Red-breasted Merganser<br>
28... Grey Partridge<br>
29... Ring-necked Pheasant<br>
30... Spruce Grouse<br>
31... Ruffed Grouse<br>
32... Red-throated Loon<br>
33... Common Loon<br>
34... Horned Grebe<br>
35... Red-necked Grebe<br>
36... Great Cormorant<br>
37... Double-crested Cormorant<br>
38... Great Blue Heron<br>
39... Turkey Vulture<br>
40... Bald Eagle<br>
41... Northern Harrier<br>
42... Sharp-shinned Hawk<br>
43... Northern Goshawk<br>
44... Red-tailed Hawk<br>
45... Rough-legged Hawk<br>
46... Golden Eagle<br>
47... American Kestrel<br>
48... Merlin<br>
49... Peregrine Falcon<br>
50... American Coot<br>
51... Black-bellied Plover<br>
52... Sanderling<br>
53... Purple Sandpiper<br>
54... Dunlin<br>
55... Wilson's Snipe<br>
56... Bonaparte's Gull<br>
57... Black-headed Gull<br>
58... Ring-billed Gull<br>
59... Mew (Common) Gull<br>
60... Herring Gull<br>
61... Iceland Gull<br>
62... Lesser Black-backed Gull<br>
63... Glaucous Gull<br>
64... Great Black-backed Gull<br>
65... Dovekie<br>
66... Common Murre<br>
67... Thick-billed Murre<br>
68... Razorbill<br>
69... Black Guillemot<br>
70... Rock Pigeon<br>
71... Mourning Dove<br>
72... Great Horned Owl<br>
73... Barred Owl<br>
74... Short-eared Owl<br>
75... Saw-whet Owl<br>
76... Belted Kingfisher<br>
77... Red-bellied Woodpecker<br>
78... Yellow-bellied Sapsucker<br>
79... Downy Woodpecker<br>
80... Hairy Woodpecker<br>
81... Black-backed Woodpecker<br>
82... Northern Flicker<br>
83... Pileated Woodpecker<br>
84... Northern Shrike<br>
85... Gray Jay<br>
86... Blue Jay<br>
87... American Crow<br>
88... Common Raven<br>
89... Horned Lark<br>
90... Black-capped Chickadee<br>
91... Boreal Chickadee<br>
92... Red-breasted Nuthatch<br>
93... White-breasted Nuthatch<br>
94... Brown Creeper<br>
95... Carolina Wren<br>
96... Golden-crowned Kinglet<br>
97... Ruby-crowned Kinglet<br>
98... Townsend's Solitaire<br>
99... Hermit Thrush<br>
100.. American Robin<br>
101.. Varied Thrush<br>
102.. Gray Catbird<br>
103.. Northern
Mockingbird<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
104.. European Starling<br>
105.. American Pipit<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
106.. Bohemian Waxwing<br>
107.. Cedar Waxwing<br>
108.. Yellow-rumped Warbler<br>
109.. Yellow-throated Warbler<br>
110.. Pine Warbler<br>
111.. Yellow-breasted Chat<br>
112.. Eastern Towhee<br>
113.. American Tree Sparrow<br>
114.. Chipping Sparrow<br>
115.. Clay-coloured Sparrow<br>
116.. Savannah Sparrow<br>
117.. Fox Sparrow<br>
118.. Song Sparrow<br>
119.. Swamp Sparrow<br>
120.. White-throated Sparrow<br>
121.. White-crowned Sparrow<br>
122.. Dark-eyed Junco<br>
123.. Lapland Longspur<br>
124.. Snow Bunting<br>
125.. Northern Cardinal<br>
126.. Red-winged Blackbird<br>
127.. Eastern Meadowlark<br>
128.. Rusty Blackbird<br>
129.. Common Grackle<br>
130.. Brown-headed Cowbird<br>
131.. Baltimore Oriole<br>
132.. Bullock's Oriole<br>
133.. Pine Grosbeak<br>
134.. Purple Finch<br>
135.. House Finch<br>
136.. Red Crossbill<br>
137.. White-winged Crossbill<br>
138.. Common Redpoll<br>
139.. Hoary Redpoll<br>
140.. Pine Siskin<br>
141.. American Goldfinch<br>
142.. Evening Grosbeak<br>
143.. House Sparrow<br><br>
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