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--Apple-Mail-5--1072657304 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Begin forwarded message: > From: Suzanne Borkowski <suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca> > Date: May 20, 2008 3:54:23 PM ADT > To: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> > Subject: NSBS Field Trip - Historic Hants County > > Here's a brief report of yesterday's outing to Hants > County: > > Nine die-hard birders braved the weather to meet at Mount Uniacke > House on this rainy Victoria Day! Bob & Wendy McDonald, Clarence > Stevens, Sr. and his granddaughter Leslie MacDonald, Bonnie & David > Carmichael, Gail Bruhm, Carol Klar and Patricia Chalmers joined trip > leader Suzanne Borkowski for a walk about the Estate grounds, and > managed to rustle up 18 species: > > Canada Geese > Am. Black Duck > Mourning Dove > Northern Flicker > Blue Jay > American Crow > Common Raven > Black-capped Chickadee > Brown Creeper > Golden-crowned Kinglet > American Robin > European Starling > Northern Parula > Yellow-rumped Warbler > Black-throated Green Warbler > Savannah Sparrow > Dark-eyed Junco > Common Grackle > > Later, Patricia Chalmers told us she heard a Blue-headed Vireo, making > the trip leader feel much better. I was sure I heard one as I drove > up; but a few minutes later I told the group "There's the Blue-headed > Vireo" when, in fact, it was a Robin! > > At Stop 2, Lake Martha, just past Hwy #202, we saw nothing! Mind > you, it was pouring rain at that point. > > Stop 3, Coles Road, across from the lake, was a little better: we > added Ovenbird, Purple Finch, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, and Am. > Goldfinch to our list. > > Between Stops 3 and 4 we had Rock Pigeons, and a Herring Gull flying > overhead. > > At Stop #4, Elliott Road, Clarence Stevens detected a Pheasant; and at > either the first or third stop, Pat Chalmers thought she heard a > Veery. Nothing else was seen or heard on Elliott Road by any of us, a > place where birds normally abound! > > We finally gave in to the inevitable; and called it a day, with a > grand total of 27 species - the lowest record on this longest-running > trip for the NS Bird Society. (The previous record of 43 species was > set in 1973). > > Better luck next year! > > Cheers; > Suzanne > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try > the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at > http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php > > ======================================================================== == Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities ======================================================================== == Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University ======================================================================== == PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada ======================================================================== == Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca ======================================================================== == --Apple-Mail-5--1072657304 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Begin forwarded message: <excerpt><bold><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>From: </color></bold>Suzanne Borkowski <<suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca> <bold><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>Date: </color></bold>May 20, 2008 3:54:23 PM ADT <bold><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>To: </color></bold>Patrick Kelly <<patrick.kelly@dal.ca> <bold><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>Subject: </color>NSBS Field Trip - Historic Hants County </bold> Here's a brief report of yesterday's outing to Hants County: Nine die-hard birders braved the weather to meet at Mount Uniacke House on this rainy Victoria Day! Bob & Wendy McDonald, Clarence Stevens, Sr. and his granddaughter Leslie MacDonald, Bonnie & David Carmichael, Gail Bruhm, Carol Klar and Patricia Chalmers joined trip leader Suzanne Borkowski for a walk about the Estate grounds, and managed to rustle up 18 species: Canada Geese Am. Black Duck Mourning Dove Northern Flicker Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Brown Creeper Golden-crowned Kinglet American Robin European Starling Northern Parula Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Savannah Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Common Grackle Later, Patricia Chalmers told us she heard a Blue-headed Vireo, making the trip leader feel much better. I was sure I heard one as I drove up; but a few minutes later I told the group "There's the Blue-headed Vireo" when, in fact, it was a Robin! At Stop 2, Lake Martha, just past Hwy #202, we saw nothing! Mind you, it was pouring rain at that point. Stop 3, Coles Road, across from the lake, was a little better: we added Ovenbird, Purple Finch, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, and Am. Goldfinch to our list. Between Stops 3 and 4 we had Rock Pigeons, and a Herring Gull flying overhead. At Stop #4, Elliott Road, Clarence Stevens detected a Pheasant; and at either the first or third stop, Pat Chalmers thought she heard a Veery. Nothing else was seen or heard on Elliott Road by any of us, a place where birds normally abound! We finally gave in to the inevitable; and called it a day, with a grand total of 27 species - the lowest record on this longest-running trip for the NS Bird Society. (The previous record of 43 species was set in 1973). Better luck next year! Cheers; Suzanne __________________________________________________________________ Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php </excerpt><fontfamily><param>Courier</param> ========================================================================== Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities ========================================================================== Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University ========================================================================== PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada ========================================================================== Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca ========================================================================== </fontfamily> --Apple-Mail-5--1072657304--
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