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This is great, Cheryl. Thanks, so much - for the
report, and for the great field trip!
Cheers;
Suzanne
--- "C. Davis" <nuthatch@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Did I miss anything?
>
> If you wish, this could be posted to both NatureNS
> as well as be used
> for the Bird Society newsletter. I'll also email it
> off to our group
> once I hear back from you.
>
> Not sure about you, but I for one would just like to
> do some general
> birding on the island from time to time. I think it
> is a jewel of a
> place!
>
> Later,
>
> Cheryl
>
> ********************
>
>
>
> McNabs Island
>
> On Saturday May 31, under sunny skies a birding trip
> to McNabs Island
> led by Cheryl Davis took place. The 9 participants,
> including the
> leader met at the McCormack's Beach parking area at
> 7:00 am before
> being ferried over to the island. Once on the
> beach, maps were
> consulted and the group trekked off with high hopes
> of not only
> seeing the historical sites of the island but
> enjoying some good
> birding in a variety of habitats. In most
> circumstances binoculars
> did the job but on a few occasions a good spotting
> scope would have
> made identification a lot easier.
>
> It quickly became clear that the most common bird of
> the day was
> going to be the American Redstart followed close
> behind by the
> American Goldfinch. Other birds such as the
> Black-capped Chickadee
> appeared to be in short supply which was a surprise
> to the group.
> Except for the Osprey no other birds of prey were
> seen. Nesting
> appeared to be in full swing by some and nesting
> cavities were found
> for both the Northern Flicker and the Hairy
> Woodpecker. One of the
> delights of the morning was discovering a colony of
> Barn Swallows at
> the old location of Fort McNab. No surprises were
> found on the
> island but towards the end of the day a flycatcher
> first located by
> Suzanne Borkowski near Fort Ives was later
> determined to be a Yellow-
> bellied Flycatcher. With departure time set for 4:00
> the group
> swiftly made its way to the rendez-vous location but
> not before
> experiencing a brief shower.
>
> At the end of the day, participants though tired
> were pleased with
> the 50 species that the group had found.
> Which included: Common Loon, Double-crested
> Cormorant, Great Blue
> Heron, American Black Duck, Mallard, Green-winged
> Teal, Common
> Eider, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-billed Gull,
Herring
> Gull, Great Black-
> backed Gull, Common Tern, Osprey, Mourning Dove,
> Belted Kingfisher,
> Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy
> Woodpecker, Alder
> Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Barn Swallow,
> Blue Jay,
> American Crow, Common Raven, Black-capped Chickadee,
> Swainson's
> Thrush, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, Cedar
> Waxwing, Blue-headed
> Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Northern Parula,
> Black-and-white Warbler,
> Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia Warbler,
> Yellow-rumped Warbler,
> Black-throated Green Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Common
> Yellow-throat,
> American Redstart, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco,
> White-throated
> Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Common Grackle, Purple
Finch, American
> Goldfinch. Off
> island species included: Rock Pigeon, European
> Starling and House Sparrow.
>
>
> Submitted by
> Cheryl Davis
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