[NatureNS] New life bird and an agitated least(?) flycather

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hi all,

Ive been hearing pewees in north berwick/somerset/welsford area for
about the past two weeks, and consistently heard one in at least 5
forest patches in the area, but i havent noticed any neighbouring
(adjacent to each other) territories so far.

**From what people remember, is this low density typical for EAWPs in
the valley/NS area?


(Based on BBS i see that they are showing a significant decline across
canada in the last 10 yr, and a non-significant increase in NS over
same period)

james.




On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:09 AM,  <iamclar@dal.ca> wrote:
> Pat:
>
> I agree with others that it's not really possible to definitively i.d. this
> one.
> The notched tail and shape and eyering are all good for Least, but the bill
> looks too long and narow, and puts me in mind of Yellow-bellied. The kind of
> washed out and uniformly toned face is suggsestive of YBFL, too.
>
> But I wouldn't stake my tattered reputation on it.
>
> Cheers, Ian
>
> Ian McLaren
>
> Quoting Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca>:
>
>> Hu everyone:
>
> Snip, snip
>
>> I did  have one bird which may be a least flycatcher. I had seen one
>>  (that was quite cooperative) in one area a week ago and was hoping to  bump
>> it up to on territory. This is semi-mature softwood with a brook  running
>> through it.  A lot of birch and the occasional tall softwood.  There was a
>> bird about the right size in the same area, but it was  agitated, and would
>> only make "chirp" calls. It also refused to sit  still. There was another,
>> larger bird, doing the same thing but I could  not see what it was.
>>
>> It did sit still long enough for me to get two quick pictures. I have  put
>> them into a single image at:
>>
>> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Least.jpg
>>
>> The only reason I'm not 100% sure it is a least, is that when I did  catch
>> it in binos, the overall appearance that I got was more of a  brown than a
>> gray, but they pictures seen to look like a least, at  least to me. As
>> usual, any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Pat
>>
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James Churchill

Berwick, Nova Scotia
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