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Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi Blake Was the juvenile Black-backed Woodpecker in the nest or had it already fledged? cheers Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Maybank" <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 3:15 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Nichol's Lake Trail, HRM - Friday the 13th > Hi All; > > I enjoyed a lovely walk on the Nichol's Lake Trail this morning. This > trail leaves from the Sunrise Park Interfaith Cemetery in Hatchet Lake on > the Prospect Road, and runs downhill to Nichol's Lake, at the mouth of the > Prospect River. > > I was too late for the dawn chorus (walked from 0800 to 0930), but there > were some nice birds for this atlas square. Broad-winged Hawks were on > territory, as were Black-throated Blue Warbler and Canada Warbler -- the > Canada was singing on the far side of the Prospect River just shy of where > the river flows into Nichol's Lake. But the best sighting was of an > adult and a juvenile Black-backed Woodpecker -- always nice to confirm > this species. > > So, despite being Friday the 13th, I was favoured by good luck. > > Cheers, > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Blake Maybank > maybank@ns.sympatico.ca > > Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" > > author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" > http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm > > White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada
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