[NatureNS] Re: Green birding

Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:26:58 -0300
From: Joan Czapalay <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Thanks, Bruce.

Bruce Stevens wrote:
> I think html-rich email mangled that last URL (At least it did for me 
> in my gmail account) as it appeared like this: 
> www.sparroworks.ca/*bigby*.html <http://www.sparroworks.ca/*bigby*.html>
>
> Try this with the asterisks removed:
>
> http://www.sparroworks.ca/bigby.html
>
> Bruce
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Joan Czapalay <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca 
> <mailto:joancz@ns.sympatico.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Barb- I was alerted to it by Laura Ericson with whom I have had
>     some interesting discussions on how our lifestyles affect all
>     creatures, including the birds and their habitats. I found more
>     info on BIGBY by just logging on to the website:
>      www.sparroworks.ca/*bigby*.html
>     <http://www.sparroworks.ca/*bigby*.html>
>      Cheers, Joan
>
>
>
>     barb shaw wrote:
>
>         on 6/18/08 8:01 AM, Joan Czapalay at joancz@ns.sympatico.ca
>         <mailto:joancz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>          
>
>             A Green Birding Year would be a great initiative for the
>             NSBS, Suzanne.
>             It extends the "yard list" and helps the planet. Have you
>             signed on to
>             the BIGBY site? It's fun to read the postings. Cheers, Joan
>
>             Suzanne Borkowski wrote:
>                
>
>                 This is a great idea, Richard!
>
>                 The Bird Society is always looking for suggestions on
>                 friendly competitions that raise awareness of birds.
>
>                 We could make 2009 "Green Birding Year".
>
>                 Thanks!
>
>                 Suzanne Borkowski
>                 President
>                 Nova Scotia Bird Society
>
>
>
>
>
>                 --- Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com
>                 <mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>                      
>
>                     Hi,
>
>                     Perhaps, to promote it, people could have a friendly
>                     competition like last
>                     year's Yard List one - who can see the most species
>                     in NS over 1 year (say
>                     Jan 1 - Dec 31) counting only birds seen as in
>                     Joan's e-mail below.
>
>                     Richard
>
>
>                     On 6/17/08, Joan Czapalay <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca
>                     <mailto:joancz@ns.sympatico.ca>>
>                     wrote:
>
>                            
>
>                         BIGBY may have been discussed on naturens earlier
>
>                                  
>
>                     and I missed it, but it
>
>                            
>
>                         is a great concept to share.
>                         BIGBY : Big Green Big Year is for birders who are
>
>                                  
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>                     trying to go carbon
>
>                            
>
>                         neutral. You count birds only while walking,
>
>                                  
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>                     biking or working in your yard
>
>                            
>
>                         this year. Taking public transit to a local spot
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>                                  
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>                     is a special category. This
>
>                            
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>                         is hard on a lister like me, but I am working
>
>                                  
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>                     towards it. I can bird in my
>
>                            
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>                         Halifax neighbourhood ( Point Pleasant Park is a
>
>                                  
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>                     healthy walk) but I have to
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>                            
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>                         drive to get to my summer place in Port Greville.
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>                                  
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>                     Once there I can walk to
>
>                            
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>                         my favourite birding spots, and even cover a
>
>                                  
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>                     square for the atlas.
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>                            
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>                         I was up before 5 am last Sunday and walked until
>
>                                  
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>                     after 8am. I was pleased
>
>                            
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>                         to find Spruce Grouse, Veery, Swainson's Thrush
>
>                                  
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>                     and Robin, Merlin,
>
>                            
>
>                         Nighthawk, both Vireos, Alder Flycatchers, Song,
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>                                  
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>                     White-throated and Vesper
>
>                            
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>                         Sparrows, Common Yellowthroat, Magnolia,
>
>                                  
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>                     Black-throated Green,
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>                            
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>                         Chestnut-sided, Black and White, Redstart and
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>                                  
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>                     Yellow warblers within six km
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>                            
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>                         of home. Green birding is a good idea that seems
>
>                                  
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>                     to be catching on world
>
>                            
>
>                         wide.
>                         Cheers, Joan
>                         http://www.sparroworks.ca/bigby.html
>
>
>                                  
>
>                     -- 
>                     #################
>                     Dr.Richard Stern,
>                     70 Exhibition St.
>                     Kentville, NS, Canada
>                     B4N 4K9
>
>                     Richard Stern,
>                     317 Middle Dyke Rd.
>                     Port Williams, NS, Canada
>                     B0P 1T0
>
>                     rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca
>                     <mailto:rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca>
>                     rbstern@xcountry.tv <mailto:rbstern@xcountry.tv>
>                     sternrichard@gmail.com <mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com>
>                     ###################
>
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