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--Apple-Mail-319--1012404229 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi everyone: I was doing some atlassing today on the Herbert River Trail. The abandoned track on the Windsor section was full of gray catbirds. There were at least eight of them in the general area, and all making lots of noise. I also got my first close-up look at a mystery warbler, which, when I got back to the car and my field guide, turned out to be a female northern parula. I have seen and head lots of males, but the females seem to be more elusive. I did come across one bird here that did not really offer a good view. There were at least two of them, and it reminded my a lot of a red-eyed vireo, but it had a dark streak through the eye with a white stripe above and below the dark one. If the weather cooperates, I may get back tomorrow for a better look. Crossing to the other side of the road, there was an immature red-tailed hawk sitting on the top of the power pole at the side of the road. At the first part of the trail, where you rejoin the river, there were numerous ruby-throated hummingbirds. I also had a great view of a group of four female American redstarts, but they were moving though the dense bushes so quickly that a picture was out of the question. I have never seen newly-fledged redstarts, so I'm assuming that all four of these were adult females, as they had the yellow is all the right place. Where the large pond is on the left side as you walk in, I had a lovely view of a belted kingfisher. It flew back and forth over the pond a few times, then went upstream. In the same area, one of the two Canada lilies had its first flower opened, with lots still to come. This was also where I came across my other two It was also in this area that I got a lot of pictures of a very cooperative immature common yellowthroat. http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Yellowthroat.jpg It was also here that I saw the other two mystery birds. The first was on the other side of the river. It was heavily streaked and reminded me of a female red-winged blackbird, but as you can hopefully make out from this collage of the three best pictures, it had a bright white stripe both above and below the eye. My first guess is that it is a female rose-breasted grosbeak. Further downstream I also spotted two shorebirds that flew in together. Again I have put together a collage of the three best pictures. They were brigh white on the underside and yellow(?) legs, although it was hard to see at that distance. They while also came up in front of the wing reminding me of a spotted sandpiper. Bernard Forsythe had spotted one along the river in mid-June, but I wouldn't have thought they would have lost their spots by now. There were quite a few other birds, but nothing worth reporting on. Between a canoe trip yesterday and birding today, I have acquired 3.5 insect attacks: two stings (honey bee, unknown hornet-like insect) one bite (deerfly) and a tick that was caught walking up my leg. Still the fun, birds and data collected were worth it. I did have the sense to get no closer that 2 metres from this when I came across in this morning. Thank goodness for a 10x zoom! http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/StayAWAY.jpg http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Bottom.jpg Pat ======================================================================== == 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-319--1012404229 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Hi everyone: I was doing some atlassing today on the Herbert River Trail. The abandoned track on the Windsor section was full of <bold>gray catbirds</bold>. There were at least eight of them in the general area, and all making lots of noise. I also got my first close-up look at a mystery warbler, which, when I got back to the car and my field guide, turned out to be a female <bold>northern parula</bold>. I have seen and head lots of males, but the females seem to be more elusive. I did come across one bird here that did not really offer a good view. There were at least two of them, and it reminded my a lot of a red-eyed vireo, but it had a dark streak through the eye with a white stripe above and below the dark one. If the weather cooperates, I may get back tomorrow for a better look. Crossing to the other side of the road, there was an immature <bold>red-tailed hawk</bold> sitting on the top of the power pole at the side of the road. At the first part of the trail, where you rejoin the river, there were numerous <bold>ruby-throated hummingbirds</bold>. I also had a great view of a group of four female <bold>American redstarts</bold>, but they were moving though the dense bushes so quickly that a picture was out of the question. I have never seen newly-fledged redstarts, so I'm assuming that all four of these were adult females, as they had the yellow is all the right place. Where the large pond is on the left side as you walk in, I had a lovely view of a <bold>belted kingfisher</bold>. It flew back and forth over the pond a few times, then went upstream. In the same area, one of the two <bold>Canada lilies</bold> had its first flower opened, with lots still to come. This was also where I came across my other two It was also in this area that I got a lot of pictures of a very cooperative immature <bold>common yellowthroat</bold>. http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Yellowthroat.jpg It was also here that I saw the other two mystery birds. The first was on the other side of the river. It was heavily streaked and reminded me of a female red-winged blackbird, but as you can hopefully make out from this collage of the three best pictures, it had a bright white stripe both above and below the eye. My first guess is that it is a female rose-breasted grosbeak. Further downstream I also spotted two shorebirds that flew in together. Again I have put together a collage of the three best pictures. They were brigh white on the underside and yellow(?) legs, although it was hard to see at that distance. They while also came up in front of the wing reminding me of a spotted sandpiper. Bernard Forsythe had spotted one along the river in mid-June, but I wouldn't have thought they would have lost their spots by now. There were quite a few other birds, but nothing worth reporting on. Between a canoe trip yesterday and birding today, I have acquired 3.5 insect attacks: two stings (honey bee, unknown hornet-like insect) one bite (deerfly) and a tick that was caught walking up my leg. Still the fun, birds and data collected were worth it. I did have the sense to get no closer that 2 metres from this when I came across in this morning. Thank goodness for a 10x zoom! http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/StayAWAY.jpg http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Bottom.jpg Pat <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-319--1012404229--
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