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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_teqPqkXnwogtSJcaJtKCUQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all the last 2 days have been challenging for atlassing with the wind and drizzle. There are lots of hatch year birds around, but most are flying and independent of parents and likely not countable as fledged young. So yesterday afternoon I decided to check out migration at Big I. The birding in a couple of hours was pretty good with about 60 species recorded. The tide was high but receding and shorebirds were flying into the east end of the causeway. I also struck a couple of small passerine flocks near the old school and along Docker Rd. about 5:30 p.m. but I did not spend much time looking for passerines. Along the road here ( Docker) were 2 specimens of Purple Fringed Orchid side-by-side, one white and one purple. Here are some highlights from Big I. Aug. 3 3:30-6:00. Shorebirds Lesser Yellowlegs-110 Greater Yellowlegs-1 Willet-12 Semipalmated Plover-35 Semipalmated Sandpiper-180 Least Sandpiper-30 White-rumped Sandpiper-2 Whimbrel-1 Short-billed Dowicher-46 Ruddy Turnstone-1 Spotted Sandpiper-3 Waterbirds Common Loon-6 Black Duck-38 Common Eider-4 White-winged Scoter-6 Surf Scoter-64 Black Scoter-6 Green-winged Teal-3 warblers Common Yellow-throat-1 Myrtle-8 Black and White-5 Magnolia-6 Redstart-3 Parula-1 Blackburnian-2 Canada-1 There were a small number of Bonaparte's Gulls-41 most with full hoods. I tallied about 35 Common terns and more than a dozen Gannets. Thirteen Great-blue Herons flew in with the receding tide and no doubt others were still roosting in trees just out of sight. There were 2 Kestrels hunting together and 2-3 Harriers. Both Barn and Bank Swallows which nest locally were still present. The big marsh was vocal with many Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows still singing. I drove off the island leaving my scope set up for the shorebirds and did not realize till I stopped at the Egerton Pond that I had done this. I rushed back with heart pounding at my stupidity only to see the scope still present and focused on the flock of shorebirds. I wonder how many people drove by and wondered why the scope was there and how long it would have been before someone collected it. Nice honest people up Big I. way! cheers Ken --Boundary_(ID_teqPqkXnwogtSJcaJtKCUQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><BR>Hi all</DIV> <DIV>the last 2 days have been challenging for atlassing with the wind and drizzle. There are lots of hatch year birds around, but most are flying and independent of parents and likely not countable as fledged young. So yesterday afternoon I decided to check out migration at Big I. The birding in a couple of hours was pretty good with about 60 species recorded. The tide was high but receding and shorebirds were flying into the east end of the causeway. I also struck a couple of small passerine flocks near the old school and along Docker Rd. about 5:30 p.m. but I did not spend much time looking for passerines. Along the road here ( Docker) were 2 specimens of Purple Fringed Orchid side-by-side, one white and one purple. </DIV> <DIV>Here are some highlights from Big I. Aug. 3 3:30-6:00. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Shorebirds</DIV> <DIV>Lesser Yellowlegs-110</DIV> <DIV>Greater Yellowlegs-1</DIV> <DIV>Willet-12</DIV> <DIV>Semipalmated Plover-35</DIV> <DIV>Semipalmated Sandpiper-180</DIV> <DIV>Least Sandpiper-30</DIV> <DIV>White-rumped Sandpiper-2</DIV> <DIV>Whimbrel-1</DIV> <DIV>Short-billed Dowicher-46</DIV> <DIV>Ruddy Turnstone-1</DIV> <DIV>Spotted Sandpiper-3</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Waterbirds</DIV> <DIV>Common Loon-6</DIV> <DIV>Black Duck-38</DIV> <DIV>Common Eider-4</DIV> <DIV>White-winged Scoter-6</DIV> <DIV>Surf Scoter-64</DIV> <DIV>Black Scoter-6</DIV> <DIV>Green-winged Teal-3</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>warblers</DIV> <DIV>Common Yellow-throat-1</DIV> <DIV>Myrtle-8</DIV> <DIV>Black and White-5</DIV> <DIV>Magnolia-6</DIV> <DIV>Redstart-3</DIV> <DIV>Parula-1</DIV> <DIV>Blackburnian-2</DIV> <DIV>Canada-1</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There were a small number of Bonaparte's Gulls-41 most with full hoods. I tallied about 35 Common terns and more than a dozen Gannets. Thirteen Great-blue Herons flew in with the receding tide and no doubt others were still roosting in trees just out of sight. There were 2 Kestrels hunting together and 2-3 Harriers. Both Barn and Bank Swallows which nest locally were still present. </DIV> <DIV>The big marsh was vocal with many Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows still singing. </DIV> <DIV>I drove off the island leaving my scope set up for the shorebirds and did not realize till I stopped at the Egerton Pond that I had done this. I rushed back with heart pounding at my stupidity only to see the scope still present and focused on the flock of shorebirds. I wonder how many people drove by and wondered why the scope was there and how long it would have been before someone collected it. Nice honest people up Big I. way!</DIV> <DIV>cheers</DIV> <DIV>Ken</DIV> <DIV></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_teqPqkXnwogtSJcaJtKCUQ)--
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