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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_hhW+7i2z8p/OrcbyUvTUKw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hello, Sorry about the tardiness of this report but had to accomplish several other things since returning. As usual, the small group (6) departed from Shag Harbour about 6:30 PM on Friday (Aug 29) and returned just after lunch on Mon (Sept 1). We really lucked out on the weather since the only significant rainfall we had occurred overnight. In all, I saw about 55 species and the group tally was likely close to 70. Noteworthy species/numbers which I observed are as follows: - Snow Goose - 1 (flew over our heads on Sunday near Salt Water Pond) - Leach's Storm-petrel - too many to count!! (these birds nest in huge numbers on the island. It is fascinating to stand outside in late evening and listen to their haunting call as they arrive back at the burrow with a stomach full of food for the downy young!) - Northern Gannet - 3/5 - small numbers seen on consecutive mornings - all adults - Great Blue Heron - 1 (!) - Little Blue Heron - (1) - adult in breeding plumage; quite a sight in the fog through the scope - Black-crowned Night-heron - 1 immature (not sure if this species continues to breed here) - Northern Harrier - at least 6 - certainly the most common raptor observed - Sharp-shinned Hawk - very few - American Kestrel - 2 - Merlin - a few - harassing the shorebirds as usual - Peregrine Falcon - 1 (anatum) - 11 species of shorebirds including Baird's Sandpiper (!), White-rumped (2-3), and a group of at least 18 Willets on Mon AM (all Westerns...?) - Great-horned Owl (2) - heard dueting on Sat evening. We encountered a large number of pellets full of petrel bones, including a nearly intact skull. - Common Nighthawk (1) - RT Hummers (2) - still feisty on migration - 3 flycatchers species including Olive-sided (1), Alder (several) and Yellow-bellied (1) - Red-eyed Vireo (2) - Grey Catbird - singles heard in several locations - Cedar Waxwings - several small groups (3/5/8) - Warblers - I observed only 7 species (very slow) while the group overall probably had 6 more. The only noteworthy species was a single Prairie Warbler on Mon AM. - Sparrows - only 4 species seen but noteworthy was a single Lark Sparrow on Mon AM (I did get a few pics), and a White-throated immature still being fed by an adult (rather late, I think). - White-winged Crossbill - abundant in the mist nets and in the spruce cones. Seemed like a large movement. Many interesting flowers were also still in bloom but I still have to ID some of these so may write up a note on these if I have time. Cheers, Bob McDonald Halifax --Boundary_(ID_hhW+7i2z8p/OrcbyUvTUKw) Content-type: text/html; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-smaller><HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sorry about the tardiness of this report but had to accomplish several other things since returning. As usual, the small group (6) departed from Shag Harbour about 6:30 PM on Friday (Aug 29) and returned just after lunch on Mon (Sept 1). We really lucked out on the weather since the only significant rainfall we had occurred overnight.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>In all, I saw about 55 species and the group tally was likely close to 70. Noteworthy species/numbers which I observed are as follows:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Snow Goose - 1 (flew over our heads on Sunday near Salt Water Pond)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Leach's Storm-petrel - too many to count!! (these birds nest in huge numbers on the island. It is fascinating to stand outside in late evening and listen to their haunting call as they arrive back at the burrow with a stomach full of food for the downy young!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Northern Gannet - 3/5 - small numbers seen on consecutive mornings - all adults</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Great Blue Heron - 1 (!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Little Blue Heron - (1) - adult in breeding plumage; quite a sight in the fog through the scope</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Black-crowned Night-heron - 1 immature (not sure if this species continues to breed here)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Northern Harrier - at least 6 - certainly the most common raptor observed</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Sharp-shinned Hawk - very few</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - American Kestrel - 2</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Merlin - a few - harassing the shorebirds as usual</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Peregrine Falcon - 1 (anatum)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - 11 species of shorebirds including Baird's Sandpiper (!), White-rumped (2-3), and a group of at least 18 Willets on Mon AM (all Westerns...?)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Great-horned Owl (2) - heard dueting on Sat evening. We encountered a large number of pellets full of petrel bones, including a nearly intact skull.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Common Nighthawk (1)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - RT Hummers (2) - still feisty on migration</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - 3 flycatchers species including Olive-sided (1), Alder (several) and Yellow-bellied (1)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Red-eyed Vireo (2)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Grey Catbird - singles heard in several locations</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Cedar Waxwings - several small groups (3/5/8)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Warblers - I observed only 7 species (very slow) while the group overall probably had 6 more. The only noteworthy species was a single Prairie Warbler on Mon AM.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> - Sparrows - only 4 species seen but noteworthy was a single Lark Sparrow on Mon AM (I did get a few p