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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_vn2QmeT9apJcpRV9Fio2xg) 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 Hi I tried to send this earlier but it did not go through just like one a few weeks back so I tried a different title. I spent some time on Sober I., HRM today ( Sun. Oct. 5) and found it somewhat birdy with a couple of noteworthy sightings. The weather was stellar and the fall display spectacular. The most common bird around today seemed to be Pine Siskin as flocks of 30-50 were everywhere.Many were making their way to the island at 8:30 when I arrived as several flocks flew on while I was standing on the bridge. There were likely several hundred on the Island. With them were smaller numbers of Goldfinch, Purple Finch and White-winged Crossbill. Ths Crossbills have been there for a few weeks now. Most of the ones I put binos on were streaked young of the year all feeding on their own and independent. Juncos were very common with my notebook tally of 85 probably quite conservative.There were also a fair number of Red-breasted Nuthatches-18 and Golden-crowned Kinglets-25. I saw my first fall IPSWICH SPARROW which convenietly flew to a tree top with the regular Savannah Sparrow for a nice comparison. One of the first birds seen on arrival on the Island was a PHILADELPHIA VIREO. As I walked out from the trail from the Weber graveyard to the wharf cove, I flushed a juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON ( mainly dark bill, longish legs and neck). I flushed this bird on a previous visit but did not get a good enough look to ID. There was a single Baltimore Oriole. Warblers: Myrtle-45, Blackpoll- 2, Wilson's-1, Nashville-1, Com. Yellowthroat-1, and a fall adult male Bay-breasted. Shorebirds: Black-bellied Plover-9, Golden Plover-1, Semipalmated Plover-7, Greater Yellowlegs-1, Ruddy Turnstone-5 and White-rumped Sandpiper-4. Day bird species total 56 + the Ipswich. There was a single Monarch, lots of Clouded Sulfurs, and a faded "Lady". Another Monarch was seen just outside Sheet Harbour. I noted a couple of Odes that I did not get a good look at. cheers Ken --Boundary_(ID_vn2QmeT9apJcpRV9Fio2xg) 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 6.00.6000.16705" 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<BR>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi I tried to send this earlier but it did not go through just like one a few weeks back so I tried a different title. </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I spent some time on Sober I., HRM today ( Sun. Oct. 5) and found it somewhat birdy with a couple of noteworthy sightings. The weather was stellar and the fall display spectacular. The most common bird around today seemed to be Pine Siskin as flocks of 30-50 were everywhere.Many were making their way to the island at 8:30 when I arrived as several flocks flew on while I was standing on the bridge. There were likely several hundred on the Island. With them were smaller numbers of Goldfinch, Purple Finch and White-winged Crossbill. Ths Crossbills have been there for a few weeks now. Most of the ones I put binos on were streaked young of the year all feeding on their own and independent. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Juncos were very common with my notebook tally of 85 probably quite conservative.There were also a fair number of Red-breasted Nuthatches-18 and Golden-crowned Kinglets-25. I saw my first fall IPSWICH SPARROW which convenietly flew to a tree top with the regular Savannah Sparrow for a nice comparison. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of the first birds seen on arrival on the Island was a PHILADELPHIA VIREO. As I walked out from the trail from the Weber graveyard to the wharf cove, I flushed a juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON ( mainly dark bill, longish legs and neck). I flushed this bird on a previous visit but did not get a good enough look to ID. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was a single Baltimore Oriole. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Warblers: Myrtle-45, Blackpoll- 2, Wilson's-1, Nashville-1, Com. Yellowthroat-1, and a fall adult male Bay-breasted. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shorebirds: Black-bellied Plover-9, Golden Plover-1, Semipalmated Plover-7, Greater Yellowlegs-1, Ruddy Turnstone-5 and White-rumped Sandpiper-4. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Day bird species total 56 + the Ipswich. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was a single Monarch, lots of Clouded Sulfurs, and a faded "Lady". Another Monarch was seen just outside Sheet Harbour. I noted a couple of Odes that I did not get a good look at. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_vn2QmeT9apJcpRV9Fio2xg)--
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