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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_131849_26187825.1224461473829 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, Just to add to Eric's report - we just got back from Brier, where we spent the weekend. We saw some of Eric's sightings (although much smaller numbers, as I didn't get up before dawn), + a single F.Cardinal in Westport, numerous flights of W-W Crossbills near our camp, Blue Jays all day long, generally flying high, a flock of ~25 Turkey Vultures over Pond Cove (with ?more over Westport), 6 Red-tailed Hawks flying W. over Lighthouse Rd., and the apparent arrival of several Am. Kestrels by mid-afternoon. There was a Pectoral Sandpiper on the flats at Big Pond. Richard On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Eric Mills <e.mills@dal.ca> wrote: > I found Ian McLaren's comments on the dearth of birds in Halifax today very > interesting. > > Anne and I spent the long holiday weekend and overnight this > Saturday-Sunday on Brier Island, centering on a business > trip to New Brunswick during the week. > > This morning well before dawn, the Lighthouse Road and Northern Point Road > on Brier Island were alive with birds that I > identified in the car headlights - at least 20 Hermit Thrushes, hundreds of > White-throats, Song Sparrows and Juncos, > along with a few Fox Sparrows, Chippies and Savannah Sparrows. As the light > increased, they disappeared into the > alders, but the Northern Point area was still alive with the calls of the > sparrows and juncos, and significant numbers of > Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets appeared, along with flock after > flock of Robins moving northward off the > island (perhaps 500 in all). As the morning progressed, flocks of Grackles > came in from the south, some settling on the > island, but perhaps 250 moving on northward to somewhere else. Myrtle > Warblers (I estimated 200+, a small fraction of > the total) were moving through the spruces and alders and calling > everywhere. Flocks of Siskins swept in, moved on and > were replaced by others all over the island. > > This was a dramatic event, but insignificant in comparison with what we saw > in the same places on Sunday the 12th. I'll > try to summarize that during the next day or two. > ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ > Eric L. Mills > 286 Kingsburg Road > RR#1, Rose Bay, Nova Scotia B0J 2X0, CANADA > E.Mills@Dal.Ca > ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ > > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_131849_26187825.1224461473829 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><br>Just to add to Eric's report - we just got back from Brier, where we spent the weekend. We saw some of Eric's sightings (although much smaller numbers, as I didn't get up before dawn), + a single F.Cardinal in Westport, numerous flights of W-W Crossbills near our camp, Blue Jays all day long, generally flying high, a flock of ~25 Turkey Vultures over Pond Cove (with ?more over Westport), 6 Red-tailed Hawks flying W. over Lighthouse Rd., and the apparent arrival of several Am. Kestrels by mid-afternoon. There was a Pectoral Sandpiper on the flats at Big Pond.<br> <br>Richard<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Eric Mills <span dir="ltr"><e.mills@dal.ca></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I found Ian McLaren's comments on the dearth of birds in Halifax today very interesting.<br> <br> Anne and I spent the long holiday weekend and overnight this Saturday-Sunday on Brier Island, centering on a business<br> trip to New Brunswick during the week.<br> <br> This morning well before dawn, the Lighthouse Road and Northern Point Road on Brier Island were alive with birds that I<br> identified in the car headlights - at least 20 Hermit Thrushes, hundreds of White-throats, Song Sparrows and Juncos,<br> along with a few Fox Sparrows, Chippies and Savannah Sparrows. As the light increased, they disappeared into the<br> alders, but the Northern Point area was still alive with the calls of the sparrows and juncos, and significant numbers of<br> Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets appeared, along with flock after flock of Robins moving northward off the<br> island (perhaps 500 in all). As the morning progressed, flocks of Grackles came in from the south, some settling on the<br> island, but perhaps 250 moving on northward to somewhere else. Myrtle Warblers (I estimated 200+, a small fraction of<br> the total) were moving through the spruces and alders and calling everywhere. Flocks of Siskins swept in, moved on and<br> were replaced by others all over the island.<br> <br> This was a dramatic event, but insignificant in comparison with what we saw in the same places on Sunday the 12th. I'll<br> try to summarize that during the next day or two.<br> ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ<br> Eric L. Mills<br> 286 Kingsburg Road<br> RR#1, Rose Bay, Nova Scotia B0J 2X0, CANADA<br> E.Mills@Dal.Ca<br> ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ<br> <br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br>sternrichard@gmail.com<br> ###################<br> </div> ------=_Part_131849_26187825.1224461473829--
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