[NatureNS] Bird arrivals, Brier Island

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Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:11:13 -0300
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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
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<div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><br>Just to add to Eric&#39;s report - we just got back from Brier, where we spent the weekend. We saw some of Eric&#39;s sightings (although much smaller numbers, as I didn&#39;t get up before dawn), + a single F.Cardinal in Westport,&nbsp; 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">&lt;e.mills@dal.ca&gt;</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&#39;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&#39;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>
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