[NatureNS] Wagner's Beach, HRM - Friday bird sightings

Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:07:28 -0300
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Hi everyone;

The brisk north winds brought a modest migration to the Prospect 
Peninsula last Friday, and when I hiked the trail to Wagner's Beach 
there were numerous flocks of robins coming in off the ocean, and 
proceeding up the peninsula.   There were also a few small flocks of 
goldfinches, and one flock of about 10 redpolls.   Offshore there was 
a group of 40+ gannets plunge-diving, gradually drifting west.

Land birds were scarce, however, with only two passerines in the 
shrubs, and I could only ID one of them, but it was an immature 
Philadelphia Vireo, just the second record for the peninsula.

Explore and enjoy,

Blake


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Blake Maybank
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Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"

author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"
http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm

White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada 

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