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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_118684_29538898.1225818277316 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, There was a bird well seen on Bon Portage Island (might even have been trapped, but I can't remember) and described by Peter Smith, who at the time was teaching ornithology at Acadia, and certainly knows his birds - about 20 years ago, +/- a few. I recall this because at the time I was the sub-editor of that group of birds for NS Birds. Someone who has been around Acadia for a while might remember, and if I remember I can ask Peter next time I see him (he has now retired). Richard On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Brian Dalzell <aythya@nb.sympatico.ca>wrote: > Didn't know there was a confirmed record for NS. Details anyone? > > ------------------- > > Andrew Horn wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> A friend living just off St Margaret's Bay Road just uphill from the >> Armdale Rotary in Halifax briefly saw a small crested bird in her yard last >> week that she tentatively decided was a Tufted Titmouse. >> >> Since there's been only one Nova Scotian record ever, and the details of >> this sighting are, well, not too detailed, it probably was something else. >> However, the bird was travelling with chickadees and the observer, while not >> conversant with North American birds, is aware of the other possibilities. >> So anyone with feeders in the area or that's wandering through might keep >> half an eye (and ear) out. >> >> Cheers, >> Andy Horn >> Halifax >> >> >> > -- ################# Dr.Richard Stern, 70 Exhibition St. Kentville, NS, Canada B4N 4K9 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_118684_29538898.1225818277316 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Hi,</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>There was a bird well seen on Bon Portage Island (might even have been trapped, but I can't remember) and described by Peter Smith, who at the time was teaching ornithology at Acadia, and certainly knows his birds - about 20 years ago, +/- a few. I recall this because at the time I was the sub-editor of that group of birds for NS Birds. Someone who has been around Acadia for a while might remember, and if I remember I can ask Peter next time I see him (he has now retired).</div> <div> </div> <div>Richard<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Brian Dalzell <span dir="ltr"><aythya@nb.sympatico.ca></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Didn't know there was a confirmed record for NS. Details anyone?<br><br>-------------------<br><br>Andrew Horn wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi all,<br><br>A friend living just off St Margaret's Bay Road just uphill from the Armdale Rotary in Halifax briefly saw a small crested bird in her yard last week that she tentatively decided was a Tufted Titmouse.<br> <br>Since there's been only one Nova Scotian record ever, and the details of this sighting are, well, not too detailed, it probably was something else. However, the bird was travelling with chickadees and the observer, while not conversant with North American birds, is aware of the other possibilities. So anyone with feeders in the area or that's wandering through might keep half an eye (and ear) out.<br> <br>Cheers,<br>Andy Horn<br>Halifax<br><br><br></blockquote><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Dr.Richard Stern, <br>70 Exhibition St.<br>Kentville, NS, Canada<br>B4N 4K9<br><br>Richard Stern, <br> 317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br>sternrichard@gmail.com<br>###################<br> ------=_Part_118684_29538898.1225818277316--
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