[NatureNS] Wagner's Beach, HRM - crossbill migration

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:22:30 -0400
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Hi All;

This morning I hiked the back way into Wagner's Beach, Prospect 
Peninsula.   There were many flocks of robins and White-winged 
Crossbills flying west, in flocks ranging from 10 to 100.   There 
were many hundreds of crossbills in total, and I was only on site for 
a bit more than one hour.

There was an adult Bald Eagle perched on the Double-crested Cormorant 
nesting trees on Inner Gull Island, and there were six Great 
Cormorants on the cliffs on the south end of the island, the first 
I've seen this autumn locally.    I didn't see any Harlequin Ducks 
but the tide was wrong -- I saw my first of the autumn in Shad Bay a week ago.

Once at Wagner's Beach I had a flock of 17 Snow Buntings along the 
rocks, and there were the first Red-necked Grebes of the autumn in 
the bay.   I rounded out this delightful walk with three American 
Tree Sparrows on the way back to the car.

Cheers, and good birding,


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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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