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Index of Subjects Here are some sightings of interest over the last two weeks or so: Traveled across the Canso Causeway on Nov 11, there were many birds fly around, still some Gannets and I counted 15 Bald Eagles. Must have been lots to eat. Port Maitland Beach Nov 10th, 30 + Snow Buntings Saturday Nov 1st Catalone Gut Beach 3 Sanderlings, 17 RB Mergs, 23 Surf Scoter, 1 Common Loon On the way back to Mira along the Mira Bay highway 18 A Wigons, 27 Ringneck Ducks. Lynn On 4-Nov-08, at 8:17 PM, Brian Dalzell wrote: > Tufted Titmouse is now nesting in New Brunswick, with nest-building > and fledged young observed in St. Andrews this year. Given the > great aversion that this species has with over-water crossings it > is a miracle one made it Nova Scotia across the Gulf of Maine back > in 1991. Last time I heard, they still had not made it to Block > Island, Rhode Island or Marthas Vinyard, Massachusetts, despite > these islands being only a few miles offshore. The one record for > the latter location was of cross-breeding with Black-capped > Chickadee! That the species could have done so again (an ocean > crossing to NS), and made it all the way to Halifax is nothing > short of a miracle. It is unlikely to get to NS anytime soon > overland, as New Brunswick just had its first records east of the > Saint John River only last fall. > > ----------------------- > > iamclar@Dal.Ca wrote: >> All: >> >> One advantage of having been around just short of forever is >> having a complete >> run of "Nova Scotia Birds." >> >> Our only Tufted Titmouse was found 16 May 1991 on Bon Portage I. >> and was well >> dtailed by Peter Smith, its single experienced observer, in the >> July 1991 issue >> (p. 17) of "NS Birds." Peter was then a prof at Acadia and >> managing its banding >> station on BPI. >> >> There has been a recent push of these (same drivers as Red- >> belliwed Woodpecker?) >> into n. New England, so it's a good winter to look. There is >> remote a >> possibility of connfusion with Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (I saw it >> happen briefly >> twice, until self-corrected by the beginning observers), but the >> rufous sides >> wouldn't match. >> >> All best, Ian McLaren >> >> >> >> >
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