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Hi Everyone; 5 December 2008 The Hermit Warbler was present again this morning in Point Pleasant Park, in the same location, the row of pines that border the Black Rock Beach parking area, between the parking lot trail entrance and Shakespeare by the Sea. Other warblers present included Black-and-white, Pine, Palm, and Orange-crowned. And Wayne Neily had a brief glimpse of a warbler he thought might have been a Nashville Warbler, so keep an eye out. It is important that we correctly acknowledge those who found and reported the various birds in the Park. Andy Horn found the Hermit Warbler, along with the Orange-crowned and Pine Warblers, and various observers subsequently located the several Palm Warblers in the area. Ian McLaren and Eric Mills first noted the Black-and-white Warbler, Mike King reported the Peregrine Falcon, and Don MacNeill first saw the immature Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (which hasn't been noted since Tuesday, when Joan Czapalay saw it). Special thanks is due Ian McLaren, who through careful diligence, and with consultation with out-of-province warbler experts, was able to demonstrate that the Hermit Warbler's field marks were consistent with being a non-hybrid bird. The bird is therefore a guilt-free tick for life lists. Ian's analysis was greatly aided by the many superb photographs obtained by a variety of the province's birders, including David Currie, Richard Stern, Alan Covert, Angus MacLean, Bruce Stevens, and others. I would be very surprised if the bird was not still present tomorrow for the Bird Society's Hot Spots field trip, to be led by Mike King. I hope you all have the chance to see the bird in the sunshine; it's a very attractive sight. Cheers, and good winter birding, Blake ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca 902-852-2077 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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