[NatureNS] HRM Winter Rarities and other birds - 9 Dec.

Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:27:01 -0400
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9 December 2008

Hello Everyone;

Don MacNeill and I birded between Chezzetcook Inlet and Halifax on 9 
Dec., and we enjoyed a fine day's birding.   Here are the highlights:

Grand Desert:
Snowy Owl -- an immature female, perhaps the same bird reported at 
Story Head by Anders.   Story Head is just a short distance away as 
the owl flies.
Savannah Sparrow -- 2
Surf Scoter -- 2

Three Fathom Harbour:
Lark Sparrow -- at the mid-point of Causeway Road, where it was 
originally located Dec. 1.   Photos were taken this time, and have 
been posted to the NS-RBA photo pages.
Black-bellied Plover (1) and Dunlin (1)  --  on the mud flats at low 
tide in the middle of the harbour
Northern Harrier (1), Rough-legged Hawk (1), Snowy Owl (1) -- all on 
Wedge Island

Dartmouth:
We could not locate the Brewer's Blackbird, nor the Lark Sparrow and 
House Wren at the foot of Jamieson St., nor the Eastern Towhee at 
Hastings Ave.   We did find the following, however:
Snow Bunting -- at the foot of Jamieson St.
Savannah Sparrow -- at the foot of Nivens Ave.
Gadwall -- at Tufts Cove
Eurasian Wigeon -- at Tufts Cove

Point Pleasant Park:
Between 1430 and 1530, along the pines adjacent Black Rock Beach 
parking lot, we observed the following:
Orange-crowned Warbler -- 1
Pine Warbler -- 3 or 4
Palm Warbler -- 1 eastern race
Fox Sparrow -- 1



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Blake Maybank
Spring compiler, Atlantic Provinces Region, "North American Birds"

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

144 Bayview Drive
White's Lake, Nova Scotia,
B3T 1Z1, Canada

maybank@ns.sympatico.ca
(902) 852-2077  
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9 December 2008<br><br>
Hello Everyone;<br><br>
Don MacNeill and I birded between Chezzetcook Inlet and Halifax on 9
Dec., and we enjoyed a fine day's birding.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here are the
highlights:<br><br>
<u>Grand Desert</u>:<br>
Snowy Owl -- an immature female, perhaps the same bird reported at Story
Head by Anders.&nbsp;&nbsp; Story Head is just a short distance away as
the owl flies.<br>
Savannah Sparrow -- 2<br>
Surf Scoter -- 2<br><br>
<u>Three Fathom Harbour</u>:<br>
Lark Sparrow -- at the mid-point of Causeway Road, where it was
originally located Dec. 1.&nbsp;&nbsp; Photos were taken this time, and
have been posted to the NS-RBA photo pages.<br>
Black-bellied Plover (1) and Dunlin (1)&nbsp; --&nbsp; on the mud flats
at low tide in the middle of the harbour<br>
Northern Harrier (1), Rough-legged Hawk (1), Snowy Owl (1) -- all on
Wedge Island<br><br>
<u>Dartmouth</u>:<br>
We could not locate the Brewer's Blackbird, nor the Lark Sparrow and
House Wren at the foot of Jamieson St., nor the Eastern Towhee at
Hastings Ave.&nbsp;&nbsp; We did find the following, however:<br>
Snow Bunting -- at the foot of Jamieson St. <br>
Savannah Sparrow -- at the foot of Nivens Ave.<br>
Gadwall -- at Tufts Cove<br>
Eurasian Wigeon -- at Tufts Cove<br><br>
<u>Point Pleasant Park</u>:<br>
Between 1430 and 1530, along the pines adjacent Black Rock Beach parking
lot, we observed the following:<br>
Orange-crowned Warbler -- 1<br>
Pine Warbler -- 3 or 4<br>
Palm Warbler -- 1 eastern race<br>
Fox Sparrow -- 1<br><br>
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Blake Maybank<br>
Spring compiler, Atlantic Provinces Region, &quot;North American
Birds&quot;<br><br>
author, &quot;Birding Sites of Nova Scotia&quot;<br>
<a href="http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm<br><br>
</a>144 Bayview Drive<br>
White's Lake, Nova Scotia, <br>
B3T 1Z1, Canada<br><br>
maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br>
(902) 852-2077 </body>
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