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Anne Hughes is visiting form Newfoundland and has reported some good birds =
to me from the Oakland area. She found a yellow-breasted chat at the first=
good feeder station on the curve on the Oakland Road. I don't know the ho=
use number=2C but it is at the location where two northern cardianals have =
been reliable for years now. I've had a lot of you to this particular feed=
er location before. Also=2C at Oakland she reports lots of purple finches.=
Other good birds that she observed were 60 Bohemian waxwings and at least=
three cedar waxwings with them. Also there were three American robins=2C =
which have grown scarce here in this area.
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My first exciting sighting for the day was at East LaHave. Three juvenile =
eagles were at what I can only descibe as mortal combat. I'm not sure why =
they were acting as such=2C maybe for territory=2C or maybe there was a fem=
ale nearby. Maybe they were practicing some ritual that I'm not aware of.=
Maybe it was a power struggle for dominance or heriarchy. I don't know. =
Anyhow=2C they were chasing one another and attacking each other with out=
stretched claws and feathers were a flying.
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I afterwards went to Lower Rose Bay for another try for the male eastern to=
whee. Yesterday I went to the location for about an hour without success. =
Today=2C I was blessed with a great Christmas gift in seeing the towhee. =
My first one for 2008 and a nice addition to the winter list. I then decid=
ed that it would be a good day for some exercise and fresh air. By then th=
e temperatures had dropped way down and with the wind at Kingsburg it was b=
rutally cold. I had a nice refreshing walk on Kingsburg Beach and out to p=
art of Hells Point. Of note there were:
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14 bufflehead=2C two Iceland gulls=2C a black-headed gull and two Bonaparte=
gulls. Of course there were many other ducks and species about also. On =
the way back out just before dark the rough-legged hawk that is hanging in =
the area gave me great looks.
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I forgot to mention that on December 21 I had my first Iceland gulls for th=
is area at Lunenburg with two. They were late arriving this year.
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On the way back through Lower Rose Bay a nice falcon appeared and flew alon=
gside of the road. It perched in a tree for a short time before taking fli=
ght again. It was a peregrine falcon.
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At Riverport today there were 225 Canada Geese. For the past week there ha=
ve been between 178 and 210. I'll leave the subspecies of these birds to E=
ric Mills as he is more experienced=2C but today there were at least two se=
parate subspecies present=2C maybe even three. =20
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James R. Hirtle
East LaHave
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Anne Hughes is visiting form Newfoundland and has reported some good birds =
to me from the Oakland area. =3B She found a yellow-breasted chat at th=
e first good feeder station on the curve on the Oakland Road. =3B I don=
't know the house number=2C but it is at the location where two northern ca=
rdianals have been reliable for years now. =3B I've had a lot of you to=
this particular feeder location before. =3B Also=2C at Oakland she rep=
orts lots of purple finches. =3B Other good birds that she observed wer=
e 60 Bohemian waxwings and at least three cedar waxwings with them. =3B=
Also there were three American robins=2C which have grown scarce here in t=
his area.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
 =3B<BR>
My first exciting sighting for the day was at East LaHave. =3B Three ju=
venile eagles were at what I can only descibe as mortal combat. =3B I'm=
not sure why they were acting as such=2C maybe for territory=2C or maybe t=
here was a female nearby. =3B =3B Maybe they were practicing some r=
itual that I'm not aware of. =3B Maybe it was a power struggle for domi=
nance or heriarchy. =3B I don't know. =3B =3B =3BAnyhow=2C =
they were chasing one another and attacking each other with outstretched cl=
aws and feathers were a flying.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
I afterwards went to Lower Rose Bay for another try for the male eastern to=
whee. =3B Yesterday I went to the location for about an hour without su=
ccess. =3B Today=2C I was blessed with a great Christmas gift in seeing=
the towhee. =3B My first one for 2008 and a nice addition to the winte=
r list. =3B I then decided that it would be a good day for some exercis=
e and fresh air. =3B By then the temperatures had dropped way down and =
with the wind at Kingsburg it was brutally cold. =3B I had a nice refre=
shing walk on Kingsburg Beach and out to part of =3B Hells Point. =
=3B Of note there were:<BR>
 =3B<BR>
14 bufflehead=2C two Iceland gulls=2C a black-headed gull and two Bonaparte=
gulls. =3B Of course there were many other ducks and species about als=
o. =3B On the way back out just before dark the rough-legged hawk that =
is hanging in the area gave me great looks.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
I forgot to mention that on December 21 I had my first Iceland gulls for th=
is area at Lunenburg with two. =3B They were late arriving this year.<B=
R>
 =3B<BR>
On the way back through Lower Rose Bay a nice falcon appeared and flew alon=
gside of the road. =3B It perched in a tree for a short time before tak=
ing flight again. =3B It was a peregrine falcon.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
At Riverport today there were 225 Canada Geese. =3B For the past week t=
here have been between 178 and 210. =3B I'll leave the subspecies of th=
ese birds to Eric Mills as he is more experienced=2C but today there were a=
t least =3Btwo separate subspecies present=2C maybe even three. =3B=
<BR>
 =3B<BR>
James R. Hirtle<BR>
East LaHave<BR>
 =3B<BR>
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