[NatureNS] Last 2 days on Brier Island

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:17:02 -0300
From: Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com>
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Hi,

Liz and I spent from Fri. noon to this morning on Brier Island. Friday was
warm and sunny - the rest was wet, windy and cold. Water levels were very
high and the W.Light road was becoming flooded below Camp Rd. Birds of note
included --

- Brant .................. ~150, mainly in Pond Cove
- Snow goose ....... 2 in the estuary along Digby neck, on Friday. Not
relocated today.
- Black scoter ....... Several in Pond Cove
- Turkey vulture .... appr. 8, no doubt attracted by at least 3 dead seals
on Pond Cove beach
- Rough-legged hawk ... 1 light phase flying N.E. over Whipple Pt.
- Am. kestrel .......... 1 over Freeport
- Am.woodcock ...... 1 at dusk at our Camp
- Snowy owl ........... 1  (prob. ad. F), in the big Meadow. Seen by us
yesterday and others for the last few days. Some local people have seen 2
recently below W.Light.
- E.Phoebe ............ at least 3 around the island
- E.kingbird ........... 1 flew in near our camp. Because of the early date
for this species I tried hard to make it into something more exotic, but it
was just an eastern.
- Brown-h. cowbird .. 3+ M. and 3+ F. in Westport.

+ the usual and expected on Brier. No exotics or rarities! We also had a
good chorus of Spring peepers Fri. evening.

Richard


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Richard Stern,
317 Middle Dyke Rd.
Port Williams, NS, Canada
B0P 1T0

sternrichard@gmail.com
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Hi,<br><br>Liz and I spent from Fri. noon to this morning on Brier Island. =
Friday was warm and sunny - the rest was wet, windy and cold. Water levels =
were very high and the W.Light road was becoming flooded below Camp Rd. Bir=
ds of note included -- <br>
<br>- Brant .................. ~150, mainly in Pond Cove<br>- Snow goose ..=
..... 2 in the estuary along Digby neck, on Friday. Not relocated today.<br=
>- Black scoter ....... Several in Pond Cove<br>- Turkey vulture .... appr.=
 8, no doubt attracted by at least 3 dead seals on Pond Cove beach<br>
- Rough-legged hawk ... 1 light phase flying N.E. over Whipple Pt.<br>- Am.=
 kestrel .......... 1 over Freeport<br>- Am.woodcock ...... 1 at dusk at ou=
r Camp<br>- Snowy owl ........... 1=A0 (prob. ad. F), in the big Meadow. Se=
en by us yesterday and others for the last few days. Some local people have=
 seen 2 recently below W.Light.<br>
- E.Phoebe ............ at least 3 around the island<br>- E.kingbird ......=
..... 1 flew in near our camp. Because of the early date for this species I=
 tried hard to make it into something more exotic, but it was just an easte=
rn.<br>
- Brown-h. cowbird .. 3+ M. and 3+ F. in Westport.<br><br>+ the usual and e=
xpected on Brier. No exotics or rarities! We also had a good chorus of Spri=
ng peepers Fri. evening.<br><br>Richard<br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>###=
##############<br>
Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P =
1T0<br><br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com=
</a><br>###################<br>

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