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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_SfDNuBvzJ8YBp2WqjhgYag) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Since I had a course in Halifax yesterday(April 25), I decided to look = at the Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas maps and select a needy square to = spend some atlas time in and left a couple of hours early. I selected = the Kemptown square (20MR93) which is nicely along the TCH 104. I left = too late to hear owls or woodcock, but the dawn chorus has had a number = of new voices since last weekend. Hermit Thrushes, Winter Wrens, = Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Palm Warblers, Swamp White-throat and Savannah = Sparrows, a few Flickers and a single Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. In a = gravel pit, I had a pair of Killdeer doing distraction display, a Snipe = and a pair of Mallards. Several Tree Swallows were investigating a nest = box. I saw several pair of Ring-necked Pheasants not seen in the first = atlas. In a couple of hours, I was able to tally 34 species and upgrade = the atlas data 50% for species variety. It was a nice morning and a good = way to add to Maritime Bird knowledge. If you are not atlassing, why not = give it a try. It is not difficult and you will find out a lot about = areas you normally would not bird. A isit in June and 0r July would do = much to complete the sqaure. For how to- = http://www.mba-aom.ca/english/index.html. Success of the project is = proportional to your voluntary help. We have lots of good birders in NS = who can add their talent to the project. I was still on time for the 9 = a.m. course!=20 cheers Ken PS Yellow-rumped warbler heard from my yard in Plymouth this morning. I = still have a few Tree Sparrows at my feeder, but lots of finches moving = through particularily Purple, Gold and Siskins. = --Boundary_(ID_SfDNuBvzJ8YBp2WqjhgYag) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16825" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since I had a course in Halifax yesterday(April 25), I decided to look at the Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas maps and select a needy square to spend some atlas time in and left a couple of hours early. I selected the Kemptown square (20MR93) which is nicely along the TCH 104. I left too late to hear owls or woodcock, but the dawn chorus has had a number of new voices since last weekend. Hermit Thrushes, Winter Wrens, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Palm Warblers, Swamp White-throat and Savannah Sparrows, a few Flickers and a single Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. In a gravel pit, I had a pair of Killdeer doing distraction display, a Snipe and a pair of Mallards. Several Tree Swallows were investigating a nest box. I saw several pair of Ring-necked Pheasants not seen in the first atlas. In a couple of hours, I was able to tally 34 species and upgrade the atlas data 50% for species variety. It was a nice morning and a good way to add to Maritime Bird knowledge. If you are not atlassing, why not give it a try. It is not difficult and you will find out a lot about areas you normally would not bird. A isit in June and 0r July would do much to complete the sqaure. For how to- <A href="http://www.mba-aom.ca/english/index.html">http://www.mba-aom.ca/english/index.html</A>. Success of the project is proportional to your voluntary help. We have lots of good birders in NS who can add their talent to the project. I was still on time for the 9 a.m. course! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS Yellow-rumped warbler heard from my yard in Plymouth this morning. I still have a few Tree Sparrows at my feeder, but lots of finches moving through particularily Purple, Gold and Siskins. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_SfDNuBvzJ8YBp2WqjhgYag)--
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