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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_fFpYKiU11o1ZOYC7SAHLIQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Rick Ferguson and I did some atlassing for the Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas in a remote square south of West River Station back of Saltsprings in Pictou-Colchester counties today May 17. It was a poor atlas morning and we only saw about 28 species in the square because of the wind. From time to time we found our heads down and discovered about 40 SWEET COLTSFOOT plants in bloom at NAD 83- 504862 N 5027540 E in a roadside ditch This is only the second time I have seen this flower as Harry Brennan had showed me a few plants back of Maple L. ( Pictou Co). about 10 years ago. Those plants have since disappeared. This square Mud L. or Island Lake square ((20NR02) has no houses at least the areas we looked at and is under intense forestry with some huge cut-overs. The altitude is somewhat high 600-700'. Plants are a little later blooming there. Also noted in bloom were FLY-HONEYSUCKLE, Goldthread, Leatherleaf, Painted Trillium, Dwarf Ginseng, and various white and blue violets. The birding was so thin with diversity that we did not see a single Corvid! I think we can improve that on a nicer day a little later although I had great success yesterday in the Loganville, Welsford and Cape John squares. Most common bird was Black-throated Green Warbler and White-throated Sparrow. Palm Warblers were also common and Lincoln's Sparrow have returned and are on territory. Earlier in the day in Westville at Campbells Road, Rick spotted and showed me a SORA repeatedly carrying nest material in its bill to a clump,clearly nest building and a nice confirmation for the New Glasgow square. Nice discoveries can be made even on less than ideal days! On Sat. evening May 16, I had a male Baltimore Oriole at my feeder in Plymouth and Steve Vines had the orioles back at a traditional nesting area in Sylvester on Sat. as well.. cheers ken --Boundary_(ID_fFpYKiU11o1ZOYC7SAHLIQ) 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>Rick Ferguson and I did some atlassing for the Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas in a remote square south of West River Station back of Saltsprings in Pictou-Colchester counties today May 17. It was a poor atlas morning and we only saw about 28 species in the square because of the wind. From time to time we found our heads down and discovered about 40 SWEET COLTSFOOT plants in bloom at NAD 83- 504862 N 5027540 E in a roadside ditch This is only the second time I have seen this flower as Harry Brennan had showed me a few plants back of Maple L. ( Pictou Co). about 10 years ago. Those plants have since disappeared. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This square Mud L. or Island Lake square ((20NR02) has no houses at least the areas we looked at and is under intense forestry with some huge cut-overs. The altitude is somewhat high 600-700'. Plants are a little later blooming there. Also noted in bloom were FLY-HONEYSUCKLE, Goldthread, Leatherleaf, Painted Trillium, Dwarf Ginseng, and various white and blue violets. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The birding was so thin with diversity that we did not see a single Corvid! I think we can improve that on a nicer day a little later although I had great success yesterday in the Loganville, Welsford and Cape John squares. Most common bird was Black-throated Green Warbler and White-throated Sparrow. Palm Warblers were also common and Lincoln's Sparrow have returned and are on territory. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Earlier in the day in Westville at Campbells Road, Rick spotted and showed me a SORA repeatedly carrying nest material in its bill to a clump,clearly nest building and a nice confirmation for the New Glasgow square. Nice discoveries can be made even on less than ideal days!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> On Sat. evening May 16, I had a male Baltimore Oriole at my feeder in Plymouth and Steve Vines had the orioles back at a traditional nesting area in Sylvester on Sat. as well.. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ken</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_fFpYKiU11o1ZOYC7SAHLIQ)--
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