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--Boundary_(ID_3LnIvYth/qwfPOOxwG/Lew) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Blake mentioned the rarity of a couple kinds of swallows, which prompts me to mention that a bunch of us on Sunday, June 14, were along the beach just west of Horton Bluff (east of Avonport and west of Blue Beach) and we encountered a flying flock of about 20 swallows that I'm guessing were BANK SWALLOWS. I'm copying to Sue Abbott and Larry Bogan, and Dennis Hippern was with us as well. Perhaps they can confirm or correct my guess as to what kind of swallow they were? Also I couldn't tell whether or not they were possibly associated with a nesting colony there? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Blake Maybank <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: June 16, 2009 7:52:28 AM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Londonderry Breeding Bird Survey > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hi Everyone; > > It was a perfect morning (June 14) for a breeding bird survey, and > I did my annual Londonderry route. The highlight, at stop #3, > north of East Montrose, was a singing Willow Flycatcher. Details > are on the NS Rare Bird Alert if anyone is interested in this > particular Willow Flycatcher -- there have been a number of reports > this year. > > I haven't analysed all the data yet, but once again most species > were in low numbers, with a few exceptions (lots of Red-eyed Vireos > and Chestnut-sided Warblers, for example). The route is largely > suburban and agricultural, so it was dismaying to encounter only 2 > Barn Swallows and 4 Tree Swallows, where there would have been 10 > times the number not so many years ago. And for the first time I > had no House Sparrows. No Chimney Swifts. Few Common > Yellowthroats. Few Yellow-rumped Warblers. And on and on. > > It is unwise to draw conclusions from just one survey, but I > wouldn't be surprised if some aspects of this pattern were > repeated. The scarcity of swallows, for example, has been > mentioned by many on NatureNS. > > Cheers, > > Blake > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Blake Maybank > maybank@ns.sympatico.ca > 902-852-2077 > > Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" > http://nsbs.chebucto.org > > author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" > http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm > > White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --Boundary_(ID_3LnIvYth/qwfPOOxwG/Lew) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Blake mentioned the rarity of a couple kinds of swallows, which prompts = me to mention that a bunch of us on Sunday, June 14, were along the = beach just west of Horton Bluff (east of Avonport and west of Blue = Beach) and we encountered a flying flock of about 20 swallows that I'm = guessing were BANK SWALLOWS. =A0I'm copying to Sue Abbott and Larry = Bogan, and Dennis Hippern was with us as well. =A0Perhaps they can = confirm or correct my guess as to what kind of swallow they were? =A0Also = I couldn't tell whether or not they were possibly associated with a = nesting colony there?<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Blake Maybank <<a = href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca">maybank@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></font= ></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 16, 2009 7:52:28 AM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Londonderry Breeding Bird = Survey</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Everyone;</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">It was a perfect morning (June = 14) for a breeding bird survey, and I did my annual Londonderry route. = <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>The highlight, at stop = #3, north of East Montrose, was a singing Willow Flycatcher.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>Details are on the NS Rare = Bird Alert if anyone is interested in this particular Willow Flycatcher = -- there have been a number of reports this year.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I = hav