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Ken McKenna
Box 218 Stellarton NS
B0K 1S0
902 752-7644
Hi Wayne
Nighthawks do favour cut-over areas here in Pictou-Antigonish. It is hard to tell why you see sme species some years and not others. I lamented on the lack of Eastern Kingbirds the first 3 years of the atlas, but I have had quite a number of them this year in Northern NS.Thety still are greatly down in numbers from the past atlas.
I think I have seen fewer Canada Warblers this year, but I had lots the first 3 years of the atlas and most squares up this way have Olive-sided Flycatchers mostly off the beaten track. The bird that has eluded me except for two PEI squares and one in the Cobequid region is Vesper Sparrow. Surely there are more around than we are finding. But what would be the fun if we got everything too easily! Happy atlassing!
cheers
Ken
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From: Wayne P. Neily
To: NatureNS List
Cc: Mark Elderkin
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 8:19 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Nighthawk(s) recovering?
Hello Folks,
Last evening (July 16) I saw two Common Nighthawks hunting over the Greenwood Mall, the first that I have seen there in years. That was exciting enough, but this evening (17th), I saw four hunting over my farm here in Tremont - the first I have seen here since moving back to N. S. It seems too early for their main migration, so perhaps they nested locally. For the past few years I have seen or heard them mainly while atlassing clearcut areas - perhaps like the Olive-sided Flycatcher, it's a species that benefits from poor forest management.
Although this evidence is all anecdotal and short-term, I have also seen more of several other species of concern this summer than for the past two or three years, viz., the three regular swallow species and Canada Warbler. Unfortunately, one species that was once common here remains absent, and should surely be reviewed by the Dept. of Natural Resources - the Eastern Kingbird.
Cheers,
Wayne Neily
Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia
"Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth, 1798.
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:50:12 -0300
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
From: plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Halifax nighthawk(s)
Hi there,
Jean Hartley and I went for a walk around the Frog Pond in Fleming Park, Jollimore late this afternoon. Lots of baby birds in evidence. The best sighting though was of three Common Nighthawks high over the pond, the first that either of us had seen this year. As Bernard said, as usual they were heard before they were seen.
Fleming Park is in the southwestern suburbs of Halifax, and I usually see C. Nighthawks over the Frog Pond several times during the summer. However I agree with Bob that in the past nighthawks were right in the city (i.e. on the peninsula) more often than they are now. I used to hear them overhead on warm evenings when I was sitting out in my garden. I haven't experienced that lately. (Haven't had any warm summer evenings yet, either ...)
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
At 02:58 PM 28/06/2009, Bob McDonaldwrote:
My feeling is that there appears to be fewer Common Nighthawks around in the city than there were even a few years ago. In the past we heard them occasionally after a Neptune or a symphony performance and quite regularly in the evening around home in Clayton Park. But not for the past 3-4 years.
Aerial insectivores are being particularly hard hit recently for a number of reasons, I suspect.
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Bartlett
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 2:30 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Halifax nighthawk(s)
Last night between about midnight and 1 a.m. in West End Halifax I heard a nighthawk (or nighthawks?) peent-ing many times high in the darkness. Are Nova Scotian nighthawks mostly still heard in rural areas, or are they now more common than they used to be in cities & towns?
Brian
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<DIV>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR><FONT
face=Arial>Hi Wayne</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Nighthawks do favour cut-over areas here in
Pictou-Antigonish. It is hard to tell why you see sme species some years and not
others. I lamented on the lack of Eastern Kingbirds the first 3 years of the
atlas, but I have had quite a number of them this year in Northern NS.Thety
still are greatly down in numbers from the past atlas.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> I think I have seen fewer Canada Warblers this year,
but I had lots the first 3 years of the atlas and most squares up this way have
Olive-sided Flycatchers mostly off the beaten track. The bird that has
eluded me except for two PEI squares and one in the Cobequid region is Vesper
Sparrow. Surely there are more around than we are finding. But what would be the
fun if we got everything too easily! Happy atlassing!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>cheers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ken</FONT></DIV>
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