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--Apple-Mail-647--967074405 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi everyone: There are three locations in the Windsor square alone where I have come across eastern kingbirds, including five at one spot. I haven't had much luck finding them in any of the surrounding squares though. Pat On Jul 18, 2009, at 12:34 AM, Wayne P. Neily wrote: > Hello Ken, Richard, et al. > > Glad to hear that there are still a few Kingbirds around. > Eastern Kings was about the only part of the province that had them > last year, and they did not decline as badly across the country as > they have in N. S., perhaps the reasons that they have not yet been > yellow-listed here. Indeed, the only one that I got in 2008 was > across the line in Sackville, N. B. > > The Vesper Sparrow also seems to be absent here, although I > spend little time in its habitat. Its absence is not so noticeable > to me, as it always was uncommon to rare or local here (and it is > yellow-listed). > > On looking over my original note, I see that I should have said > four regular swallow species rather than three, assuming that we can > still call all of them regular (I'm excluding Purple Martin). Cliff > Swallows are probably rarest now, and seem to have stopped nesting > under bridges in this area - does anyone know why? For the first > time in a long while, I saw a few around the Annapolis River bridge > in Middleton this summer, but could not see any nests. > > Cheers, > > Wayne Neily > Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia > > "There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, > There is a rapture on the lonely shore, > There is society where none intrudes, > By the deep sea, and music in its roar: > I love not man the less, but Nature more." - George Gordon, Lord > Byron, 1812. > > > > Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:13:24 -0300 > From: kenmcken@eastlink.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Nighthawk(s) recovering? > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > > 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 > ----- Original Message ----- > 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. > > > > 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 > > We are your photos. Share us now with Windows Live Photos. > > Windows Live helps you keep up with all your friends, in one place. = = ======================================================================== Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities = = ======================================================================== Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University = = ======================================================================== PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada = = ======================================================================== Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca = = ======================================================================== --Apple-Mail-647--967074405 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = everyone:<div><br></div><div>There are three locations in the Windsor = square alone where I have come across eastern kingbirds, including five = at one = spot. I haven't had much luck finding t= hem in any of the surrounding squares t= hough.</div><div><br></div><div>Pat</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div= >On Jul 18, 2009, at 12:34 AM, Wayne P. Neily wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class=3D"hmmessage" = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Hello Ken, Richard, et = al.<br> <br> Glad to hear that there are still a = few Kingbirds around. Eastern Kings was about the only part of the = province that had them last year, and they did not decline as badly = across the country as they have in N. S., perhaps the reasons that they = have not yet been yellow-listed here. Indeed, the only one = that I got in 2008 was across the line in Sackville, N. = B. <br> <br> The Vesper Sparrow also = seems to be absent here, although I spend little time in = its habitat. Its absence is not so noticeable to me, as it = always was uncommon to rare or local here (and it is = yellow-listed). <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <br> &nb= sp; On looking over my original note, I see that I should have = said four regular swallow species rather than three, assuming that we = can still call all of them regular (I'm excluding Purple Martin). = Cliff Swallows are probably rarest now, and seem to have stopped = nesting under bridges in this area - does anyone know why? For the = first time in a long while, I saw a few around the Annapolis River = bridge in Middleton this summer, but could not see any = nests.<br> <br>Cheers,<br><br><div>Wayne Neily<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Tremont, Kings Co., = Nova Scotia<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>"There is a = pleasure in the pathless woods,<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>There is a rapture on = the lonely shore,<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>There is society where = none intrudes,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>By = the deep sea, and music in its roar:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>I love not man the = less, but Nature more." - George Gordon, Lord Byron, = 1812. <br><br> </div><br><hr id=3D"stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 17 = Jul 2009 21:13:24 -0300<br>From:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca">kenmcken@eastlink.ca</a><br>Subject: = Re: [NatureNS] Nighthawk(s) recovering?<br>To:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><br= ><div><font face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div>Ken McKenna<br>Box = 218 Stellarton NS<br>B0K 1S0<br>902 752-7644<br><font face=3D"Arial">Hi = Wayne</font></div><div><font face=3D"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=3D"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=3D"Arial">cheers</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Arial">Ken</font></div><blockquote style=3D"padding-right: 0px; = padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; margin-right: 0px; = "><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- = Original Message -----</div><div style=3D"background-image: initial; = background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; = -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; = background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); font: normal normal normal = 10pt/normal arial; background-position: initial initial; = "><b>From:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"neilyornis@hotmail.com" = href=3D"mailto:neilyornis@hotmail.com">Wayne P. Neily</a></div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS List</a></div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Cc:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"elderkmf@gov.ns.ca" href=3D"mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca">Mark = Elderkin</a></div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal = arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, July 17, 2009 8:19 = PM</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; = "><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NatureNS] Nighthawk(s) = recovering?</div><div><br></div>Hello = Folks,<br> <br> 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. <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <br> &nb= sp; 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.<br> <br>Cheers,<br><br><br><div>Wayne Neily<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Tremont, Kings Co., = Nova Scotia<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>"Come forth into = the light of things,<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Let Nature be your = teacher." - William Wordsworth, 1798. <br><br> </div><br><hr = id=3D"EC_stopSpelling">Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:50:12 -0300<br>To:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br>Fro= m:<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca">plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca</a><= br>Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Halifax nighthawk(s)<br><br>Hi = there,<br><br> 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.<br><br> 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 = ...)<br><br> Cheers,<br><br= > Patricia L. = Chalmers<br> Halifax<br><br= ><br>At 02:58 PM 28/06/2009,<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font size=3D"2">Bob = McDonald</font>wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"cite" cite=3D""><font = size=3D"2">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.<br>Aerial = insectivores are being particularly hard hit recently for a number of = reasons, I suspect.<br><br></font> <br><dl><dd>----- Original = Message -----<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></dd><dd>From:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"mailto:bbartlett@eastlink.ca">Brian Bartlett</a><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></dd><dd>To:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></dd><dd>Sent:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, June 28, 2009 2:30 = PM<br></dd><dd>Subject:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NatureNS] Halifax = nighthawk(s)<br><br></dd><dd><font size=3D"2">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?<br></font></dd><font = size=3D"2"></font><dd><font = size=3D"2">Brian<br></font></dd></dl></blockquote><br><hr>We are your = photos. Share us now with<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9666045">Windows Live = Photos.</a></blockquote><br><hr>Windows Live helps you keep up with all = your friends,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9660824" target=3D"_new">in = one place.</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <div><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Courier; min-height: 14.0px"><br></p> <p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Patrick = Kelly</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Director of = Computer Facilities</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Faculty of = Architecture and Planning</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">Dalhousie University</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">PO Box 1000 = Stn Central<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>5410 Spring Garden = Road</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Halifax, Nova = Scotia B3J 2X4 <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4</font></p> <p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Canada <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = = </span>Canada</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Courier">Phone:(902) = 494-3294<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>FAX:(902) 423-6672 <span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>E-mail:<a = href=3D"mailto:patrick.kelly@dal.ca">patrick.kelly@dal.ca</a></font></p> = <p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face=3D"Courier" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Courier">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> </div> </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-647--967074405--
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