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Hi folks,
Earlier this spring I saw a number of E kingbirds around the Frog Pond in
Halifax. I did not count or pay a lot of attention to their activities, but
there were at least three of them, and they are a lot of fun to watch. Two
of the birds I watched were spending almost as much time staring back into
my binoculars as I was spending watching them.
Cheers, Noel Taussig
p.s. As far as the cliff swallows I remember that there used to be a large
number of them nesting along the cliffs next to Cabot's Landing beach in
Sugarloaf, Cape Breton. Perhaps we could call on our friend and birder Fritz
MacEvoy in Gray's Hollow to check or report on their numbers this summer.
Fritz, are you getting this? Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Patrick Kelly
Sent: July 18, 2009 10:18 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Nighthawk(s), etc., recovering?
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 <mailto:neilyornis@hotmail.com>
To: NatureNS <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> List
Cc: Mark Elderkin <mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>
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 <mailto:bbartlett@eastlink.ca> 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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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Earlier this spring I saw a number of E
kingbirds around the Frog Pond in </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Halifax</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>. I did not count or pay a lot of attention to their activities,
but there were at least three of them, and they are a lot of fun to watch…
Two of the birds I watched were spending almost as much time staring back into
my binoculars as I was spending watching them.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cheers, Noel Taussig</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>p.s. As far as the cliff swallows I
remember that there used to be a large number of them nesting along the cliffs
next to Cabot’s Landing beach in Sugarloaf, Cape Breton… Perhaps we
could call on our friend and birder Fritz MacEvoy in Gray’s Hollow to
check or report on their numbers this summer… Fritz, are you getting
this? Thanks.</span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Patrick Kelly<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> July 18, 2009 10:18 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [NatureNS]
Nighthawk(s), etc., recovering?</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi everyone:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
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font-family:Verdana;color:black'><span style='orphans: 2;text-align:auto;
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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'>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=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
<br>
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,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Wayne
Neily<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
<br>
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
There is society where none intrudes,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
I love not man the less, but Nature more." - George Gordon, Lord Byron,
1812. <br>
<br>
</span></font></p>
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36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:13:24 -0300<br>
From:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca">kenmcken@eastlink.ca</a><br>
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Nighthawk(s) recovering?<br>
To:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Ken
McKenna<br>
Box 218 Stellarton NS<br>
B0K 1S0<br>
902 752-7644<br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hi Wayne</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>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.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> 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!</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>cheers</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Ken</span></font></p>
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color:black;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><a href="mailto:neilyornis@hotmail.com"
title="neilyornis@hotmail.com">Wayne P. Neily</a></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> </span></font></span><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
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href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" title="naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS
List</a></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> </span></font></span><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a
href="mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca" title="elderkmf@gov.ns.ca">Mark Elderkin</a></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
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color:black'> </span></font></span><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Friday, July 17, 2009
8:19 PM</span></font></p>
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font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><span class=apple-converted-space><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> </span></font></span><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>[NatureNS] Nighthawk(s)
recovering?</span></font></p>
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36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>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=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
<br>
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>
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Neily<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
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"Come forth into the light of things,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth, 1798. <br>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Date:
Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:50:12 -0300<br>
To:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br>
From:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="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=apple-converted-space> </span>Bob
McDonaldwrote:<br>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>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>
</span></font></p>
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font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Subject:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[NatureNS]
Halifax nighthawk(s)</span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>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?</span></font></p>
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