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All: Yesterday Gerd Rotzell and I birded the E. Shore from Hartlen Pt. (HP) to Chezzetcook. In addition to the rarities - FRANKLIN'S and LESSER BLACK-BACKED gulls at E. Passage, and the immature White-eyed Vireo at H.P. - as reported yesterday by Blake Maybank, we enjoyed the following birds, among others. We found the usual shorebirds, but noteworthy was a restless flock of at least 200 SANDERLINGS at Conrad Beach, with perhaps 25 SEMI PLOVERS, a PECTORAL S., and a handful of SEMI. SANDPIPERS mixed in. Gerd Rotzell pointed out the one adult Sanderling in full winter garb; the rest were juveniles - what does this mean? There were 2-3 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS at HP; neither displayed amy clear whitish indentation extending from the anterior flank to behind the face; I had speculated that this might be a reliable distinction from Cassin's Vireo. Warblers were almost all "MYRTLES" (2 BL.-THR. GREENS at HP), including numbers at their wintering site on Rainbow Haven PP - there is a fair bayberry crop. There was a good movement of 50+(?) AM. ROBINS at the wild berries at H.P. Good Mt. Ash crop widely this year. Seemed to be few spruce cones anywhere - have others been looking into this? There seemed to be a movement of SWAMP and SAVANNAH SP., the former especially at H.P., the latter more widely and including some that were quite darkly streaked and possibly from boreal QC and N.L. We saw only 3 IUPSWICH SP., 2 at HP and 1 at Rainbow Haven PP, although this used to be peak of their movement. I noted the same lateness last fall - Sable I. warming? Fun and instructive. P.S. I took a long-cut to the office this a.m., and pished a SWAINSON'S THRUSH at the foot of Waegwoltic Ave., W. End Halifax. Cheers, Ian Ian McLaren
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