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Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi Brian and all On the Springville CBC (Springville is an inland CBC with no coastal waters) today in Pictou Co. I had only 2 Robins, but Steve Vines had a group in dense woods near Westville that he estimated to be about 50 birds. Robins have been present all fall in the Pictou area and there is still a wealth of fruit around with Hawthornes and mountain ash still red with fruit and loads of apples. I looked through lots of red fruit today and found very little - two groups totalling about 16 CEDAR WAXWINGS. Steve mentioned he had 15 Cedars in his area. My area is mosty the town of Stellarton and part of New Glasgow. I managed 31 species with best birds a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT in the MacLellan Marsh and single SWAMP SPARROWS on the marsh between exits 25 and 26 on the TCH 104 along the MacLellan Brook and the other from the Westray RR bridge in Plymouth. I had a NORTHERN FLICKER in this area as well. Steve tallied a dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK in the area of the Holiday Inn Express between exit 23 and 24 from the TCH 104. This is not a very common bird on the Springville count. Antigonish CBC is tomorrow but the Cape George area is not in the count circle. Will report on whether robins are in that area or not. cheers Ken PS Elwin and Janet Hemphill report 1-2 PINE WARBLERS coming daily to suet feeder on Louise St. in Pictou. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Dalzell" <aythya@nb.sympatico.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Cc: "Brian Dalzell" <aythya@NB.SYMPATICO.CA> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 7:16 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Robins on the Move > Yesterday, at Lower Woods Harbour I came across a flock of AMERICAN ROBINS > all strung out, moving north toward Pubnico Point. I would estimate 500+ > birds in the flock, and this about noonish with light snow. This morning > at East Point, PEI, I estimated 2500+ arriving very high (1500') from the > east between 0800-0930. Just enough Mountain Ash berries there to tank up > the hungry ones, but most were gone by noon. I wonder what the situation > is in Antigonish county, and perhaps the Cape George area. Also two > Peregrines at East Point, an adult male and an immature female. The adult > male drove the young female out of his territory. They were likely > looking for stray robins, of which more than one came in over the wave > tops. > > Brian D (wandering the Maritimes).
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