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Index of Subjects Did you read of Roger Leblanc's and I's adventures on the weekend re crossbills? ================================ ---- Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > Ken McKenna > Box 218 Stellarton NS > B0K 1S0 > 902 752-7644 > Hi all > On Jan. 25, I made a trip from Stellarton to Sober I. and return. I took a convoluted route which took me into quite a number of atlas squares in the centre of the mainland ( Trafalgar-Dean-Chaplin Upper Musquodoboit- Marinette etc. ). I managed to find evidence of breeding WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS in 10 squares. Most of the evidence was singing or displaying males or pairs of birds. Not every stop in conifer habit produced results, but most did. > Sober I. itself was quiet. I did see 2 Purple Sandpipers along with the usual over-wintering waterfowl. Of note, I did see 31 Great Cormorants, 3 Horned Grebes, 16 Common Loons but only 4 Black Guillemots and no other alcids. Yesterdays SE winds may have brought in something more interesting. > > The atlas project could use more Crossbill sightings. Why not have a look. I am noting Pine Siskins and Goldfinches in some of the areas with abundant spruce cones as well as RB Nuthatches. > I had only 1 Gray Jay near the Pictou/ Guys Co. line on Rte. 374. > cheers > Ken
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