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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_UzchvC9EsgH58XpX/ZqsDg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 While attending the Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas meetings in Amherst = this weekend, we found a little time to do some nearby birding. On = Saturday, Apr. 17, a short trip before supper to a liitle sewage lagoon = behind the Wandlyn Motel produce a nice variety of waterfowl including = Gadwall, Wood Duck, Shoveler, Canada Geese, Green-winged Teal, = Ring-necked Duck, and Mallard. Ross Hall noted Pintail there after = supper.=20 A few, Richard and Malcolm Elliot, Kate Bredin and myself headed out at = dusk to an area between Maacan and River Hebert to add American Woodcock = to a square that had not as yet reported them. We were not long finding = 2 calling at the edge of a recent cut-over. We quickly moved into = position and were able to see where the displaying male was landing = after his aerial courtship display. With a small flashlight we were able = to watch the Woodcock make a little gulping action and produce a little = hiccupp before each preent. We watched it make a dozen or more aerial = displays over the next 20-30 min. and most of the time it landed as = close as 6-7 m. form us giving us great detail looks at the eye position = and the cryptic feathering. Malcolm's young eyes were best able to = detect it as it made its landing. There was almost no wind and it made = for a very special 1/2 hour to witness this preformance. The odd Spring = Peeper called, but the coolness of the air keep the amphibian calls to a = bare minimum. =20 I went out to the same area early Sunday morning. and I detected at = least 10 Woodcock betweeen 5-6 a.m. along this section. I heard 1 or 2 = Barred Owls calling in the vicinity. The dawn chorus consisted mostly of = Robins. Hermit Thrushes, Golden -crowned Kinglets and Winter Wrens. = These were joined by 3 drumming Ruffed Grouse, Song Sparrows and Juncos, = Red-brested Nuthatches, BC Chickadees, a couple of Pheasants and a few = White-winged Crossbills and Purple Finches in the Harrison Rd. area near = Lower Maccan.=20 I then drove back to the Amherst Pt. Bird Sanctuary where I joined the = group led by Becky Stewart for a quick walk in the park. I will report = on that in a separate email.=20 cheers Ken= --Boundary_(ID_UzchvC9EsgH58XpX/ZqsDg) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18904"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><BR>While attending the Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas meetings in Amherst this weekend, we found a little time to do some nearby birding. On Saturday, Apr. 17, a short trip before supper to a liitle sewage lagoon behind the Wandlyn Motel produce a nice variety of waterfowl including Gadwall, Wood Duck, Shoveler, Canada Geese, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, and Mallard. Ross Hall noted Pintail there after supper. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A few, Richard and Malcolm Elliot, Kate Bredin and myself headed out at dusk to an area between Maacan and River Hebert to add American Woodcock to a square that had not as yet reported them. We were not long finding 2 calling at the edge of a recent cut-over. We quickly moved into position and were able to see where the displaying male was landing after his aerial courtship display. With a small flashlight we were able to watch the Woodcock make a little gulping action and produce a little hiccupp before each preent. We watched it make a dozen or more aerial displays over the next 20-30 min. and most of the time it landed as close as 6-7 m. form us giving us great detail looks at the eye position and the cryptic feathering. Malcolm's young eyes were best able to detect it as it made its landing. There was almost no wind and it made for a very special 1/2 hour to witness this preformance. The odd Spring Peeper called, but the coolness of the air keep the amphibian calls to a bare minimum.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I went out to the same area early Sunday morning. and I detected at least 10 Woodcock betweeen 5-6 a.m. along this section. I heard 1 or 2 Barred Owls calling in the vicinity. The dawn chorus consisted mostly of Robins. Hermit Thrushes, Golden -crowned Kinglets and Winter Wrens. These were joined by 3 drumming Ruffed Grouse, Song Sparrows and Juncos, Red-brested Nuthatches, BC Chickadees, a couple of Pheasants and a few White-winged Crossbills and Purple Finches in the Harrison Rd. area near Lower Maccan. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I then drove back to the Amherst Pt. Bird Sanctuary where I joined the group led by Becky Stewart for a quick walk in the park. I will report on that in a separate email. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_UzchvC9EsgH58XpX/ZqsDg)--
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