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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_8qdIr5UR1EwobZFfzLUzuw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all In response to James Hirtle's report on the migration count, Jean McGee and I had a respectable day observing migrating birds in Pictou Co. with 84 species on a route that ran through western Pictou Co, more or less west of the Pictou Causeway. Like James we had a plethora of warblers despite the early count date- 12 species. Even on a late year, I don't think I have had that variety of warblers. Nashville-21 Parula- 21 Yellow-3 Chestnut-sided-1 Myrtle-100 Black-throated Green-3 Palm-14 Black and White-17 American Redstart-3 Ovenbird-12 Northern Waterthrush-9 Common Yellowthroat-2 Best bird was a COMMON MOORHEN in the Wilson's Siding area, a species we had not seen in Pictou Co.before. In fact, I can only find one record- 1 imm. by Eric Holdway- Sept. 30, 1961. A number of birds were early- 2 Bobolink, 1 Least Flycatcher, 1 Spotted Sandpiper and 2 Veery. We found 2 Iceland Gulls at North Nova Seafoods in Caribou and 18 Common Terns at Lyons Brook. Pre-dawn and Dusk birding produced 18 American Woodcock and 14 Wilson's Snipe. It was too wet for evening owling but we had 3 early morning Barred Owls. Unlike James, our "chubby-cheeks " aka Ruby-crowned Kinglets were numerous with 46. Special moments were: 1) 3 YB Sapsuckers on a telephone pole- we had a total of 24, 2) one of the 5 American Bitterns was observed in action on a marsh on Smith Rd. near River John, and 3) same marsh had 3 very vocal Sora--we had a total of 7 4) a Barred Owl was seen after dawn very close with a lot of fussy migrants nearby in the Sundridge Rd. area. We missed birds we usually get- no Scoters, Eiders, LT Ducks, no Hawks, no Boreal Chickadees ( not that unusual to miss this species on this route). Some other reports- Pat McCarron sent me 3 fine photos of a NORTHERN GOSHAWK on a Rock Pigeon in her west side New Glasgow yard, Darryl Wong had a R. T. Hummingbird at his Pictou feeder, and Liz Doull checked out my Plymouth feeder, and noted a male Baltimore Oriole and fem. Rose-breasted grosbeak. She also noted 100+ Chimney Swifts circling the Temperance St. school chimney just after 6:30 - an early time because of overcast conditions. I know a few more species will be reported by our small group of field observers. --Boundary_(ID_8qdIr5UR1EwobZFfzLUzuw) 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<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In response to James Hirtle's report on the migration count, Jean McGee and I had a respectable day observing migrating birds in Pictou Co. with 84 species on a route that ran through western Pictou Co, more or less west of the Pictou Causeway. Like James we had a plethora of warblers despite the early count date- 12 species. Even on a late year, I don't think I have had that variety of warblers. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Nashville-21</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Parula- 21</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Yellow-3</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Chestnut-sided-1</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Myrtle-100</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Black-throated Green-3</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Palm-14</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Black and White-17</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>American Redstart-3</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ovenbird-12</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Northern Waterthrush-9</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Common Yellowthroat-2</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Best bird was a COMMON MOORHEN in the Wilson's Siding area, a species we had not seen in Pictou Co.before. In fact, I can only find one record- 1 imm. by Eric Holdway- Sept. 30, 1961. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A number of birds were early- 2 Bobolink, 1 Least Flycatcher, 1 Spotted Sandpiper and 2 Veery. We found 2 Iceland Gulls at North Nova Seafoods in Caribou and 18 Common Terns at Lyons Brook.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Pre-dawn and Dusk birding produced 18 American Woodcock and 14 Wilson's Snipe. It was too wet for evening owling but we had 3 early morning Barred Owls. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Unlike James, our "chubby-cheeks " aka Ruby-crowned Kinglets were numerous with 46. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Special moments were:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>1) 3 YB Sapsuckers on a telephone pole- we had a total of 24, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>2) one of the 5 American Bitterns was observed in action on a marsh on Smith Rd. near River John, and</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>3) same marsh had 3 very vocal Sora--we had a total of 7</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>4) a Barred Owl was seen after dawn very close with a lot of fussy migrants nearby in the Sundridge Rd. area. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We missed birds we usually get- no Scoters, Eiders, LT Ducks, no Hawks, no Boreal Chickadees ( not that unusual to miss this species on this route). </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Some other reports- Pat McCarron sent me 3 fine photos of a NORTHERN GOSHAWK on a Rock Pigeon in her west side New Glasgow yard, Darryl Wong had a R. T. Hummingbird at his Pictou feeder, and Liz Doull checked out my Plymouth feeder, and noted a male Baltimore Oriole and fem. Rose-breasted grosbeak. She also noted 100+ Chimney Swifts circling the Temperance St. school chimney just after 6:30 - an early time because of overcast conditions. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I know a few more species will be reported by our small group of field observers. </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_8qdIr5UR1EwobZFfzLUzuw)--
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