[NatureNS] Re: Great- crested Flycatchers 20KP96

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:52:13 -0300
From: Joan Czapalay <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Becky and all - Lillian Perry and I were atlassing in Upper Clyde on 
Saturday, June 12th. As we were driving the dirt road towards Cobscotch 
Falls ( between point counts 17 and 7) 20T0298598 and 4861345 (my GPS 
not very accurate- 46 m) we heard a loud chattery call. The sound was 
much larger than what would be made by a startled thrush. We stopped 
immediately. The caller had flown down to a tall stump so I got out to 
ID it. I could hardly believe my eyes - a Great Crested Flycatcher so 
near the road. The bird flew back to a low branch on a tall pine tree 
but did not fly away when Lillian got out to see it. It flew back again 
to the meter tall stump which was about six metres from us! It then flew 
calling to a very near, low maple branch over a small well-flowing 
brook. A second bird then flew in from the same area near the stump, and 
sat on the branch right below the first bird. When we went for a camera, 
one bird flew just a short way up stream and the other flew to a nearby 
tree, so we left, believing that the birds may have been nesting. I did 
not see any cavity in any near-by tree. ( I remember the pair that 
nested in Waverley a few years ago were quite high off the ground.) It 
was a life bird for Lillian, and a first in Shel County for me.  Cheers, 
Joan

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