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--Boundary_(ID_ATCL08wwM4CPYKtRzS5MCg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Great report, Lucas. One question: a possible gathering of cuckoos, =20 esp. black-billed, might mean an outbreak of hairy caterpillars in =20 those areas -- any signs of such?, such as tent caterpillars or fall =20 webworms or gypsy moths etc.? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville On 16-Jul-10, at 2:37 PM, Lucas Berrigan wrote: > Jean-Fran=E7ois and I have been working down in southern Nova Scotia =20= > again for the past week and have come up with a few rarities and =20 > surprises. > > While atlassing in Moody=92s Corner, Digby county, (20KP69) Jean-=20 > Fran=E7ois spotted a Whip-poor-will flying by. He had never seen one =20= > before but was sure of the ID because of its unique shape. > > Jean-Fran=E7ois got lucky again while atlassing in Carleton (20KP67). =20= > He found two black-billed cuckoos singing and one, possibly two, =20 > yellow-billed all in the same location. I later came to the spot =20 > and heard the two BBCU=92s and one YBCU. A couple of hours later I =20 > heard a black-billed singing very close to the road. Jean-Fran=E7ois =20= > happened to come by with the truck to pick me up so we used =20 > playback to get him out and got some great looks. Great to have =20 > four cuckoos in one day let alone one square! > > Besides those birds, we had two Canada Warblers, three Olive-sided =20 > Flycatchers, two Spruce Grouse Families, and a Pied-billed Grebe =20 > nest. I=92ll be listening for pine warblers in this last week, but =20= > so far I have had no luck in NS. > > Cheers, > > Lucas > --------------------------------------------- > Lucas Berrigan > > 13 Prospect St. > Wolfville, NS > B4P 1L3 > > (902) 542-2361 > --Boundary_(ID_ATCL08wwM4CPYKtRzS5MCg) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Great report, Lucas. One question: a possible gathering of = cuckoos, esp. black-billed, might mean an outbreak of hairy caterpillars = in those areas -- any signs of such?, such as tent caterpillars or fall = webworms or gypsy moths etc.?<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville</div><div><br><div><div>On 16-Jul-10, at 2:37 PM, Lucas = Berrigan wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">Jean-Fran=E7ois and I have been working down in southern Nova Scotia = again for the past week and have come up with a few rarities and = surprises.<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: = 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">While atlassing in Moody=92s Corner, Digby county, (20KP69) = Jean-Fran=E7ois spotted a Whip-poor-will flying by. He had never = seen one before but was sure of the ID because of its unique = shape.<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Jean-Fran=E7ois got = lucky again while atlassing in Carleton (20KP67). He found two = black-billed cuckoos singing and one, possibly two, yellow-billed all in = the same location. I later came to the spot and heard the two BBCU=92s = and one YBCU. A couple of hours later I heard a black-billed singing = very close to the road. Jean-Fran=E7ois happened to come by with the = truck to pick me up so we used playback to get him out and got some = great looks. Great to have four cuckoos in one day let alone one = square!<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: = 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">Besides those birds, we had two Canada Warblers, three Olive-sided = Flycatchers, two Spruce Grouse Families, and a Pied-billed Grebe nest. = I=92ll be listening for pine warblers in this last week, but so = far I have had no luck in NS.<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: = 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: = 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Lucas<o:p></o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><span = lang=3D"EN-US">---------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang=3D"EN-US">Lucas Berrigan</span><span = lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10