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Hi Everyone; Approximately 20 people met at McCormacks Beach yesterday on a clear but chilly morning to look for birds on our annual HFN/NSBS field trip. Bob McDonald and I pointed out five species of Gulls (Herring, Gr.Blk-backed, Ring-billed, Iceland and Blk-headed) Com. Eiders, RB Mergansers, Wht-winged Scoters, and a large flock of Canada Geese before moving on towards Hartlen Point. We picked up Black Scoters at the look-off on Shore Drive; and at the pond further down the road we saw the Northern Pintail, Am. Wigeon and some Horned Larks. (On seeing the Larks I said to Bob, "Tuma should have been here!") At Hartlen Point we added N. Harrier and Rough-legged Hawk (Thanks to the sharp eyes of Billy and Shirley Hughes!). Also at this stop we had Com. Eider and Com. Goldeneye. We next went to Tim's on Main Street (the stretch of road between Pleasant St. and Shore Drive). Bob was the only one to check out the birds across the street; everyone else was too busy warming up in Tim Hortons! Bob saw a huge flock of Iceland Gulls there but no alcids. At Dartmouth Cove we saw the Barrows/Common Goldeneye hybrid and Blk Guillemots and both Greater and Lesser Scaup. At Sullivans we finally saw some land birds: Bohemian Waxwing (one), Blue Jay, N. Flicker, Song Sparrows, Chickadees, and the usual Starlings, Pigeons and Crows. We also saw the Am. Coots, but no Eur. Wigeon and no Gadwall. We subsequently located one Eur Wigeon at the canal off Prince Street. We had lunch at another Tim's, on Wyse Road, then visited Tufts Cove, the Sackville Outflow in Bedford, Arthur Lismer Court, Waterfront Drive, and Moirs Pond, where our last two participants called it a day. By then it was almost 5 o'clock, and although we had planned to go to Point Pleasant Park to see the Purple Sandpipers that Rob Woods and his father reported to us at lunchtime, Bob and I decided that the two of us a fieldtrip did not quite make! So we headed home with a quick stop at Jean Hartley's feeder to see her Pine Siskins - which were uncooperative enough not to be there! Nothing particularly rare or unusual was seen on this trip; but we did pick up some Bufflehead and Great Cormorants at Tufts Cove, a full-blooded Barrows Goldeneye in Bedford, some Common Mergansers and a Common Loon, bringing our tally for the day to 41 species. A nice group of participants from experts to beginners, and a nice clear day with cold but not freezing cold temperatures made this a thoroughly enjoyable outing. Bob; if I've left anything out, feel free to make corrections. Cheers; Suzanne
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