[NatureNS] NSBS Sewer Stroll II - Halifax-Dartmouth, Feb.12th, 2011

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Susanne, There was also the pair of Green-winged Tail we saw near the 
parking spaces, just before the walk around to Sullivan's Pond -- 

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From: "Suzanne Borkowski" <suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:53 PM
To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: [NatureNS] NSBS Sewer Stroll II - Halifax-Dartmouth, Feb.12th, 2011

> Hi Everyone;
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> 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.
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> 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!")
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 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.
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> Cheers;
> Suzanne
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