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

From: Brian Bartlett <bbartlett@eastlink.ca>
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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:21:41 -0400
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Okay, a laughable typo -- but with Pintails and Long-tailed Ducks (also 
missing from your list, Suzanne), maybe it's not wonder I mistyped "Tail" 
for "Teal"...

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From: "Brian Bartlett" <bbartlett@eastlink.ca>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 7:17 PM
To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] NSBS Sewer Stroll II - Halifax-Dartmouth, Feb.12th, 
2011

> 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;
>>
>> 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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