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Index of Subjects Thanks, Brian. How could I have forgotten the Green-winged Teals? They were probably our best bird of the day! I'm sure I've forgotten others as well. So, if you or anyone else who was there can remember something I've missed, by all means send it along. Cheers; Suzanne --- On Sun, 2/13/11, Brian Bartlett <bbartlett@eastlink.ca> wrote: > From: Brian Bartlett <bbartlett@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] NSBS Sewer Stroll II - Halifax-Dartmouth, Feb.12th, 2011 > To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Received: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 7:21 PM > 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"... > > -------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- > > -------------------------------------------------- > > 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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