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--=====================_107658921==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 23 April 2011 This morning, at around 0930, Martine and I started to hike along the trail leading north of Prospect Road towards Otter Lake, Deep Cove Lake, and Powers Lake. We had just begun the hike when we heard a loud song nearby, a song with which I was familiar. It sounded to me like a Kentucky Warbler. It did not respond to pishing, of course, but it did sing three more times, though each time it moved further and further away, going east roughly parallel with the north side of Prospect Road. We did not hear it again after the fourth time it sang, but by then the bird was in an area where some locals were using a chain saw, and that racket drowned out any distant bird song. When we returned home I cued up Kentucky Warbler songs from the internet, and the song we heard was an excellent match. Despite not seeing the bird I am quite confident that this is the species we heard. I presume the bird was moving through, and not lingering, but perhaps it will stick to that area for a few days. To reach the site go to the following URL on Google Maps, where I have begun to create a map of birding sites along the Prospect Road. I've started with the Powers Lake Trail. http://tinyurl.com/3lflpun Other migrants were evident along the trail -- a couple of Palm Warblers, and several Yellow-rumped Warblers were singing. A singing Brown Creeper was welcome, and we had several Golden-crowned Kinglets. But not a single junco, oddly, though there are hordes at my feeder. Good birding, Blake ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/ 902-852-2077 Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" http://nsbs.chebucto.org Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://tinyurl.com/birdingns Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: http://tinyurl.com/mr627d White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --=====================_107658921==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> <b><u>23 April 2011<br> </u></b> <br> This morning, at around 0930, Martine and I started to hike along the trail leading north of Prospect Road towards Otter Lake, Deep Cove Lake, and Powers Lake. We had just begun the hike when we heard a loud song nearby, a song with which I was familiar. It sounded to me like a <b>Kentucky Warbler</b>. It did not respond to pishing, of course, but it did sing three more times, though each time it moved further and further away, going east roughly parallel with the north side of Prospect Road. We did not hear it again after the fourth time it sang, but by then the bird was in an area where some locals were using a chain saw, and that racket drowned out any distant bird song.<br> <br> When we returned home I cued up Kentucky Warbler songs from the internet, and the song we heard was an excellent match. Despite not seeing the bird I am quite confident that this is the species we heard.<br> <br> I presume the bird was moving through, and not lingering, but perhaps it will stick to that area for a few days. To reach the site go to the following URL on Google Maps, where I have begun to create a map of birding sites along the Prospect Road. I've started with the Powers Lake Trail.<br><br> <b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3lflpun" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/3lflpun</a></b> <br><br> Other migrants were evident along the trail -- a couple of <b>Palm Warblers</b>, and several <b>Yellow-rumped Warblers</b> were singing. A singing <b>Brown Creeper</b> was welcome, and we had several <b>Golden-crowned Kinglets</b>. But not a single junco, oddly, though there are hordes at my feeder. <br><br> Good birding,<br><br> Blake<br><br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/" eudora="autourl"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/<br> </a>902-852-2077<br><br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br> <a href="http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" eudora="autourl"> http://nsbs.chebucto.org<br><br> </a>Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel</a></u></font> <br><br> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<br> </a></u></font>Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<br> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mr627d" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</a> <br><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada </body> </html> --=====================_107658921==.ALT--
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