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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_xovjFEJ3r6TrEfUSWumMNQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Those flies associated with the seaweeds and longspur are, not surprisingly, very probably SEAWEED FLIES! Without looking them up, I am reluctant to name the family, but I do recall there are more than one species of these in Nova Scotia. Also I am pretty sure that washed up and rotting seaweeds can be expected to have various stages in their life cycles at most or all times of the year, including during our winter. Thus it's not surprising that washed-up seaweeds, particularly after storms, are great places to look for foraging birds of a wide variety of kinds, from shorebirds to warblers to flycatchers to longspurs and lots of others! Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> > Date: December 2, 2011 5:05:33 PM AST > To: Naturens Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>, Rare Alert <ns- > rba@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [NatureNS] American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Lapland > Longspur, Double-crested Cormorant > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hi all: > > Additions for the Winter list I believe. Today David Walmark and I > managed to get in a few hours of birding. Good birds located were > at Conrad's Island, Lower Rose Bay, where we observed and watched > an American kestrel on the wires along the causeway going out to > the island. Along the beach edge of Sand Dollar Beach as the > locals call it we had a Lapland longspur. The longspur provided > great viewing and was not the least bit concerned about our > presence. There were lots of flys of some sort coming up off the > seaweed that the longspur was partaking of. There was also a > belted kingfisher present that we watched fly across towards > Kingsburg. Oh yes, and there was a double-crested cormorant also > sitting on the shoreline on the inside of the causeway. > > Other interesting species observed today but not rare, were all > three scoter species. Surf scoters can easily be gotten along the > LaHave River any time over the winter. The white-winged scoters > were off of Sand Dollar Beach at Rose Bay and a lone black scoter > was off Kingsburg Beach. For here American coots are hard to come > by. There was one in Kingsburg Pond at Kingsburg. Off Kingsburg > Beach there was a Barrow's X Common Goldeneye. Also there were two > red-necked grebes and two red-throated loons. > > James R. Hirtle > Bridgewater --Boundary_(ID_xovjFEJ3r6TrEfUSWumMNQ) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Those flies associated with the seaweeds and longspur are, not = surprisingly, very probably SEAWEED FLIES! Without looking them = up, I am reluctant to name the family, but I do recall there are more = than one species of these in Nova Scotia. Also I am pretty sure = that washed up and rotting seaweeds can be expected to have various = stages in their life cycles at most or all times of the year, including = during our winter. Thus it's not surprising that washed-up = seaweeds, particularly after storms, are great places to look for = foraging birds of a wide variety of kinds, from shorebirds to warblers = to flycatchers to longspurs and lots of others! Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">James Hirtle <<a = href=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com">jrhbirder@hotmail.com</a>></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 2, 2011 5:05:33 PM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Naturens Naturens <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>>, = Rare Alert <<a = href=3D"mailto:ns-rba@yahoogroups.com">ns-rba@yahoogroups.com</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] American Kestrel, Belted = Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur, Double-crested = Cormorant</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: = 24px; "><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi all:<br> <br>Additions for the Winter = list I believe. Today David Walmark and I managed to get in a few = hours of birding. Good birds located were at Conrad's Island, = Lower Rose Bay, where we observed and watched an American kestrel on the = wires along the causeway going out to the island. Along the beach = edge of Sand Dollar Beach as the locals call it we had a Lapland = longspur. The longspur provided great viewing and was not the = least bit concerned about our presence. There were lots of flys of = some sort coming up off the seaweed that the longspur was partaking = of. There was also a belted kingfisher present that we watched fly = across towards Kingsburg. Oh yes, and there was a double-crested = cormorant also sitting on the shoreline on the inside of the = causeway. <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <br>Other = interesting species observed today but not rare, were all three scoter = species. Surf scoters can easily be gotten along the LaHave River = any time over the winter. The white-winged scoters were off of = Sand Dollar Beach at Rose Bay and a lone black scoter was off Kingsburg = Beach. For here American coots are hard to come by. There = was one in Kingsburg Pond at Kingsburg. Off Kingsburg Beach there = was a Barrow's X Common Goldeneye. Also there were two red-necked = grebes and two red-throated loons.<br> <br>James R. = Hirtle<br>Bridgewater<br></div></span></span></blockquote></div><br></body= ></html>= --Boundary_(ID_xovjFEJ3r6TrEfUSWumMNQ)--
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