next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
Today R Stern, B Forsythe & I made a trip to Centreville, Digby Neck & then worked our way back from there. On the way down we went thru Bridgetown specifically to get a Turkey Vulture & we did. At Trout Cove, Centreville, in a very rough sea we had ~40 Harlequin Ducks right in the cove. It was impossible to get a precise count due to the waves & their diving. There were also 4 Great Cormorants there plus 2 more at Point Prim. In Digby on the road out to the Ferry Terminal there were ~80 Long-tailed Ducks quite far out & 1 Red-necked Grebe. There were 2 more Red-necked Grebes right at the big wharf in Digby & 4 Greater Scaup. At the sewage ponds in Annapolis Royal (in behind French Basin) there was a Ring-necked Duck. Other duck species seen in modest numbers at various locations were Black Duck, Common Eider, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye & Red-breasted Merganser. Several Common Loons & Iceland Gulls were also seen. The highlight of the day was 2 Brant seen right in the town of Digby. We had driven S thru the yacht club on a loop road, then back up to a N/S street, and then took the next dead-end street going right back down to the waterfront. If I recall correctly, there is a Recycling Depot on that street. From the end of this street we looked S to an area with sand bars, tidal flats, etc. Up on the tidal flat, the 2 Brant were steadily grazing. There were Canada Geese just a bit further to the S. A 'scope was handy to confirm the Brant at the distance involved. I apologize for the directions but I think they would work if you started at the yacht club. There are likely other streets further S that would look onto this beach area. We stopped at the Bent farm just N of Middleton & found 4 or more Brown-headed Cowbirds among the hundreds of Starlings. Rick Whitman
next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects