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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0054_01CD22EE.E6593820 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all In a bit of a hike in the Irish Mtn. area of Pictou Co. this morning = (Apr 25), I heard a Blue-headed Vireo singing. A Fox Sparrow I heard = singing last week is still singing form the same locale- maybe it is a = breeding area- there were only a couple of squares reporting this bird = in the MBBA (Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas).=20 Spring Beauties have been in bloom since Apr 21. I think there were = white violets in bloom up there as well.=20 Bloodroot has been in full bloom since Apr 17 in various Pictou Co. = locales.=20 An Eastern Phoebe nest has one egg at MacLellans Brook and 3-4 bridges = there have Phoebes around them for a while now.=20 There was a Greater Yellowlegs along the East R. at Blue Acres Apr 22 = and I had a singing Chipping Sparrow at Brookville Apr. 22. It was = singing from the same yard this morning.=20 The following are common in breeding areas now, Flicker, Sapsuckers, = White-throat, Savannah and Swamp Sparrows, Hermit Thrushes, Palm and = Myrtle Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, PB Grebes ( reported from Grants = L., ponds in the old Drummond mine site in Westville, Willard Fraser = beaver dam, Churchville beaver dam.=20 Send a few of those colourful rarities our way please! cheers ken ------=_NextPart_000_0054_01CD22EE.E6593820 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19222"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>In a bit of a hike in the Irish = Mtn. area of=20 Pictou Co. this morning (Apr 25), I heard a<STRONG> Blue-headed = Vireo</STRONG>=20 singing. A <STRONG>Fox Sparrow</STRONG> I heard singing last week is = still=20 singing form the same locale- maybe it is a breeding area- there were = only a=20 couple of squares reporting this bird in the MBBA (Maritime Breeding = Bird=20 Atlas). </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><STRONG>Spring Beauties</STRONG>=20 have been in bloom since Apr 21.</FONT> <FONT = size=3D2=20 face=3DArial>I think there were <STRONG>white violets</STRONG> in bloom = up there=20 as well. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><STRONG>Bloodroot</STRONG> has been in = full bloom=20 since Apr 17 in various Pictou Co. locales. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>An <STRONG>Eastern Phoebe</STRONG> nest = has one=20 egg at MacLellans Brook and 3-4 bridges there have Phoebes around = them for=20 a while now. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There was a <STRONG>Greater = Yellowlegs</STRONG>=20 along the East R. at Blue Acres Apr 22 and I had a singing = <STRONG>Chipping=20 Sparrow</STRONG> at Brookville Apr. 22. It was singing from the = same=20 yard this morning. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The following are common in breeding = areas now,=20 Flicker, Sapsuckers, White-throat, Savannah and Swamp Sparrows, = Hermit=20 Thrushes, Palm and Myrtle Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, <STRONG>PB=20 Grebes</STRONG> ( reported from Grants L., ponds in the old Drummond = mine site=20 in Westville, Willard Fraser beaver dam, Churchville beaver dam. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Send a few of those colourful rarities = our way=20 please!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><BR><FONT = size=3D2></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0054_01CD22EE.E6593820--
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