[NatureNS] Palmeter Woods

Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 13:42:16 -0300
From: "Stephen R. Shaw" <srshaw@dal.ca>
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Hi Angus,
Re your 'Least' comment, our garden in Halifax burbs next to a lake  
for some reason doesn't get much varied bird traffic so expectations  
are low, but I did see a small flycatcher at fairly close range for a  
few minutes on Sunday, lunging up from a maple branch, going after  
midges.  From Sibley it looked like a Least Flycatcher (very pale),  
but identification seems difficult and I'm not experienced.  In the  
next few minutes there was a male Y/R Warbler in the same spot.  Both  
have moved on.
Good to hear that the beeflies are out -- they are usually among the  
first big flies out flying, though this one originally was an import  
from Europe.
Steve (Halifax)
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Quoting Angus MacLean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca>:
Made a late morning trek through these woods today. Hoped that the
sun had warmed up butterflies & flying insects by that time & it did.

Birds
Rose-breated Grosbeak - 1 singing near the entrance
Y/R Warblers - scattered males singing
Nashville Warbler - 1 singing (I have difficulty finding this species
on Migration Day Count!!).
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 singing
Except for the Yellow-rumps, most warblers/vireos sing only a few
notes this early so hearing one song at a distance is an i.d.
challenge!!.

Would have expected Least Flycatcher, Ovenbird, Waterthrush, by now
but no.



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