[NatureNS] Palmeter Woods

Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 21:29:45 -0300
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From: Angus MacLean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca>
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<font size=3>Hi Steve:<br><br>
Considering the date, your flycatcher would be a Least.<br><br>
Thanks for the info. on the Greater Bee Fly being of European origin. Not
a surprise considering how many of our flies, bees, &amp; likely wasps
(?) are too.<br>
Angus<br><br>
At 01:42 PM 5/2/2012, Stephen Shaw wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi Angus,<br>
Re your 'Least' comment, our garden in Halifax burbs next to a lake&nbsp;
<br>
for some reason doesn't get much varied bird traffic so
expectations&nbsp; <br>
are low, but I did see a small flycatcher at fairly close range for
a&nbsp; <br>
few minutes on Sunday, lunging up from a maple branch, going after&nbsp;
<br>
midges.&nbsp; From Sibley it looked like a Least Flycatcher (very
pale),&nbsp; <br>
but identification seems difficult and I'm not experienced.&nbsp; In
the&nbsp; <br>
next few minutes there was a male Y/R Warbler in the same spot.&nbsp;
Both&nbsp; <br>
have moved on.<br>
Good to hear that the beeflies are out -- they are usually among
the&nbsp; <br>
first big flies out flying, though this one originally was an
import&nbsp; <br>
from Europe.<br>
Steve (Halifax)<br>
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Quoting Angus MacLean &lt;angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca&gt;:<br>
Made a late morning trek through these woods today. Hoped that the<br>
sun had warmed up butterflies &amp; flying insects by that time &amp; it
did.<br><br>
Birds<br>
Rose-breated Grosbeak - 1 singing near the entrance<br>
Y/R Warblers - scattered males singing<br>
Nashville Warbler - 1 singing (I have difficulty finding this
species<br>
on Migration Day Count!!).<br>
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 singing<br>
Except for the Yellow-rumps, most warblers/vireos sing only a few<br>
notes this early so hearing one song at a distance is an i.d.<br>
challenge!!.<br><br>
Would have expected Least Flycatcher, Ovenbird, Waterthrush, by now<br>
but no.<br><br>
<br>
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