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We had a gorgeous day (+14 - +28) for the NSBS Historic Hants County field trip which started at Mount Uniacke House last Monday, Victoria Day. Approx 20 people started along the trails close to the Museum. We heard a few warblers there and saw a Pileated Woodpecker close to the parking lot. No loons or grebes on the lake, but there was a Swamp Sparrow and the woods were full of ...Kinglets. Subsequent stops produced more warblers, the best perhaps being a Northern Waterthrush at the bottom of Elliott Road. Our best stop, however was McKay Section, just before turning the corner and heading into Smileys Prov. Park. That stop produced Bobolinks, Tree and Barn Swallows, a Chimney Swift, a Hooded Merganser, a Wilsons Snipe, a Bald Eagle, Yellow warblers, Red-winged Blackbirds, Grackles and another Swamp Sparrow. We picked up a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Evening Grosbeaks at Smileys and a Grey Catbird in Windsor. There were some Northern Shovellers in the second sewage pond in Windsor. I decided to skip College Road this year since most residents had taken down their feeders. Clarence Stevens offered to take a quick look for us - and when he rejoined the group he reported Cliff Swallows in the field across from the Nursing Home! That'll teach me to skip stops! All in all we tallied 69 species for the day, which included 13 warbler species and 5 woodpecker species. Suzanne Borkowski
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