[NatureNS] Saturday Venture to Masstown, Folly Mountain, Wentworth and Amherst

From: James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com>
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Chignecto NWA--Amherst Point Bird Sanctuary, Cumberland, CA-NS
Jun 10, 2012 1:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 kilometer(s)
40 species

Canada Goose 3
American Wigeon 1
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 5
Blue-winged Teal 1
Northern Shoveler 2
Ring-necked Duck 10
Common Loon 3
Pied-billed Grebe 3
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 3
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Sora 2
Herring Gull 3
Mourning Dove 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Alder Flycatcher 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 6
Tree Swallow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 5
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 12
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Northern Parula 4
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Bobolink 3
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Common Grackle 4
American Goldfinch 1
 
Missing were black terns.  The first time that I've not seen them there during this time period.

Masstown & Area, Colchester, CA-NS
Jun 10, 2012 8:30 AM - 9:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
20 species

American Black Duck 134
Mallard 2
Northern Pintail 1
Common Eider 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Herring Gull 40
Alder Flycatcher 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 7
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
American Robin 4
European Starling 12
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 1

 
Folly Mountain/Wentworth, Colchester, CA-NS
Jun 10, 2012 9:15 AM - 1:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
21.0 kilometer(s)
40 species

Canada Goose 2
American Black Duck 1
Common Loon 1
Osprey 2
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Rock Pigeon 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 5
Eastern Phoebe 1
Red-eyed Vireo 9
American Crow 6
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Winter Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 13
European Starling 6
Cedar Waxwing 6
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Mourning Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 8
American Redstart 5
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Purple Finch 5
American Goldfinch 14
 
Of note, the Lincoln sparrow was missing on Folly Mountain for the first time in all of the years that I've been visiting there.  Also, no mourning warblers high up at the usual location.  There were two males on territory low down  which gave great views, one of which was on a raspberry cane and the best sighting I've had for this species.  This was at the original location where we usually had them in years past.  They had been absent for a few years due to logging and wood on the road in the area where usually found.  They returned last year.  
 
The eastern phoebe is on a nest in the usual location under the bridge by the Wentworth Park.
 
A northern flicker was sitting in a nest site hole high up on folly mountain and the bald eagle has one your half grown at the Amherst Point Bird Sanctuary at the usual location.  
 
James R. Hirtle
Bridgewater

  		 	   		  
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Chignecto NWA--Amherst Point Bird Sanctuary, Cumberland, CA-NS<BR>Jun 10, 2012 1:50 PM - 5:30 PM<BR>Protocol: Traveling<BR>4.0 kilometer(s)<BR>40 species<BR><BR>Canada Goose 3<BR>American Wigeon 1<BR>American Black Duck 4<BR>Mallard 5<BR>Blue-winged Teal 1<BR>Northern Shoveler 2<BR>Ring-necked Duck 10<BR>Common Loon 3<BR>Pied-billed Grebe 3<BR>American Bittern 1<BR>Great Blue Heron 1<BR>Osprey 1<BR>Bald Eagle 3<BR>Northern Harrier 1<BR>Red-tailed Hawk 1<BR>Sora 2<BR>Herring Gull 3<BR>Mourning Dove 1<BR>Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1<BR>Alder Flycatcher 2<BR>Red-eyed Vireo 2<BR>Blue Jay 2<BR>American Crow 6<BR>Tree Swallow 5<BR>Black-capped Chickadee 5<BR>Hermit Thrush 1<BR>American Robin 5<BR>European Starling 4<BR>Cedar Waxwing 12<BR>Black-and-white Warbler 1<BR>Northern Parula 4<BR>Magnolia Warbler 1<BR>Yellow Warbler 8<BR>Yellow-rumped Warbler 7<BR>Song Sparrow 3<BR>Swamp Sparrow 1<BR>Bobolink 3<BR>Red-winged Blackbird 16<BR>Common Grackle 4<BR>
American Goldfinch 1<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
Missing were black terns.&nbsp; The first time that I've not seen them there during this time period.<BR><BR>
Masstown &amp; Area, Colchester, CA-NS<BR>Jun 10, 2012 8:30 AM - 9:05 AM<BR>Protocol: Traveling<BR>3.0 kilometer(s)<BR>20 species<BR><BR>American Black Duck 134<BR>Mallard 2<BR>Northern Pintail 1<BR>Common Eider 1<BR>Ring-necked Pheasant 1<BR>Herring Gull 40<BR>Alder Flycatcher 1<BR>Blue Jay 1<BR>American Crow 7<BR>Barn Swallow 1<BR>Black-capped Chickadee 1<BR>American Robin 4<BR>European Starling 12<BR>Common Yellowthroat 1<BR>American Redstart 2<BR>Yellow Warbler 3<BR>Song Sparrow 8<BR>Swamp Sparrow 1<BR>Red-winged Blackbird 1<BR>Common Grackle 1<BR><BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
Folly Mountain/Wentworth, Colchester, CA-NS<BR>Jun 10, 2012 9:15 AM - 1:10 PM<BR>Protocol: Traveling<BR>21.0 kilometer(s)<BR>40 species<BR><BR>Canada Goose 2<BR>American Black Duck 1<BR>Common Loon 1<BR>Osprey 2<BR>Killdeer 2<BR>Spotted Sandpiper 2<BR>Rock Pigeon 4<BR>Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1<BR>Northern Flicker 3<BR>
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1<BR>Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1<BR>Alder Flycatcher 1<BR>Least Flycatcher 5<BR>Eastern Phoebe 1<BR>Red-eyed Vireo 9<BR>American Crow 6<BR>Common Raven 1<BR>Black-capped Chickadee 1<BR>Winter Wren 1<BR>Swainson's Thrush 1<BR>American Robin 13<BR>European Starling 6<BR>Cedar Waxwing 6<BR>Ovenbird 1<BR>Northern Waterthrush 1<BR>Black-and-white Warbler 1<BR>Mourning Warbler 2<BR>Common Yellowthroat 8<BR>American Redstart 5<BR>Northern Parula 3<BR>Magnolia Warbler 1<BR>Chestnut-sided Warbler 1<BR>Yellow-rumped Warbler 1<BR>Black-throated Green Warbler 1<BR>Song Sparrow 5<BR>White-throated Sparrow 1<BR>Dark-eyed Junco 2<BR>Red-winged Blackbird 1<BR>Purple Finch 5<BR>American Goldfinch 14<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
Of note, the Linc