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Among many migrants at Northern Point, Brier Island, this morning was a winter adult Clay- colored Sparrow. The number of migrants was not as great as yesterday (the wind shifted to SSW during the night) but when I arrived at the point in pre-dawn darkness there were bird calls everywhere. With daylight, it became clear that most were warblers, mainly Yellow- rumps and Yellowthroats, along with significant numbers of Palms and Blackpolls. Flickers were there in numbers, including one flock of about 20. By 8am the point was pretty quiet, dominated by hunting Sharp-shinnned Hawks. Wood Duck doesn't normally merit an RBA report, but this one was unusual. It was sitting with a Herring Gull just off Northern Point on a glowing, glassy sea in the few minutes before dawn. Probably it arrived in the darkness and set down where it could until the light improved. I can't recall seeing a Wood Duck on salt water before. Eric L. Mills 286 Kingsburg Road, RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X) Canada e.mills@dal.ca
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