[NatureNS] Birding in Halifax

Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:46:25 -0300
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	This morning I had the pleasure of viewing the previously-reported 
three Indigo Buntings, Dickcissel, and Eastern Towhee coming to 
Susann Myers' feeders in central Halifax.  Afterwards we decided to 
spend a little time in seeing what else might be around, and headed 
for the south end.  Unfortunately we didn't find any comparably 
well-stocked feeders to act as a magnet for migrants.  In fact, 
compared to Susann's back yard, we thought the birding rather thin in 
the Conrose Field / Waegwoltic area.   However there were a few 
highlights.  A female Red-bellied Woodpecker was actively caching 
food in the tall trees at the foot of Coburg Road at mid-day.  I 
occasionally heard one in this area, in the spring, but had not 
detected it in some time.  It seemed to be storing both hawthorn 
fruits and peanuts.  I suppose this is an indication that it intends 
to settle into the area for the winter.

	Other interesting birds included a movement of at least 60 American 
Robins, flying in from the west (from across the Northwest Arm) and a 
single Red-eyed Vireo, which I tried repeatedly to turn into 
something more interesting.  There were at least ten Common Grackles 
in properties along the railway cut.

	Later in the afternoon I put up a new tube feeder in my own 
backyard, and within an hour was rewarded with a little flock of Pine 
Siskins, which joined the American Goldfinches, White-throated 
Sparrows, Song Sparrows, and Black-capped Chickadees which are 
already regulars.

	Patricia L. Chalmers
	Halifax
	

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