[NatureNS] Conrad Beach CBC

From: Andrew Horn <aghorn@dal.ca>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:19:23 -0400
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Hi all,

Conrad Beach didn't produce any headline rarities, but some nice finds included:

- a juvenile Peregrine Falcon hassling a Black-headed Gull at length (but unsuccessfully) about 30 metres from us along Conrad Road
- 4 Purple Sandpipers at the tip of the rocks at the east end of the beach
- 110 Black-capped Chickadees and 25 Golden-crowned Kinglets, which I reckon is pretty darn good for such a blustery day
- a  decent showing of winter songbirds that evade us in some years, including 9 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 9 American Tree Sparrows, 1 Lapland Longspur, 6 White-winged Crossbills, a Pine Siskin, and 12 Common Redpolls
- a Great Blue Heron was seen during count week (Dec 14) in the marsh on the west side of the Conrad Beach area

Cheers,
Andy Horn
Halifax

Participants: Gillian and Jim Elliott, Cindy Staicer, Susan Heaslip, Andy Horn

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