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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0113_01CDE940.3C62D060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all I have most of the results from the Pictou Hbr. CBC run on Jan 1. The = forecast for the day was windy and cold and although in some places and = at times it was and flurries reduced visibility at times, the day = actually turned out to be much better than predicted and the overcast = day combined with 8-10 cm of snow cover made for pretty decent birding. = I have a total of 75 species seen at this time. New to the count was a = Yellow-breasted Chat seen by Steve and Amber Vines near the Pictou = Armories and a Semi-palmated Plover by Randy Lauff and Krista DeCoste = at Green's Pt. There were 3 Chipping Sparrows along the Three Brooks = Rd., 1 Swamp Sparrow in a small marsh near the New Glasgow sewer, a pair = of Eurasian Wigeon at Green's Pt., 3 Pintail, 30 Am. Wigeon, 10 Gadwall, = and 5 Green-winged Teal all in the Green's Pt. -NSPC Trenton outflow = and 2 Hoary Redpoll in Lock Broom area. Most numerous bird was = Red-breasted Merganser with 3843. Also in good numbers were Black Duck- = 1573, Canada Geese, 1190, Greater Scaup- 1143 (actually a low number for = this species)Common Merganser-665 and Hooded Merganser 125. There were = 21 species of waterfowl.=20 Most common finch of 7 species seen was Common Redpoll-677, but also = Evening Grosbeak-357. No Crossbills were noted. There was also a count = week Pine Warbler in west side New Glasgow.=20 Missing from the list for several years now was Boreal Chickadee and a = second Chat seen Dec. 28 at Abercrombie Loop was not seen since that = date. Rick Ferguson encountered a Great Horned Owl on a crow carcass in = daylight and our group of 4 were entertained for a while by a Ruffed = Grouse eating barberry only a couple meters from our car window.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_0113_01CDE940.3C62D060 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19393"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I have most of the results from the = Pictou Hbr. CBC=20 run on Jan 1. The forecast for the day was windy and cold and although = in some=20 places and at times it was and flurries reduced visibility at times, the = day=20 actually turned out to be much better than predicted and the overcast = day=20 combined with 8-10 cm of snow cover made for pretty decent birding. I = have a=20 total of 75 species seen at this time. New to the count was a=20 <STRONG>Yellow-breasted Chat</STRONG> seen by Steve and Amber Vines near = the=20 Pictou Armories and a <STRONG>Semi-palmated Plover</STRONG> by = Randy Lauff=20 and Krista DeCoste at Green's Pt. There were 3 <STRONG>Chipping=20 Sparrows</STRONG> along the Three Brooks Rd., 1 <STRONG>Swamp = Sparrow</STRONG>=20 in a small marsh near the New Glasgow sewer, a pair of <STRONG>Eurasian=20 Wigeon</STRONG> at Green's Pt., 3 <STRONG>Pintail</STRONG>, 30 = <STRONG>Am.=20 Wigeon</STRONG>, 10 <STRONG>Gadwall</STRONG>, and 5 = <STRONG>Green-winged=20 Teal</STRONG> all in the Green's Pt. -NSPC Trenton outflow and 2 = <STRONG>Hoary=20 Redpoll</STRONG> in Lock Broom area. Most numerous bird was = <STRONG>Red-breasted=20 Merganser</STRONG> with 3843. Also in good numbers were <STRONG>Black=20 Duck</STRONG>- 1573, <STRONG>Canada Geese</STRONG>, 1190, = <STRONG>Greater=20 Scaup</STRONG>- 1143 (actually a low number for this = species)<STRONG>Common=20 Merganser</STRONG>-665 and <STRONG>Hooded Merganser</STRONG> 125. There = were 21=20 species of waterfowl. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Most common finch of 7 species = seen was=20 <STRONG>Common Redpoll</STRONG>-677, but also <STRONG>Evening=20 Grosbeak</STRONG>-357. No Crossbills were noted. There was also a = count=20 week <STRONG>Pine Warbler</STRONG> in west side New Glasgow. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Missing from the list for several years = now was=20 Boreal Chickadee and a second Chat seen Dec. 28 at Abercrombie Loop was = not seen=20 since that date. Rick Ferguson encountered a Great Horned Owl on a crow = carcass=20 in daylight and our group of 4 were entertained for a while by a Ruffed = Grouse=20 eating barberry only a couple meters from our car window. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0113_01CDE940.3C62D060--
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