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--047d7b1630c32493d204de431f0f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 2 June. I was a participant on the McNab's Island beach clean-up yesterday, but I managed to do a bit of birding in the process. A private ferry (Murphy's) took us from downtown Halifax to the west side of McNab's Island. During the crossing I saw a rather unexpected sight -- a flock of 17 Black Scoter flew north along the west shore of McNab's Island into Halifax Harbour, flew counter-clockwise around George's Island, and then flew south out of the harbour down the east side of McNab's. A couple of quick photos let me count the flock size. We were not on the island at an ideal time for bird song, but my best birds ashore were two different singing Bay-breasted Warblers, and a single singing Blackpoll Warbler around Timmons Cove. This latter bird might have been a migrant, but I suspect the Bay-breasts were breeding. This species has been noted before on Atlantic coastal islands (East Ironbound, for example). Cheers, Blake -- Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> White's Lake, Nova Scotia My Blog: *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com> Organiser, *Maritimes Nature Travel Club* <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel> ** <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel>** Author, "*Birding Sites of Nova Scotia* <http://tinyurl.com/birdingns> <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> --047d7b1630c32493d204de431f0f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"tahoma,sans-serif">2 June.<br><br>I was a pa= rticipant on the McNab's Island beach clean-up yesterday, but I managed= to do a bit of birding in the process.<br><br>A private ferry (Murphy'= s) took us from downtown Halifax to the west side of McNab's Island.=A0= During the crossing I saw a rather unexpected sight -- a flock of 17 Black= Scoter flew north along the west shore of McNab's Island into Halifax = Harbour, flew counter-clockwise around George's Island, and then flew s= outh out of the harbour down the east side of McNab's. A couple of quic= k photos let me count the flock size.<br> <br>We were not on the island at an ideal time for bird song, but my best b= irds ashore were two different singing Bay-breasted Warblers, and a single = singing Blackpoll Warbler around Timmons Cove.=A0 This latter bird might ha= ve been a migrant, but I suspect the Bay-breasts were breeding.=A0 This spe= cies has been noted before on Atlantic coastal islands (East Ironbound, for= example).<br> <br>Cheers,<br><br>Blake<br clear=3D"all"></font></font><br>-- <br><font si= ze=3D"4"><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">Blake Mayb= ank</a><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia<br> </font><font size=3D"4"><br>My Blog:=A0 <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com"= target=3D"_blank"><b>CSI: Life</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;wi= dth:16px;height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;h= eight:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px= "></span><span 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