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I too have found Black-throated Green Warblers very scarce this year (E Dalhousie, Kings Co). Their song is so distinctive they'd be hard to miss if around. Nancy On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 5:35 AM, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Many thanks, James. Want to throw in a few patchy, non-quantitative > observations on abundance this year, from just south of Yarmouth. > > > > We have both cardinals and catbirds, at numbers similar to last year. Both > are regulars, but we may be talking only one pair of catbirds. Not sure. > There have been a fair number of hummingbirds, as usual, but we have yet to > see a female! Goldfinches have been fairly common. Parula have been the > champ in terms of warbler abundance, and as in Shelburne, black-throated > greens have been very scarce. I have heard one so far this year. In > previous years, they were considerably commoner. Have not heard any vireos > this year, nor veerys, which are the only thrush (aside from robins) we > normally encounter in the summer out here. > > > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > On Behalf Of James Hirtle > Sent: July-22-13 12:35 AM > To: Naturens Naturens > Subject: [NatureNS] Breeding Bird Survey - Shelburne > > > > > Hi all: > > I did my breeding bird survey for Shelburne, which includes Jordan Falls, > Shelburne and up into Welshtown on July 4. This was later than I normally > run the route. The following was seen in regards to birds and numbers. > > Shelburne & Welshtown & Area, Shelburne, CA-NS > 4-Jul-2013 4:56 AM - 11:01 AM > Protocol: Traveling > 40.0 kilometer(s) > 45 species > > Mallard 1 > Herring Gull 11 > Rock Pigeon 7 > Mourning Dove 14 > Barred Owl 2 > Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 > Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3 > Pileated Woodpecker 2 > Eastern Wood-Pewee 4 > Alder Flycatcher 4 > Least Flycatcher 3 > Blue-headed Vireo 1 > Red-eyed Vireo 33 > Blue Jay 8 > American Crow 23 > Common Raven 4 > Tree Swallow 17 > Barn Swallow 4 > Black-capped Chickadee 18 > Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 > Swainson's Thrush 1 > Hermit Thrush 42 > American Robin 47 > European Starling 4 > Cedar Waxwing 18 > Ovenbird 20 > Black-and-white Warbler 5 > Common Yellowthroat 17 > American Redstart 3 > Northern Parula 11 > Magnolia Warbler 5 > Yellow Warbler 9 > Chestnut-sided Warbler 7 > Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 > Palm Warbler 16 > Yellow-rumped Warbler 18 > Vesper Sparrow 1 Heard and repeatedly calling. Checked with ipod call and > responding back to call. Could not find or not present on three other > follow-up visits, so likely a migrant passing through. > Song Sparrow 11 > Swamp Sparrow 5 > White-throated Sparrow 5 > Dark-eyed Junco 9 > Common Grackle 2 > Purple Finch 3 > American Goldfinch 1 > > My comments overall are that numbers of bird species were lower than normal. > Missing for the first time were northern cardinal and gray catbird. There > was a lack of kinglets. White-throated sparrows were also low as were > ruby-throated hummingbirds. The first time ever to miss ruffed grouse. The > count on palm warblers was high, with ovenbird taking the warbler prize. > Yellow-rumped warblers came in second. There were no black-throated green > warblers and overall, I've found this species very scare this year in every > location that I've birded. Also, I've found low numbers for Magnolia > warblers. American goldfinches were all but missing. The red-eyed vireo > count was high, but a lack of blue-headed vireos. Hermit thrshes were about > normal. Overall, within the count area if I were to include those hermit > thrushes seen and heard as well the number of overall birds would have been > between between 65-75. We had a low count on black-throated blue warblers. > Last year we had nine I believe. There was a lack of downy and hairy > woodpeckers. The first time that I've missed them altogether on this count. > The water level was extremely high and it is the highest I've ever seen the > river. This also created a lot more external noise. The last five stops > were impeded by a grader. This slowed me down immensely and created a lot > of external noise that would not have been present. > > James R. Hirtle > Bridgewater
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