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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00C2_01CE977F.F9DBDEA0 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 Sorry my last email was for Sue, but since the Big I.birding list was = below the body of the email and not reflected by the title, I am = re-sending the email with a better title. and minus my note to Sue. Like several others on the list, I also had a Solitary Sandpiper in the = roadside small pond (locally McGee Pond) mid way on island. It was not = present on my return from the west end of the island. The Red Knot was = at the west end sandspit at mid-rising tide and still had some belly = red. I walked a good piece of the edge of the south side of the big = saltmarsh which likely produced all the blood stains on my notebook! I = was hoping for some different butterflies, but still no Salt Marsh = Coppers for me from this area yet despite searching quite a few marshes = in the Merigomish and Pictou Hbr. area. Closest sighting was from the = central Caribou area and there are no sightings east of here except for = one square in Inverness Co., Cape Breton.=20 Day butterflies were nothing new- Common WoodNymph, Northern Crescent, = Cabbage White and Sulphurs likely Clouded. On the 10th, I had a couple = American Coppers and a Viceroy in the Brookville area. I checked some = milkweed there, but no Monarch adult or caterpillar. I think a Viceroy = flew through my yard yesterday as well and Alan Jackson sent me a photo = of a Black Swallowtail from his Churchville area yard yesterday.=20 Big I. list of birds below for those interested.=20 cheers Ken Big Island, Pictou, CA-NS 11-Aug-2013 7:50 AM - 1:50 PM Protocol: Traveling 20.0 kilometer(s) Comments: arrival 15C, low tide clear skies and brisk westerly winds = on departure high tide, 23C, clear and brisk westerly winds 64 species American Black Duck 90 Mallard 2 Green-winged Teal 17 Surf Scoter 40 Common Loon 9 Northern Gannet 1 Double-crested Cormorant 16 Great Blue Heron 7 Northern Harrier 2 Bald Eagle 1 Black-bellied Plover 14 Semipalmated Plover 140 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Willet 4 Lesser Yellowlegs 176 Red Knot 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 37 Least Sandpiper 9 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 26 Bonaparte's Gull 17 Ring-billed Gull 24 Herring Gull 7 Great Black-backed Gull 6 Common Tern 2 Mourning Dove 5 Belted Kingfisher 4 Northern Flicker 3 Pileated Woodpecker 1 American Kestrel 3 Merlin 1 Alder Flycatcher 2 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 3 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 18 Common Raven 5 Tree Swallow 1 Bank Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 11 Black-capped Chickadee 19 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 American Robin 20 European Starling 110 Cedar Waxwing 12 Ovenbird 1 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 4 American Redstart 8 Magnolia Warbler 4 Yellow Warbler 10 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Savannah Sparrow 4 Nelson's Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 6 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 7 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Common Grackle 2 Purple Finch 2 American Goldfinch 8 View this checklist online at = http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=3DS14911775 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 = (http://ebird.org/canada) ------=_NextPart_000_00C2_01CE977F.F9DBDEA0 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 8.00.6001.23507"> <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>Sorry my last email was for Sue, but = since the Big=20 I.birding list was below the body of the email and not = reflected by=20 the title, I am re-sending the email with a better title. and minus my = note to=20 Sue.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Like several others on the list, I also = had a=20 Solitary Sandpiper in the roadside small pond (locally McGee Pond) mid = way on=20 island. It was not present on my return from the west end of the island. = The Red=20 Knot was at the west end sandspit at mid-rising tide and still had some = belly=20 red. I walked a good piece of the edge of the south side of the big = saltmarsh=20 which likely produced all the blood stains on my notebook! I was = hoping=20 for some different butterflies, but still no Salt Marsh Coppers for me = from this=20 area yet despite searching quite a few marshes in the Merigomish and = Pictou Hbr.=20 area. Closest sighting was from the central Caribou area and there are = no=20 sightings east of here except for one square in Inverness Co., = Cape=20 Breton. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Day butterflies were nothing new- = Common WoodNymph,=20 Northern Crescent, Cabbage White and Sulphurs likely Clouded. On the = 10th, I had=20 a couple American Coppers and a Viceroy in the Brookville area. I = checked=20 some milkweed there, but no Monarch adult or caterpillar. I think = a=20 Viceroy flew through my yard yesterday as well and Alan Jackson sent me = a photo=20 of a Black Swallowtail from his Churchville area yard yesterday.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Big I. list of birds below for those = interested.=20 </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></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <DIV class=3D"inner bd">Big Island, Pictou, CA-NS<BR>11-Aug-2013 7:50 AM = - 1:50=20 PM<BR>Protocol: Traveling<BR>20.0=20 kilometer(s)<BR>Comments: arrival 15C, low tide = clear=20 skies and brisk westerly winds on departure high tide, 23C, clear and = brisk=20 westerly winds<BR>64 species<BR><BR>American Black Duck =20 90<BR>Mallard 2<BR>Green-winged Teal 17<BR>Surf Scoter = 40<BR>Common Loon 9<BR>Northern Gannet 1<BR>Double-crested=20 Cormorant 16<BR>Great Blue Heron 7<BR>Northern Harrier = 2<BR>Bald Eagle 1<BR>Black-bellied Plover 14<BR>Semipalmated = Plover 140<BR>Solitary Sandpiper 1<BR>Greater = Yellowlegs =20 5<BR>Willet 4<BR>Lesser Yellowlegs 176<BR>Red Knot =20 1<BR>Semipalmated Sandpiper 37<BR>Least Sandpiper = 9<BR>White-rumped=20 Sandpiper 1<BR>Short-billed Dowitcher 26<BR>Bonaparte's = Gull =20 17<BR>Ring-billed Gull 24<BR>Herring Gull 7<BR>Great = Black-backed=20 Gull 6<BR>Common Tern 2<BR>Mourning Dove 5<BR>Belted=20 Kingfisher 4<BR>Northern Flicker 3<BR>Pileated = Woodpecker =20 1<BR>American Kestrel 3<BR>Merlin 1<BR>Alder = Flycatcher =20 2<BR>Blue-headed Vireo 2<BR>Red-eyed Vireo 3<BR>Blue = Jay =20 3<BR>American Crow 18<BR>Common Raven 5<BR>Tree = Swallow =20 1<BR>Bank Swallow 4<BR>Barn Swallow 11<BR>Black-capped=20 Chickadee 19<BR>Golden-crowned Kinglet 2<BR>Ruby-crowned=20 Kinglet 2<BR>American Robin 20<BR>European Starling =20 110<BR>Cedar Waxwing 12<BR>Ovenbird 1<BR>Black-and-white=20 Warbler 2<BR>Common Yellowthroat 4<BR>American = Redstart =20 8<BR>Magnolia Warbler 4<BR>Yellow Warbler = 10<BR>Chestnut-sided=20 Warbler 2<BR>Yellow-rumped Warbler 2<BR>Savannah = Sparrow =20 4<BR>Nelson's Sparrow 6<BR>Song Sparrow 6<BR>Swamp = Sparrow =20 1<BR>White-throated Sparrow 7<BR>Dark-eyed Junco 1<BR>Common = Grackle 2<BR>Purple Finch 2<BR>American Goldfinch =20 8<BR><BR>View this checklist online at <A=20 href=3D"">http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=3DS14911775</A><BR>= <BR>This=20 report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (<A=20 href=3D"">http://ebird.org/canada</A>)</DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00C2_01CE977F.F9DBDEA0--
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