[NatureNS] Big I. Aug.11 + some Pictou Co. butterflies

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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

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http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=3DS14911775

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<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>&nbsp;</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&nbsp;&nbsp;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!&nbsp; 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., =
&nbsp;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&nbsp;in the Brookville area. I =
checked=20
some milkweed there, but no Monarch adult or caterpillar. &nbsp;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&nbsp;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>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</DIV>
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<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:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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&nbsp;=20
90<BR>Mallard&nbsp; 2<BR>Green-winged Teal&nbsp; 17<BR>Surf Scoter&nbsp; =

40<BR>Common Loon&nbsp; 9<BR>Northern Gannet&nbsp; 1<BR>Double-crested=20
Cormorant&nbsp; 16<BR>Great Blue Heron&nbsp; 7<BR>Northern Harrier&nbsp; =

2<BR>Bald Eagle&nbsp; 1<BR>Black-bellied Plover&nbsp; 14<BR>Semipalmated =

Plover&nbsp; 140<BR>Solitary Sandpiper&nbsp; 1<BR>Greater =
Yellowlegs&nbsp;=20
5<BR>Willet&nbsp; 4<BR>Lesser Yellowlegs&nbsp; 176<BR>Red Knot&nbsp;=20
1<BR>Semipalmated Sandpiper&nbsp; 37<BR>Least Sandpiper&nbsp; =
9<BR>White-rumped=20
Sandpiper&nbsp; 1<BR>Short-billed Dowitcher&nbsp; 26<BR>Bonaparte's =
Gull&nbsp;=20
17<BR>Ring-billed Gull&nbsp; 24<BR>Herring Gull&nbsp; 7<BR>Great =
Black-backed=20
Gull&nbsp; 6<BR>Common Tern&nbsp; 2<BR>Mourning Dove&nbsp; 5<BR>Belted=20
Kingfisher&nbsp; 4<BR>Northern Flicker&nbsp; 3<BR>Pileated =
Woodpecker&nbsp;=20
1<BR>American Kestrel&nbsp; 3<BR>Merlin&nbsp; 1<BR>Alder =
Flycatcher&nbsp;=20
2<BR>Blue-headed Vireo&nbsp; 2<BR>Red-eyed Vireo&nbsp; 3<BR>Blue =
Jay&nbsp;=20
3<BR>American Crow&nbsp; 18<BR>Common Raven&nbsp; 5<BR>Tree =
Swallow&nbsp;=20
1<BR>Bank Swallow&nbsp; 4<BR>Barn Swallow&nbsp; 11<BR>Black-capped=20
Chickadee&nbsp; 19<BR>Golden-crowned Kinglet&nbsp; 2<BR>Ruby-crowned=20
Kinglet&nbsp; 2<BR>American Robin&nbsp; 20<BR>European Starling&nbsp;=20
110<BR>Cedar Waxwing&nbsp; 12<BR>Ovenbird&nbsp; 1<BR>Black-and-white=20
Warbler&nbsp; 2<BR>Common Yellowthroat&nbsp; 4<BR>American =
Redstart&nbsp;=20
8<BR>Magnolia Warbler&nbsp; 4<BR>Yellow Warbler&nbsp; =
10<BR>Chestnut-sided=20
Warbler&nbsp; 2<BR>Yellow-rumped Warbler&nbsp; 2<BR>Savannah =
Sparrow&nbsp;=20
4<BR>Nelson's Sparrow&nbsp; 6<BR>Song Sparrow&nbsp; 6<BR>Swamp =
Sparrow&nbsp;=20
1<BR>White-throated Sparrow&nbsp; 7<BR>Dark-eyed Junco&nbsp; 1<BR>Common =

Grackle&nbsp; 2<BR>Purple Finch&nbsp; 2<BR>American Goldfinch&nbsp;=20
8<BR><BR>View this checklist online at <A=20
href=3D"">http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=3DS14911775</A><BR>=
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