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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01CEF4CF.42F4A520 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 Charlie Kendell and I made a birding trip to Canso on a cool and very = windy Sunday, Dec 8. We felt the morning birding was pretty productive = with 2 Pine Warblers, 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 = Rusty Blackbirds, 2 Purple Finch and 1 Swamp Sparrow along Queen Street. = A second Swampie was along a trail opposite the war monument. A large number of Northern Gannets (>500) were NE of Durells I. There = were a few Cormorants in the harbour, 2-3 seen closely were = Double-crested but a few other cormorants perched on harbour structures = were hunched and hard to ID. There were a handful of Black Guillemots, = and Iceland Gulls in the harbour.No small gulls were observed.=20 At Glasgow Head, a flock of mixed birds, with Juncos, GC Kinglets, = Goldfinches and mixed chickadees, contained at least 2 more Pine = Warbler, one bright and 1 dull as well as another Orange-crowned = Warbler.=20 We noted a number of sparrow species at Chapel Gully trail and only 2 = American Robins despite a wealth of red berry food available.=20 The seven sparrow species noted were all common species, but included 1 = Chipping Sparrow. We failed to find Grasshopper Sparrow at the Marina = although we later met and chatted with Tom K. and he said he detected = 1-2 there a couple weeks ago as well as Dickcissel which we also failed = to detect.We rechecked the very windy and cold Marina area again with no = luck other than doubling the Savannah Sparrow total of our first visit. = I suspect we were missing a number of birds through town as we did not = see any House Sparrows or Blue Jays. We did see 17 "Myrtle" Warblers = which were wide-spread about the town.=20 A late afternoon visit to Little Dover gave 12 species with nothing = note-worthy although we saw a flock of a dozen Robins.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01CEF4CF.42F4A520 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 8.00.6001.23536"> <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>Charlie Kendell and I made a birding = trip to Canso=20 on a cool and very windy Sunday, Dec 8. We felt the morning birding = was=20 pretty productive with <STRONG>2 Pine Warblers</STRONG>, <STRONG>1=20 Nashville</STRONG> <STRONG>Warbler</STRONG>, <STRONG>1 Orange-crowned=20 Warbler</STRONG>,<STRONG> 2 Rusty Blackbirds</STRONG>, 2 <STRONG>Purple=20 Finch</STRONG> and <STRONG>1 Swamp Sparrow</STRONG> along Queen=20 Street. A second <STRONG>Swampie</STRONG> was along a trail = opposite the=20 war monument.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A large number of <STRONG>Northern = Gannets</STRONG>=20 <STRONG>(>500</STRONG>) were NE of Durells I. There were a few = Cormorants in=20 the harbour, 2-3 seen closely were <STRONG>Double-crested</STRONG> but a = few=20 other cormorants perched on harbour structures were hunched and = hard to ID.=20 There were a handful of <STRONG>Black Guillemots</STRONG>, and=20 <STRONG>Iceland Gulls</STRONG> in the harbour.No small gulls were = observed.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At Glasgow Head, a flock of mixed = birds, with=20 Juncos, GC Kinglets, Goldfinches and mixed chickadees, contained at = least=20 <STRONG>2</STRONG> more <STRONG>Pine Warbler</STRONG>, one bright and 1 = dull as=20 well as another <STRONG>Orange-crowned Warbler</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We noted a number of sparrow species at = Chapel=20 Gully trail and only <STRONG>2 American Robins</STRONG> despite a = wealth of=20 red berry food available. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The seven sparrow species noted were = all common=20 species, but included <STRONG>1 Chipping Sparrow</STRONG>. We = failed to=20 find Grasshopper Sparrow at the Marina although we later met and chatted = with Tom K. and he said he detected 1-2 there a couple weeks ago as = well as=20 Dickcissel which we also failed to detect.We rechecked the very windy = and cold=20 Marina area again with no luck other than doubling the Savannah = Sparrow=20 total of our first visit. I suspect we were missing a number of = birds=20 through town as we did not see any House Sparrows or Blue Jays. We did = see 17=20 <STRONG>"Myrtle" Warblers</STRONG> which were wide-spread about the = town.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A late afternoon visit to Little Dover = gave 12=20 species with nothing note-worthy although we saw a flock of a dozen = Robins.=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> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01CEF4CF.42F4A520--
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