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Hi,
For what it's worth, I saw and photographed a Whip-poor-will at night on
Brier Island May 18 2012 (probably a migrant), and there was one that hung
around Wolfville Ridge in July 2004. There was a regular one that could be
heard calling at night for several years at Long Lake, HRM, along the road
from Spryfield out towards Ketch Harbor, but that hasn't been reported
recently. Perhaps that's the one James mentioned. Fulton Lavender also knew
of a regular one in what is now Dartmouth crossing in the 1980s, when it
was a wooded area. Sightings all over NS have declined dramatically over
recent years.
Speaking of nocturnal birds, last night I did my annual Owl survey, with
Rick Whitman, along the Mines Road - a logging road heading SW from
Falmouth. It was a pleasant clear night, with no wind, but we were almost
skunked - the only owl we got was a Saw-whet calling in the distance at
stop 8 (out of 10), up in the wooded hills well beyond inhabited areas.
There was just 1 Woodcock, and the only other noteworthy birds were a
Kestrel calling before dark, and a couple of singing Hermit thrushes (Rick
put the details on eBird).
Richard
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 9:57 AM, James Churchill
<jameslchurchill@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
> For Whip-poor-will, the "where-in-the-square" approach could also be good,
> where squares in which they were reported in previous years are re-visite=
d.
> Link to Atlas maps:
>
> http://www.mba-aom.ca/jsp/map.jsp
> (now is under 'Eastern' Whip-poor-will)
>
> Halifax folks: there appears to be a hotspot in HRM...
>
> cheers,
> James.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>For what it's worth, I=
saw and photographed a Whip-poor-will at night on Brier Island May 18 2012=
(probably a migrant), and there was one that hung around Wolfville Ridge i=
n July 2004. There was a regular one that could be heard calling at night f=
or several years at Long Lake, HRM, along the road from Spryfield out towar=
ds Ketch Harbor, but that hasn't been reported recently. Perhaps that&#=
39;s the one James mentioned. Fulton Lavender also knew of a regular one in=
what is now Dartmouth crossing in the 1980s, when it was a wooded area. Si=
ghtings all over NS have declined dramatically over recent years. <br>
<br></div>Speaking of nocturnal birds, last night I did my annual Owl surve=
y, with Rick Whitman, along the Mines Road - a logging road heading SW from=
Falmouth. It was a pleasant clear night, with no wind, but we were almost =
skunked - the only owl we got was a Saw-whet calling in the distance at sto=
p 8 (out of 10),=C2=A0 up in the wooded hills well beyond inhabited areas. =
There was just 1 Woodcock, and the only other noteworthy birds were a Kestr=
el calling before dark, and a couple of singing Hermit thrushes (Rick put t=
he details on eBird).<br>
<br></div>Richard<br><div><div><div><div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><di=
v class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 9:57 AM, James Churchill <sp=
an dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com" target=3D"_=
blank">jameslchurchill@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div><div>For Whip-poor-will, the "wh=
ere-in-the-square" approach could also be good, where squares in which=
they were reported in previous years are re-visited. Link to Atlas maps:</=
div>
<div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://www.mba-aom.ca/jsp/map.jsp" target=3D=
"_blank">http://www.mba-aom.ca/jsp/map.jsp</a><br></div><div>(now is under =
'Eastern' Whip-poor-will)</div><div><br></div><div>Halifax folks: t=
here