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I walked around the Frog Pond in Fleming Park, Jollimore today at lunchtime. There were a number of migrants about, and when I first arrived there was a noisy flock of Grackles nearby, and Robins in the woods. There is a large crop of Canada Holly berries here this year, so the Robins will probably linger. In a large flock of chickadees I found a few each of Yellow-rumped, Black-and-white, and Blackpoll (or possibly Bay-breasted) Warblers. A very secretive Lincoln's Sparrow was lurking in a low-lying wet thicket. This was rewarding, as it is the first time I have seen this species at the Frog Pond. A thrush (Catharus sp.) was in the wet thickets close to the entrance to the trail. I didn't see it well, and it didn't immediately strike me as a Hermit Thrush. I wish I had seen it better before it flushed - possibly it was a Swainson's Thrush. There were no unusual water birds. I saw a female Ring-necked Duck here on 17 September, and Keith Lowe reported a Pied-billed Grebe here on 24 September, but neither was present today. Both species regularly turn up at the pond during the fall, and usually stay for weeks. If you park at the Purcell's Cove parking lot and enter the trail from there, walking around the pond in a clockwise direction, there are six boardwalks, followed by a culvert. The Lincoln's sparrow was in the wetland behind the culvert. Patricia L. Chalmers Halifax
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