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--_000_142949125168138695DalCa_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today, April 19, I birded selectively eastward from Summerville Beach PP to= Liverpool, Western Head, Eagle Head Beach, and the Berlins, all in coastal= Queen's County. The highlights: 6 Wood Duck in Meadow Brook marshes, near Hwy 3 on the SW edge of Liverpool= . A few Surf Scoters and 2 Black Scoters flying SW past Western Head. Double-crested Cormorants nearly everywhere. A soaring female N. Harrier near Western Head, probably a migrant. Scattered N. Flickers, including 2 in their wintering area within Summervil= le Beach PP. A swallow spectacular, beginning with 20 Tree Swallows over the Mersey Rive= r off Privateer Park, Liverpool, in the early morning. Later, there were 20= 0+ Tree Swallows feeding on emerging insects over Meadow Brook, Liverpool, = among them 1 N. Rough-winged Swallow, 1 Cliff Swallow, and 2+ Barn Swallows= (very hard to pick out during a feeding frenzy). About 20 Yellow-rumped Warblers in their wintering location at the far end = of the dunes in Summerville Beach PP, but now in high breeding plumage. Among them a very dull female that would = not allow itself to be studied but was in my opinion an Audubon's Warbler. = Along Meadow Brook, Liverpool, at the swallow location were 6 migrant Yell= ow-rumps (Myrtles) in high plumage and in song. Two very pale Savannah Sparrows (not Ipswich), certainly migrants, in Marga= ret Millard's compost pile in White Point (thanks, Marg!). Despite fresh snow in the early morning, a brisk NE wind, and temperatures = that hovered around 2C, it was a good day's birding, with more migrants tha= n I expected. Eric L. Mills Lower Rose Bay Lunenburg Co., NS --_000_142949125168138695DalCa_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margi= n-bottom:0;} --></style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;back= ground-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <p>Today, April 19, I birded selectively eastward from Summerville Beach PP= to Liverpool, Western Head, Eagle Head Beach, and the Berlins, all in coas= tal Queen's County. The highlights:</p> <p><br> </p> <p>6 Wood Duck in Meadow Brook marshes, near Hwy 3 on the SW edge of Liverp= ool.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>A few Surf Scoters and 2 Black Scoters flying SW past Western Head.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Double-crested Cormorants nearly everywhere.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>A soaring female N. Harrier near Western Head, probably a = ;migrant.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Scattered N. Flickers, including 2 in their wintering are= a within Summerville Beach PP.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>A swallow spectacular, beginning with 20 Tree Swallo= ws over the Mersey River off Privateer Park, Liverpool,= in the early morning. Later, there were 200+ Tree Swallows f= eeding on emerging insects over Meadow Brook, Liverpool= , among them 1<strong> N. Rough-winged Swallow</strong>,&nbs= p;1 <strong>Cliff Swallow</strong>, and 2+ <strong>Barn Swallows</strong> (very hard to pic= k out during a feeding frenzy). </p> <p><br> </p> <p>About 20 Yellow-rumped Warblers in their wintering l= ocation at the far end of the dunes in Summerville Beach PP, </p> <p>but now in high breeding plumage. Among them a very dull female that wou= ld not allow itself to be studied but was in my opinion an <= strong>Audubon's Warbler</strong>. Along Meadow Brook, Live= rpool, at the swallow location were 6 migrant Yellow-ru= mps (Myrtles) in high plumage and in song. </p> <p><br> </p> <p>Two very pale Savannah Sparrows (not Ipswich), certainly migra= nts, in Margaret Millard's compost pile in White Point (thanks, Marg!).</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Despite fresh snow in the early morning, a brisk NE wind, and&= nbsp;temperatures that hovered around 2C, it was a good day's bir= ding, with more migrants than I expected. </p> <p><br> </p> <p>Eric L. Mills</p> <p>Lower Rose Bay</p> <p>Lunenburg Co., NS<br> </p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_142949125168138695DalCa_--
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