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--001a11343db8bd25250525f003be Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There is a Dickcissel in Ant. Co. - near Seabright. The flycatcher at Marilyn O'Brien's place was last seen on the last day of November. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 1 December 2015 at 08:42, Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> wrote: > Blake Maybank=E2=80=99s Winter Bird List (WBL) starts today. I=E2=80=99ll= be tracking the > sightings as they come in and will usually have them updated within a day > of them being reported. I=E2=80=99ll primarily be gathering reports from = eBird and > NatureNS but I=E2=80=99ll also enlist some help to try and get any from N= S Bird > Society=E2=80=99s Facebook page sightings which don=E2=80=99t make to eBi= rd or NatureNS as > well. > > > > I=E2=80=99m not 100% myself so I won=E2=80=99t be pulling my weight in fi= nding species in > the beginning but I hope that changes soon. One of the most important key= s > to a successful WBL year is to rack up some ticks from finding the hardy > migrants that are still hanging around in the beginning of December. I ho= pe > we can find most of the rarities that have been reported around the > province in the last week or so. > > > > On the next update you=E2=80=99ll notice that our WBL has an overall tota= l of 346 > species with an average of 197 species per year. > > > > Last year we got off to a great start with 101 on the first day. We may > not hit 101 today but Iet=E2=80=99s see if can best last year=E2=80=99s t= otal of 202 > species. That 202 was our 5th highest WBL total ever. Some may wonder how > we managed that considering the harshness of the winter but our December > was quite tame and we got our list off to a good start and our winter tim= e > Banana Belt of Yarmouth/Shelburne did not have it nearly as bad as the re= st > of us. > > > > The last two WBL years were our 2nd and 3rd worst shorebirds years of the > last 20 years at 9 species. I hope we can reverse that unsettling trend. > > > > For those who may be following this for the first time, an X indicates a > species observation of that year and a *X* indicates the species was also > sighted in February which puts it on our Depth of Winter List (DOWL). The > DOWL is a sub list of WBL of February only sightings. Only columns with a= n > X or **X** count towards the species total as we have a few candidate > species on the list such as Ipswich Sparrow which may get split from > Savannah Sparrow someday but until then they don=E2=80=99t count as a spe= cies. > > > > http://www.nsbirdsociety.ca/index.php/library/the-birds-of-winter > > > > Keith Lowe > --001a11343db8bd25250525f003be Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">There is a Dickcissel in Ant. Co. - near Seabright.<div><b= r></div><div>The flycatcher at Marilyn O'Brien's place was last see= n on the last day of November.</div><div><br></div><div>Randy</div></div><d= iv class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signatu= re">_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<= br>Antigonish County, NS.</div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 1 December 2015 at 08:42, Keith Lowe <spa= n dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:mythos25@live.com" target=3D"_blank">my= thos25@live.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" = style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><di= v lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"#0563C1" vlink=3D"#954F72"><div><p class=3D"MsoNor= mal"><span style=3D"color:black">Blake Maybank=E2=80=99s </span>Winter Bird= List (WBL) starts today. I=E2=80=99ll be tracking the sightings as they co= me in and will usually have them updated within a day of them being reporte= d. I=E2=80=99ll primarily be gathering reports from eBird and NatureNS but = I=E2=80=99ll also enlist some help to try and get any from NS Bird Society= =E2=80=99s Facebook page sightings which don=E2=80=99t make to eBird or Nat= ureNS as well.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u>= </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I=E2=80=99m not 100% myself so I won=E2=80=99t b= e pulling my weight in finding species in the beginning but I hope that cha= nges soon. One of the most important keys to a successful WBL year is to ra= ck up some ticks from finding the hardy migrants that are still hanging aro= und in the beginning of December. I hope we can find most of the rarities t= hat have been reported around the province in the last week or so.<u></u><u= ></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNorm= al">On the next update you=E2=80=99ll notice that our WBL has an overall to= tal of 346 species with an average of 197 species per year. <u></u><u></u><= /p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">La= st year we got off to a great start with 101 on the first day. We may not h= it 101 today but Iet=E2=80=99s see if can best last year=E2=80=99s total of= 202 species. That 202 was our 5th highest WBL total ever. Some may wonder = how we managed that considering the harshness of the winter but our Decembe= r was quite tame and we got our list off to a good start and our winter tim= e Banana Belt of Yarmouth/Shelburne did not have it nearly as bad as the re= st of us. <u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>= <p class=3D"MsoNormal">The last two WBL years were our 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3= <sup>rd</sup> worst shorebirds years of the last 20 years at 9 species. I h= ope we can reverse that unsettling trend. <u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"Mso= Normal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">For those who may be= following this for the first time, an X indicates a species observation of= that year and a *X* indicates the species was also sighted in February whi= ch puts it on our Depth of Winter List (DOWL). The DOWL is a sub list of WB= L of February only sightings. Only columns with an X or *<b>X</b>* count to= wards the species total as we have a few candidate species on the list such= as Ipswich Sparrow which may get split from Savannah Sparrow someday but u= ntil then they don=E2=80=99t