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Index of Subjects --_000_SN1PR0301MB2045DBD3AA04D0DEC69EF4EB83FA0SN1PR0301MB2045_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It is a long haul to Brier Island for those of us who don't live there, but= the birding is always interesting. Here are the results from December 14's= Brier Island CBC. BRIER ISLAND CHRISTMAS COUNT 2015 (CBC#116) Monday, December 14, 2015 Time & weather: 0700-1700 AST. Overcast, with occasional rain showers and i= ce pellets. Wind ESE 5 to ca. 20 kph Participants: Stewart Brown, Wanda Christensen, Lisa Clark, Dominic Cormier= , Ron d'Entremont, Cindy Garron, George Garron, Carl Haycock, Kevin Lantz, = Sharron Marlor, Anne Mills, Eric Mills (compiler), Richard Stern, Jake Walk= er, Rick Whitman. Effort: Total party kilometres 90.4 (20.2 on foot, 70.2 by car). Total part= y hours 23.9 (21.1 on foot, 2.8 by car). 59 species (4 more in Count Week), 2312 individuals. Black Duck - 48; Mallard - 3; Northern Pintail - 1; Common Eider - 78; Harl= equin Duck - 1; Surf Scoter - 1; White-winged Scoter - 22; Black Scoter - 1= 2; Long-tailed Duck - 104; Bufflehead - 11; Red-breasted Merganser - 34; Ri= ng-necked Pheasant - 7; Ruffed Grouse - 5; Common Loon - 55; Red-necked Gre= be - 12; Northern Fulmar - 25; Great Shearwater - 15; Northern Gannet - 51;= Double-crested Cormorant - 2; Great Cormorant - 102; Bald Eagle - 1; Sharp= -shinned Hawk - 1; Purple Sandpiper - 31; Dovekie - 202; Murre sp. - 100; R= azorbill - 52; Black Guillemot - 25; Atlantic Puffin - 15; Black-legged Kit= tiwake - 225; Laughing Gull - 1; Ring-billed Gull - 1; Herring Gull - 527; = Iceland Gull - 4; Great Black-backed Gull - 99; Rock Pigeon - 19; Mourning = Dove - 46; Downy Woodpecker - 1; Western Kingbird - 1; Blue Jay - 13; Ameri= can Crow - 80; Common Raven - 11; Horned Lark - 2; Black-capped Chickadee -= 39; Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1; White-breasted Nuthatch - 1; Brown Creeper = - 1; Golden-crowned Kinglet - 21; Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1; European Starli= ng - 70; Lapland Longspur - 2; Snow Bunting - 45; Song Sparrow - 9; White-t= hroated Sparrow - 2; Dark-eyed Junco - 12; Northern Cardinal - 5; Red-winge= d Blackbird - 8; Common Grackle - 7; Brown-headed Cowbird - 1; Purple Finch= - 7; American Goldfinch - 34. Count week species: Turkey Vulture, American Pipit, American Tree Sparrow, = Baltimore Oriole. Comments. The highlight of this year's count was the addition of two specie= s to the overall CBC list for Brier Island, Laughing Gull and Western Kingb= ird. The Baltimore Oriole that had been regular at Lisa Clark's feeder up t= o count day was not seen then nor thereafter. The Laughing Gull, 15 Great S= hearwaters, 25 Fulmars and a nice mix of alcids, were seen by Carl Haycock = off the island, within the pelagic part of the count circle, during the sea= bird melee accompanying lobster fishing. From shore it was evident that the= re were large numbers of seabirds north and west of the island, but they we= re totally unidentifiable in the distance and in haze despite relatively ca= lm sea conditions, especially in the morning. On land, despite relatively g= ood weather (a few showers of rain and ice pellets), birds were few and far= between except in Westport, where the feeders really paid off, and the Wes= tern Kingbird, found first two days before the count, alternated through th= e day between fruit-bearing bushes and a rather unproductive search for fly= ing insects from the wires along Second Street. --_000_SN1PR0301MB2045DBD3AA04D0DEC69EF4EB83FA0SN1PR0301MB2045_ 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; ba= ckground-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p>It is a long haul to Brier Island for those of us who don't live there, = but the birding is always interesting. Here are the results from December 1= 4's Brier Island CBC.</p> <p><br> </p> <p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog= raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">BRIER ISLAND CHRISTMAS COUNT= 2015 (CBC#116)</b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog= raph">Monday, December 14, 2015</p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog= raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog= raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Time & weather: </b>0700-1700 AST. Overcast, with occasional rain showers and ice pellets. = Wind ESE 5 to ca. 20 kph</p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog= raph"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog= raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Participants: </b>Stewart Brown, Wanda Christensen, Lisa Clark, Dominic Cormier, Ron d= 217;Entremont, Cindy Garron, George Garron, Carl Haycock, Kevin Lantz, Shar= ron Marlor, Anne Mills, Eric Mills (compiler), Richard Stern, Jake Walker, = Rick Whitman. </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog= raph"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog= raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Effort: </b>Total party kilometres 90.4 (20.2 on foot, 70.2 by car). Total party ho= urs 23.9 (21.1 on foot, 2.8 by car).</p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog= raph"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog= raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">59 species</b> (4 more in Co= unt Week), <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">2312</b> individuals. </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog= raph">Black Duck – 48; Mallard – 3; Northern Pintail – 1;= <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:=0A= normal"> </b>Common Eider – 78; Harlequin Duck – 1; Surf Scoter – = 1; White-winged Scoter – 22;<b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b>Black Scoter – 12; Long-tailed Duck – 104;<b style=3D"mso-b= idi-font-weight:normal"> </b>Bufflehead – 11;<b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b>Red= -breasted Merganser – 34; Ring-necked Pheasant – 7; Ruffed Grou= se – 5; Common Loon – 55; Red-necked Grebe – 12;<b style= =3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b>Northern Fulmar – <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">25</b>= ; <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:=0A= normal"> Great Shearwater </b>– <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">15</b= >; Northern Gannet – 51; Double-crested Cormorant – 2; Great Co= rmorant – 102; Bald Eagle – 1; Sharp-shinned Hawk – 1; Pu= rple Sandpiper – 31; Dovekie – 202; Murre sp. – 100; Razo= rbill – 52; Black Guillemot – 25; Atlantic Puffin – 15; Black-legged Kittiwake &= #8211; 225; <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> Laughing Gull </b>– 1; Ring-billed Gull – 1; Herring Gull ̵= 1; 527; Iceland Gull – 4; Great Black-backed Gull – 99; Rock Pi= geon – 19; Mourning Dove – 46; Downy Woodpecker – 1; <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Western Kingbird</b> – 1; Bl= ue Jay – 13; American Crow – 80; Common Raven – 11; Horne= d Lark –<b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:=0A= normal"> </b>2; Black-capped Chickadee – 39; Red-breasted Nuthatch – 1; = <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> White-breasted Nuthatch</b> – 1; Brown Creeper – 1; Golden-crow= ned Kinglet – 21; <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> Ruby-crowned Kinglet</b> – 1; European Starling - 70; Lapland Longspu= r – 2; Snow Bunting – 45; Song Sparrow – 9; White-throate= d Sparrow – 2; Dark-eyed Junco – 12; Northern Cardinal – = 5; Red-winged Blackbird – 8; Common Grackle – 7; Brown-headed C= owbird – 1; Purple Finch – <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">7</b>; Ameri= can Goldfinch – 34.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Count week = species</b>: Turkey Vulture, American Pipit, American Tree Sparrow, Baltimo= re Oriole.</p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog= raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Comments</b>. The highlight = of this year’s count was the addition of two species to the overall C= BC list for Brier Island, Laughing Gull and Western Kingbird. The Baltimore Oriole that had been regular at Lisa Clark= ’s feeder up to count day was not seen then nor thereafter. The Laugh= ing Gull, 15 Great Shearwaters, 25 Fulmars and a nice mix of alcids, were s= een by Carl Haycock off the island, within the pelagic part of the count circle, during the seabird melee accompanyin= g lobster fishing. From shore it was evident that there were large numbers = of seabirds north and west of the island, but they were totally unidentifia= ble in the distance and in haze despite relatively calm sea conditions, especially in the morning. On land= , despite relatively good weather (a few showers of rain and ice pellets), = birds were few and far between except in Westport, where the feeders really= paid off, and the Western Kingbird, found first two days before the count, alternated through the day between = fruit-bearing bushes and a rather unproductive search for flying insects fr= om the wires along Second Street.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <br> <p></p> <p><br> </p> <p><br> </p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_SN1PR0301MB2045DBD3AA04D0DEC69EF4EB83FA0SN1PR0301MB2045_--
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