[NatureNS] Chipping Sparrow as a Rare Species ?

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We saw a Chipper today at Jerry Lawrence P.P., at the marsh on the St. 
Marg's Bay Trail.  I think they are common enough that people don't 
always report them?

Lois Codling


On 27/05/2016 5:19 PM, Rick Whitman wrote:
> I always thought of Chipping Sparrow as a common species. Perhaps I 
> just wasn't paying attention, and always saw some without effort. Not 
> this year. I haven't seen one yet. I see in the just-released BBA that 
> they are "rare" in Western NS but I believe there is lots of good 
> habitat in Kings Co.
>
> A total of seven birds have been reported in Kings Co. on eBird since 
> May 15th:
>
> http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/map/chispa?bmo=01&emo=12&byr=2016&eyr=2016&yr=&env.minX=-66.396&env.minY=43.389&env.maxX=-59.643&env.maxY=47.227&gp=true
>
> Many "good" species are far more common than this.
>
> Rick Whitman

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