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------=_Part_1825482_2098949707.1472520639202 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, It was a great weekend on Brier Island.=C2=A0 My wife, kids and I arrived i= n thick fog on Friday afternoon, but the winds shifted to north overnight a= nd it was clear by morning.=C2=A0 Three woodcocks flushed from the road on = the way to North Point before dawn, and once the sun rose the sky and trees= filled with warblers and Red-breasted Nuthatches.=C2=A0 Cape-mays were the= most numerous warbler Sat morning, but there were plenty of other species = around too.=C2=A0 Two other birders reported a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, but I= did not relocate it. At Pond Cove on Saturday, there was an immature Baird's Sandpiper on the be= ach in with Sanderlings, Semis, and Least Sandpipers at low tide.=C2=A0 The= beach was busy though, and the group was flushed repeatedly by several dog= s and people.=C2=A0 An immature Little Blue Heron was feeding in Big Pond n= ear the duck blind. I went out on the Mariner whale watching boat Saturday afternoon, and Ronni= e d'Entremont was on board too with his family.=C2=A0 There were still seve= ral thousand phalaropes out there, with a good mix of both species.=C2=A0 S= ome flocks were mostly red, and others predominantly red-necked, but the la= rgest flocks were too distant to identify.=C2=A0 There were plenty of Great= Shearwaters and Gannets, but only one Sooty, one Wilson's Storm Petrel, an= d two Razorbills as far as pelagics.=C2=A0 The whales put on a great show, = with well over a dozen humpbacks, one Minke, lots of White-sided Dolphins, = and a few Harbour Porpoises. On Sunday morning at North Point, it was clear another flight had occurred = and there were plenty of new warblers around and swarms of Red-breasted Nut= hatches.=C2=A0 Ronnie found an immature female Hooded Warbler right away, a= nd I was able to see it briefly a few minutes later.=C2=A0 There were still= lots of Cape Mays, but Black-throated Greens and Redstarts were more numer= ous.=C2=A0 Ronnie later found and photographed a Philadelphia Vireo along t= he road to Pond Cove. Later in the morning we took the boys to go see the banding operation, and = Lance and company (and the birds!) were very accommodating.=C2=A0 It was gr= eat for the kids to see so many birds up close in the hand. That's it for now Jake WalkerWolfville ------=_Part_1825482_2098949707.1472520639202 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; f= ont-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helve= tica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id=3D"yiv769016= 5430"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_14555"><div id=3D"yui_3_16= _0_ym19_1_1472516905508_14554" style=3D"color:#000;background-color:#fff;fo= nt-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvet= ica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id=3D"yiv769016= 5430yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_12680">Hi All,</div><div id=3D"yiv76901= 65430yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_12885"><br></div><div id=3D"yiv7690165= 430yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_12936" dir=3D"ltr">It was a great weeken= d on Brier Island. My wife, kids and I arrived in thick fog on Friday= afternoon, but the winds shifted to north overnight and it was clear by mo= rning. Three woodcocks flushed from the road on the way to North Poin= t before dawn, and once the sun rose the sky and trees filled with warblers= and Red-breasted Nuthatches. Cape-mays were the most numerous warble= r Sat morning, but there were plenty of other species around too. Two= other birders reported a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, but I did not relocate it.= </div><div id=3D"yiv7690165430yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_13061" dir=3D= "ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yiv7690165430yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_130= 62" dir=3D"ltr">At Pond Cove on Saturday, there was an immature Baird's San= dpiper on the beach in with Sanderlings, Semis, and Least Sandpipers at low= tide. The beach was busy though, and the group was flushed repeatedl= y by several dogs and people. An immature Little Blue Heron was feedi= ng in Big Pond near the duck blind.</div><div id=3D"yiv7690165430yui_3_16_0= _ym19_1_1472516905508_13151" dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yiv7690165430= yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_13230" dir=3D"ltr">I went out on the Marine= r whale watching boat Saturday afternoon, and Ronnie d'Entremont was on boa= rd too with his family. There were still several thousand phalaropes = out there, with a good mix of both species. Some flocks were mostly r= ed, and others predominantly red-necked, but the largest flocks were too di= stant to identify. There were plenty of Great Shearwaters and Gannets= , but only one Sooty, one Wilson's Storm Petrel, and two Razorbills as far = as pelagics. The whales put on a great show, with well over a dozen h= umpbacks, one Minke, lots of White-sided Dolphins, and a few Harbour Porpoi= ses.</div><div id=3D"yiv7690165430yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_13349" di= r=3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yiv7690165430yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508= _13367" dir=3D"ltr">On Sunday morning at North Point, it was clear another = flight had occurred and there were plenty of new warblers around and swarms= of Red-breasted Nuthatches. Ronnie found an immature female Hooded W= arbler right away, and I was able to see it briefly a few minutes later.&nb= sp; There were still lots of Cape Mays, but Black-throated Greens and Redst= arts were more numerous. Ronnie later found and photographed a Philad= elphia Vireo along the road to Pond Cove.</div><div id=3D"yiv7690165430yui_= 3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_13496" dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yiv7690= 165430yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_13497" dir=3D"ltr">Later in the morni= ng we took the boys to go see the banding operation, and Lance and company = (and the birds!) were very accommodating. It was great for the kids t= o see so many birds up close in the hand.<br></div><div id=3D"yiv7690165430= yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_13569" dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yiv= 7690165430yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_13570" dir=3D"ltr">That's it for = now</div><div id=3D"yiv7690165430yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_13586" dir= =3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yiv7690165430yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472516905508_= 13583" dir=3D"ltr">Jake Walker</div><div id=3D"yiv7690165430yui_3_16_0_ym19= _1_1472516905508_13585" dir=3D"ltr">Wolfville<br></div></div></div></div></= div></body></html> ------=_Part_1825482_2098949707.1472520639202--
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