[NatureNS] Birders on Brier and Rusty Blackbird

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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:05:21 -0300
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This past Sunday afternoon, I was at the south of Bog Meadow Bog looking at
the pools that resulted from the blockage of drainage ditches on the
southwest of the meadow. A black duck flew off and that was nice because
even though the water was skunky, this is newly restored habitat that will
in time become bog pools.
I saw a robin sized bird in a small spruce tree that was not a thrush nor a
robin, not a starling or grackle or cowbird and so I persisted until he or
she had shown itself and I saw it was sleeker that a robin and was partly
brown and satiny particularly in the upper part of the body. It bobbed or
pumped its tail as it moved through the tree and it wasn't particularly
afraid allowing me to rule out anything I had ever seen before. I was with
James Churchill when he heard one call in Canso; Brier is boreal habitat
similar to the Canso. It finally flew off with a bit of an undulating jay
or flicker like flight and made two brief calls that were not particularly
melodious.

A single Rusty Blackbird just north west of pond cove, Brier Island on
September 25th. There have been flocks of birders reported. Has anyone seen
this on Brier this year?

Nick

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default">This past Sunday afternoon, I=
 was at the south of Bog Meadow Bog looking at the pools that resulted from=
 the blockage of drainage ditches on the southwest of the meadow. A black d=
uck flew off and that was nice because even though the water was skunky, th=
is is newly restored habitat that will in time become bog pools.=C2=A0</div=
><div class=3D"gmail_default">I saw a robin sized bird in a small spruce tr=
ee that was not a thrush nor a robin, not a starling or grackle or cowbird =
and so I persisted until he or she had shown itself and I saw it was sleeke=
r that a robin and was partly brown and satiny particularly in the upper pa=
rt of the body. It bobbed or pumped its tail as it moved through the tree a=
nd it wasn&#39;t particularly afraid allowing me to rule out anything I had=
 ever seen before. I was with James Churchill when he heard one call in Can=
so; Brier is boreal habitat similar to the Canso. It finally flew off with =
a bit of an undulating jay or flicker like flight and made two brief calls =
that were not particularly melodious.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default"><br=
></div><div class=3D"gmail_default">A single Rusty Blackbird just north wes=
t of pond cove, Brier Island on September 25th. There have been flocks of b=
irders reported. Has anyone seen this on Brier this year?</div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default">Nick=C2=A0</div><=
div class=3D"gmail_default"><br></div></div>

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