[NatureNS] Correction to the Blake Maybank Winter Bird List

From: susann myers <myerss@eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:50:17 -0400
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Hi=2C Keith=2E


I checked with some birders in Cape Breton=2C in the area where Pine Gro=
sbeaks were found on the Louisbourg Christmas Bird Count Dec=2E 16=2E Th=
ey haven=27t seen any continuing through the winter=2C let alone in Febr=
uary=2E


Cheers=2C
Susann Myers

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hose birds that I have a very hard time distinguishing and I can never p=
ut them in by sound myself=2E Nancy=92s recording did sound kind of live=
ly to me and that should have clued me in to the fact they were Purple F=
inch but it didn=92t=2E I had sent the checklist link to Chris Pepper fo=
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with Chris that he can identify Pine Grosbeak if one makes a peep with 5=
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=3E With only two days left=2C Pine Grosbeak is our biggest miss on the =
DoWL and Ruddy Duck our biggest miss on the WBL=2E
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=3E Rita Viau=2C Lower Sackville=2E Nicely photographed and still lookin=
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he species has made the DoWL in the 10 years it had been tracked=2E Note=
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=3E The Winter Bird List (WBL) counts species from December=2C January a=
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=3E The Depth of Winter List (DoWL) counts species from February only an=
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=3E NatureNS does not allow me to link to our winter bird page directly =
but you can find it following the directions at the link below where you=
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for more info or to view the WBL list or to download the full version of=
 the WBL spreadsheet=2C visit our Winter Birds page under Library at htt=
p=3A//nsbirdsociety=2Eca/
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