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Our WBL remains at 198 but there are a couple of changes. Dominic Cormier w=
rote me about the WBL count being 198 when the eBird count is only 196 for =
the same period and we were curious about the discrepancy as NS Bird Record=
s entries should keeping the counts in sync and I also often defer to eBird=
vetting on some of the rarer birds along checking with Dave Currie so our =
lists should match. Dominic discovered eBird was missing 2 species which ar=
e in eBird but were flagged as sensitive and therefor not counted in the eB=
ird report-Long-eared Owl and Gyrfalcon.
Dominic also discovered my spreadsheet was mistakenly counting Western Will=
et as a species. I have the Willet species indicated with an "X" but I also=
had the Western indicated with an "X" when it should have been a "P" so it=
ended up counting Willet twice. And he discovered I was missing an Indigo =
Bunting from December so we lost one and gained one to remain at 198.
Winter Bird List (WBL)
Depth of Winter List (DOWL)
We picked up another 6 species for the DOWL to bring us to 124.
Bonaparte's Gull - Kevin Lantz - Mason's Beach, Lunenburg County
White-crowned Sparrow - Dave Currie - continuing at Arthur St., Dartmouth o=
n Feb 2
Pine Warbler - Peter Oleskevich - continuing at his feeder in Port Williams=
(thanks to Nancy Dowd for tipping me about this one)
Red Crossbill - Steve McGrath - Catalone, Cape Breton Island
White-winged Crossbill - Steve McGrath - Catalone, Cape Breton Island
Pine Grosbeak - Billy Digout - French Cove, Richmond County, Cape Breton Is=
land
Here of some of the notables missing from the DOWL so far (I didn't know it=
was going to be such a long list):
Tufted Duck
Spruce Grouse
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron (last was Jan 18)
American Coot (where are all the old coots this year)
Killdeer
Ruddy Turnstone
Dunlin (just a matter of time but a surprising miss far)
Dovekie (say what)
Common Murre
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl (it is one the WBL from December but we don't have on=
e yet this year)
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler (another on the WBL from December but nothing for th=
e year yet)
Eastern Towhee
Rusty Blackbird (another on the WBL but missing for the year so far)
Winter Bird List (WBL) Dec 1 - Feb 29
Depth of Winter List (DOWL) Feb 1 - Feb 28
For more info and history or to download the full spreadsheet , visit our W=
inter Bird List page at the Nova Scotia Bird Society website.
https://www.nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/the-birds-of-winter
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Our WBL remains at 198 but there are a couple of cha=
nges. Dominic Cormier wrote me about the WBL count being 198 when the eBird=
count is only 196 for the same period and we were curious about the discre=
pancy as NS Bird Records entries should
keeping the counts in sync and I also often defer to eBird vetting on some=
of the rarer birds along checking with Dave Currie so our lists should mat=
ch. Dominic discovered eBird was missing 2 species which are in eBird but w=
ere flagged as sensitive and therefor
not counted in the eBird report—Long-eared Owl and Gyrfalcon. <o:p><=
/o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Dominic also discovered my spreadsheet was mistakenl=
y counting Western Willet as a species. I have the Willet species indicated=
with an “X” but I also had the Western indicated with an ̶=
0;X” when it should have been a “P” so it ended up counti=
ng
Willet twice. And he discovered I was missing an Indigo Bunting from Decem=
ber so we lost one and gained one to remain at 198.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:14.0pt">W=
inter Bird List (WBL)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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