All: Some birds on Seal Island, Monday 30 Sept. Among the birds was a thrush that I am almost certain (but not 100%, alas) was a a shy ad. adult Bicknell's...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 1, 2004 12:27 pm
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Sorry about the mixup. Time goes fast at my age, but my trip to Seal Island was obviosly not one month from now. The sightings pertain to Aug. 30. Cheers, Ian ...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 1, 2004 3:02 pm
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Bruce is a great expert and knows his Black-headed cf. Bonaparte's Gulls. I saw a couple of BHGU there a few days earlier, but it looks as though there's a big...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 1, 2004 4:03 pm
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The other evening I found a duck on a local pond in King's Co., Nova Scotia. There were several Green-winged and 1 Blue-winged Teal present, all F/ imm/...
... Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:15:19 -0300 From: dowitcher <dowitcher@...> Subject: SEVEN AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, ETC WE NOW HAVE SEVEN...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 3, 2004 11:54 am
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Yesterday, while showing relatives some Eastern Shore Scenery, I came across a first-fall Lark Sparrow moving along the edge of the road that loops past the...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 3, 2004 11:59 am
1150
Apologies for the late forward. ... Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:01:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Lance Laviolette <llaviol@...> Subject: Brier Island Two days of fog...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 3, 2004 6:38 pm
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Laura and I saw 12 Baird's Sandpipers in two groups at Cherry Hill Beach this afternoon. They were north of the beach ridge about an hour after high tide,...
There were a pair of Pectoral Sandpipers at the back cove, Hartlen's Point, this morning. _________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove Nova...
... Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:03:26 -0300 From: dowitcher <dowitcher@...> To: naturens@... Five of us took a trip to the Cape this...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 7, 2004 11:49 am
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... Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 21:23:14 -0300 From: Joyce <joyce.allen@...> On Saturday there were warblers everywhere on the St. Catherine's River ...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 7, 2004 12:04 pm
1155
There was a bit of a warbler fall out on BPI on Monday for the NSBS annual Labour Day Field Trip. A beautiful week-end, with the wind shifting from SW to NE...
Joan Czapalay
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Sep 7, 2004 12:37 pm
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... Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 05:24:54 -0300 From: Elizabeth Doull <edoull@...> Sept 4th - Ann Doull reported that the Marbled Godwit was still there...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 8, 2004 11:55 am
1157
My brother Rob thinks he saw a Sandhill Crane halfway along the Meadowvale Road between Upper Stewiacke and South Branch. It was a grey bird the size of a...
Don MacNeill
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Sep 10, 2004 2:00 pm
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This afternoon, at least two "western" Willets were on the Chezzetcook marshes; an ad. Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the sandbar at the mouth of the...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 10, 2004 8:42 pm
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A Prairie Warbler was moving with a cluster of itinerent warblers in our backyard this afternoon, including Palm, Blackpoll and Yellow-rumped. A late Common...
On Sept. 10, at 0715 in the morning, I observed a Great Skua at 44.15.220 North and 63.565.20 West, which is roughly 25 km south of Peggy's Cove, and 25 km...
Hello, My name is Luke DeCicco, I'm 17 and from Alaska. I am a pretty serious birder. I joined this group because I am hoping to go to Acadia University in...
The only (quasi-) rarities during 4 1/2 h on the island were two Warbling Vireos, although there was much else of interest. Ian Ian A. McLaren Biology...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 13, 2004 5:09 pm
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Off Halifax today I managed to see an assortment of expected species including Fulmar, Red-necked Phaloropes, small numbers of Greater Shearwaters, few...
David Currie
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Sep 13, 2004 10:45 pm
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I just returned from a walk around Back Cove at Hartlen Pt, where there were few birds. However, there was a juv.-> basic I Painted Bunting, the first I have ...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 15, 2004 3:45 pm
1167
The Sandhill Crane is being seen on the Meadowvale Road and in a field beside the road from Stewiacke to South Branch. It has been around there for several...
Don MacNeill
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Sep 16, 2004 12:09 am
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 From: Don MacNeill <donmacneill@...> Subject: Re: Sandhill Crane directions The road from Stewiacke through Lanesville...
Although it may still be lurking in the area, I failed to find the Painted Bunting at Back Cove, Hartlen Pt., this a.m. There had been a changeover in the...
Ian Mclaren
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Sep 16, 2004 3:27 pm
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I found the Sandhill Crane this morning exactly where described near the red barn off the Meadowvale Road, indeed the sign on the right hand side of the road...
I arrived at South Branch at 9:30 this morning and the bird was where Lois saw it opposite 4567 Stewiacke Road. Hans and my brother had seen it before that at...
Don MacNeill
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Sep 16, 2004 7:47 pm
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 From: Lois Codling <loiscodling@...> Subject: Sandhill Crane We too found the Sandhill Crane today, but this afternoon...
