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...
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Ian Mclaren
iamclar@...
Sep 1, 2004 3:02 pm
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 ...
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Ian Mclaren
iamclar@...
Sep 1, 2004 4:03 pm
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...
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: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 From: dowitcher <dowitcher@...> At Daniel's Head; Warbling Vireo Murray Raymond Newell birder and antique bottle collector ...
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Ian Mclaren
iamclar@...
Sep 3, 2004 11:54 am
... Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:15:19 -0300 From: dowitcher <dowitcher@...> Subject: SEVEN AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, ETC WE NOW HAVE SEVEN...
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Ian Mclaren
iamclar@...
Sep 3, 2004 11:59 am
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...
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Ian Mclaren
iamclar@...
Sep 3, 2004 6:38 pm
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...
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...
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Ian Mclaren
iamclar@...
Sep 7, 2004 11:49 am
... Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:03:26 -0300 From: dowitcher <dowitcher@...> To: naturens@... Five of us took a trip to the Cape this...
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Ian Mclaren
iamclar@...
Sep 7, 2004 12:04 pm
... 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 ...
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Joan Czapalay
joancz@...
Sep 7, 2004 12:37 pm
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...
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Ian Mclaren
iamclar@...
Sep 8, 2004 11:55 am
... 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...
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Don MacNeill
donmacneill@...
Sep 10, 2004 2:00 pm
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...
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Ian Mclaren
iamclar@...
Sep 10, 2004 8:42 pm
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...
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...
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Ian Mclaren
iamclar@...
Sep 13, 2004 5:09 pm
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...
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David Currie
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Sep 13, 2004 10:45 pm
Off Halifax today I managed to see an assortment of expected species including Fulmar, Red-necked Phaloropes, small numbers of Greater Shearwaters, few...
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Ian Mclaren
iamclar@...
Sep 15, 2004 3:45 pm
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 ...
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Don MacNeill
donmacneill@...
Sep 16, 2004 12:09 am
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...
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 From: Don MacNeill <donmacneill@...> Subject: Re: Sandhill Crane directions The road from Stewiacke through Lanesville...
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Ian Mclaren
iamclar@...
Sep 16, 2004 3:27 pm
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...
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...
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Don MacNeill
donmacneill@...
Sep 16, 2004 7:47 pm
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...
