Late yesterday afternoon I had a drab looking Lark Sparrow drop in to the feeders. I was beginning to lose hope that I'd get one this year (as I usually do)!...
Tom and Terri
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Dec 1, 2004 1:02 pm
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It seems that, wherever you find roving bands of chickadees in a good patch of semi-natural habitat, you may find a warbler or two. Had to go to Darmouth this...
Ian Mclaren
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Dec 1, 2004 5:33 pm
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Hello! A Baltimore Oriole (fm, maybe imm. fm.) has found my grapes. What a little pig... this could get costly. <grin> However, I should be so lucky as to...
A meadowlark sp. was flying over Spectacle Lake in Burnside heading SW this morning. I couldn't find suitable habitat in Burnside for a touchdown in that...
David Currie
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Dec 1, 2004 9:40 pm
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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 06:35:40 -0400 From: Andrew Horn <AGHORN@...> Yesterday afternoon, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet at the southeast corner of the former...
Because of limited daylight around my recent work shift since November 18, when I first photographed the bird, searching for the Birch Cove Park Vireo for more...
Claire Diggins and I just got back from a walk around the south end. While looking for the RC Kinglet we heard what sounded like a wren. As we were looking in...
Joan Czapalay
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Dec 3, 2004 8:47 pm
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The immature Snowy Owl first seen at the Fortress of Louisbourg on November 10 is still present this evening. Susann Myers...
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Dec 3, 2004 9:01 pm
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Here are several more photos of the Vireo from today at Birch Cove Park Dartmouth, in varying degrees of angle, lighting and clarity. Be aware that there are...
Hi All; Yesterday Dec 2nd A third Balt Oriole joined the two already here! One of the birds a female is showing allot of Bullock's characteristics but not ...
Tom and Terri
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Dec 4, 2004 1:54 am
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Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 20:45:59 -0400 From: Angus MacLean <angusmcl@...> Yesterday I checked a few ponds before the expected freezeup today. ...
There is an immature Little Blue Heron in my filed. It just landed and is feeding like a Cattle Egret would but it is a definite Little Blue Heron It is beside...
Sandy Hiltz
Birddog@...
Dec 4, 2004 4:12 pm
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The female RB Woodpecker and the Vireo were again in Birch Cove Park area around 2 p.m.this afternoon, along with several WB Nuthatches, Chickadees and Downy...
All: This will be my last word on the subject if and until I get a lot more expert input. Cindy Creighton's beautiful photos of the Dartmouth Vireo add to...
Ian Mclaren
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Dec 5, 2004 3:41 pm
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Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 11:41:07 -0500 (EST) From: John Nickerson <johnenickerson@...> Subject: little blue heron Immature Little Blue Heron is on the...
Sullivans Pond - 3 of the 4 orioles seen yesterday, YB Chat , Orange-crowned Warbler, Gadwall , GW Teal etc. Birch Cove - Red-bellied Woodpecker , 2...
Terry Paquet
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Dec 5, 2004 10:15 pm
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5 December 2004 Murray Newell has reported a Great Egret from Eel Brook (the outlet of Eel Pond), which is on Hwy 3 just NE of Ste Anne du Ruisseau, in...
Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 kenmcken@... Hi all In speaking with Harry Brennan I have a couple of observations from a week or...
Ken McKenna
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Dec 5, 2004 11:00 pm
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A beautiful pair of Buffleheads were in close to shore behind Oak Island Inn this morning. They were still present in the pm. Also in the area were 2 RB...
Joan Czapalay
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Dec 5, 2004 11:18 pm
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Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 From: Chris Field <field@...> Subject: Orange crowned warbler There was an orange crowned warbler travelling with some...
A female Baltimore Oriole is still in Blue Rocks. David Walmark relocated the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Broad Cove on Sunday. It has moved and it now along the...
James Hirtle
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Dec 7, 2004 2:58 pm
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After seeing Ian Maclaren's pic of the Pintail/Mallard cross in the Spring 2004 issue of N.S. Birds I kept hoping to come across one, which I did finally this...
Hi all, Over the noon hour, there was a Yellow-throated Warbler (albilora, as far as I could make out) in the pines just before the Black Rock Beach parking ...
Andrew G Horn
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Dec 7, 2004 6:24 pm
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Oops: to get to the owl, go LEFT of the fountain (as you face the park, i.e. south), not right. Otherwise the directions are OK. Apologies, Andy...
Andrew G Horn
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Dec 7, 2004 6:33 pm
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Dec 7, 2004 There is an Eastern Towhee at 318 Brunswick Street in Truro. It has been coming to a bird feeder behind house for three days. House owner, Glen...