Dec. 1 '02 On Sat., the 30th, near midday, we spotted a tanager at the far north end of the St. Mary's Boat club parking area, off Jubilee Road in Halifax. ...
Being new to the birding game in NS, I am not sure if this sighting is that unusual or not but there's what appeared to me to be a beautiful male Eurasian...
Here are some digital (mostly digiscoped) pics I took today of the Sullivans Pond Eurasian wigeon, the Bissett Lake Snow Goose, and the Forster's terns and...
1 December 2002 Ian Mclaren and I found a Great Egret at Conrad's Beach at around 0900 this morning, and the bird was still present late this afternoon. Posted...
1 December 2002 Ian Mclaren and I first observed the Ruff at Sullivan's Pond this morning at 0715, and there were sightings by others until nearly 0930. Posted...
1 December 2002 Ian Mclaren and I saw both Forster's Terns at Conrad's Beach this morning around 0900. The tide was fairly high, and the birds were flying...
1 December 2002 Elizabeth Doull spotted the adult Greater Snow Goose with Canada Geese at 1430 this afternoon at Bissett Lake, and the bird was still present...
Besides other birds which Blake reported on my behalf... While waiting for the Forster's Tern to show up, I saw four TREE SWALLOWS Swallows fly past in a...
1 December 2002 Elizabeth Doull noted a group of four Tree Swallows flying east to west across Conrad's Beach at mid-morning. Forwarded by: Blake Maybank ...
1 December 2002 Murray Newell, leading the NS Bird Society field trip on Cape Sable Island, reported Marsh Wren, Yellow-breasted Chat, and three Common...
From: Murray Newell <murcar@...> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 Two Eastern Meadowlarks at Daniel's Head marsh. Forwarded by: Blake Maybank White's Lake, Nova...
Hi Everyone; This is a request to ensure that you post both new sightings and updates of existing rarities to NS-RBA, as I may not always have the time to do...
From: "Ken McKenna" <kenmcken@...> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat Both above warblers were found from a trail...
Good morning all, This morning the feeders were hopping with activity, quite a change from even just one week ago. The only out-of-the-ordinary bird was a male...
There was a bright yellow breasted chat and a rather pale male House finch in a back yard near the St Mary's Boat Club, Halifax (Off Jubilee Road). ...
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Patricia L. Chalmers
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Dec 3, 2002 5:02 pm
On Tuesday, 3 December at 8:55 a.m. an Orange-crowned Warbler was seen again in the tangle adjacent to the Wainwright home in south end Halifax. This is...
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Patricia L. Chalmers
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Dec 3, 2002 5:02 pm
On Tuesday, 3 December at 7:50 a.m. the Ruff was seen at Sullivan's Pond in Dartmouth. Despite the rain, and light snow on the ground, it was feeding along...
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David Young
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Dec 3, 2002 7:27 pm
one Lark Sparrow in my yard at Little Harbour, Shelburne County, this morning. It was associating with my many Song Sparrows, Juncos, White throats and Tree...
The BTB Warbler briefly visited my niger feeder once this morning before I left for work. It doesn't seem to use the feeder well, so I scattered some niger on...
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Patricia L. Chalmers
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Dec 4, 2002 5:09 pm
On Saturday, 30 November at 3:30 p.m. the adult "graellsi" Lesser Black-backed Gull, first reported by Eric Mills on 24 November, was seen near Lilydale in...
G'day all. There are four Baltimore Orioles feeding on grape vine grapes at a house in Antigonish. In today's brilliant sunshine, the one male I saw positively...
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Billeen2@...
Dec 5, 2002 7:55 pm
Hi all, The Ruff was at Sullivan's pond today at about 12:30 or 1:00 pm. The young oriole is still visiting our feeders. He was there when we left for work...
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Terry Paquet
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Dec 5, 2002 7:56 pm
The Ruff was feeding in the usual spot in Sullivan's Pond at 2:00 PM today. Cheers _______________________________ Terry Paquet Lower Sackville , Nova Scotia ...
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James Hirtle
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Dec 6, 2002 3:12 am
Hi all: I was in New Ross this morning back on a Christmas Tree lot. While there a Northern Shrike landed nearby on the tip of one of the Christmas Trees and...
