Today at the Antigonish STP there was a flock of at least 10 Goldeneye, 6 of which were Common males; 3 were female, 2 of which had distinctly two-toned bills,...
Dorothy Poole and I went locally, covering Blockhouse, Lunenburg, Garden Lots, Blue Rocks, Heckman's Island, Corkum's Island, First South, Bayport, Feltzen...
James Hirtle
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Mar 2, 2006 4:04 am
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New bird pics from the last 2 weeks, including Dartmouth last w/e, and some local birds. The last one is meant to be dark. Go here,...
A Forster's Tern flew by me this morning as I was standing at the end of the driveway. It seemed to be following the shoreline and flew into the Cove. It is no...
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Mar 3, 2006 4:44 pm
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Hi all, Fulton Lavender phoned me this morning to report that Richard Hatch found a Common Yellowthroat yesterday at the pond at Pennant Point about a 2 hour...
March 3 There were 12 Gray Partridge on the dykeland behind the Truro Mall today. Good snow conditions for seeing them. People have seen a coyote several...
Ross & Linda Hall
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Mar 4, 2006 12:16 am
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This afternoon in Lower South Cove, Lunenburg Co., just off the Bayport Plant Farm, there were 9 Redheads (7 males, 2 females) accompaying 325 Greater Scaup...
Eric Mills
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Mar 4, 2006 8:58 pm
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Today was a great day for birding and I had good company with Elizabeth Doull, Dorothy Poole and David Walmark. We did the run from Vogler's Cove through and...
James Hirtle
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Mar 4, 2006 9:22 pm
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5 Long billed dowitcher 1 snow goose 1 long ear owl 1 dovekie seen by Johnny & Sandra Nickerson...
I just came back from doing my daily survey after seeing a male hooded merganser with his crest up. He doesn't seem to be moving around too much, but I can...
One Eurasian Wigeon male was found across Hawthorne St. from Sullivan's Pond Friday afternoon. No sign of the Redheads. The Gray Catbird was present, with a...
I got to view an interesting what I believe to be a pine warbler at Rose Bay this morning. I am sure that it is a juvenile switching into an adult plumage...
James Hirtle
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Mar 7, 2006 6:01 pm
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At Sullivan's Pond this morning I was surprised to see the return of the Redhead pair after several days of absence. The Eurasian Wigeon male continues to hang...
Hi all, The Yellow-rumped Warbler is a rare bird out my way this time of year. The attached photos of this basic plumaged individual are likely of a...
Hi All: This morning early, I took a trip out to Garden Lots to a place where a male towhee had been visiting a few weeks ago. I had tried to view that ...
James Hirtle
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Mar 9, 2006 11:13 pm
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Thanks for the picture, Hans. I have twice seen a Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler this month near Chocolate Lake (at #7 Osbourne Street up from Elizabeth...
Joan Czapalay
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Mar 10, 2006 7:01 pm
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I was surprised to see a glaucous gull this morning on the way in to work on the rocks behind the theatre in Bridgewater. This is not a location that I would...
James Hirtle
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Mar 11, 2006 6:42 pm
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All: The awas classic adult _graellsii_ LBBG in the gull swarm at the sewer ouflow in the NW Arm off Pt. Pleasant Pk at ~3 p.m. this afternoon. Cheers, Ian...
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Mar 11, 2006 8:11 pm
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Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:43:19 -0400 At house 2144 barrington the golden-crowned sparrow was feeding. murray r newell cape sable island nova scotia ...
Blake Maybank
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Mar 12, 2006 3:53 pm
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The hooded merganser has stayed since I posted except for the past two days, but I saw it again today with a female merganser with him. The grey catbird is...
Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 kenmcken@... Hi all I saw a male Wood Duck fly from the Sewage Treatment plant in New Glasgow on...
Ken McKenna
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Mar 13, 2006 8:29 pm
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This morning Brian Delaney and I took a run out and about. We tried for the Eastern towhee at Garden Lots. It apparently had been present at 06:30 this ...
James Hirtle
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Mar 13, 2006 9:09 pm
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Hello NS Naturalists, Yes! Thanks to Murray's reports, I was able to get this Zonotrichia, at house 2144 (Highway 3/103) in Barrington, a new species for my...
Forwarded for your interest. Regarding Hurricane Wilma, it will be interesting to see what our numbers will be like in Nova Scotia for this coming season. ...
Ross & Linda Hall
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Mar 14, 2006 8:53 pm
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Susan Hunt reported to me that she saw the Northern Mockingbird at Gorsebrook on 13 March. At the Halifax Field Naturalists meeting on 2 March, Phyllis Bryson ...
Patricia L. Chalmers
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Mar 14, 2006 9:49 pm
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Hi, After what I said ysterday about our W-C Sparrow having disappeared, it appeared at the feeder right outside our kitchen window at supper-time today. It's...
Barb and Eric Ruff have been seeing a female (young male?) Indigo Bunting at their feeder lately. It first appeared about the middle of February and they've...
Dorothy Poole and I took a run to CSI today for the golden-crowned sparrow. This was a life bird for the both of us. Thank you Murray for providing another...