Wonderful weekend in Shelburne County. I did not have any luck on my Welshtown Owl route (cars, cottages, and dogs) but Lillian Perry and I enjoyed Sunday...
Hi, As unlikely as it sounds, I was able to see a sapsucker on Saturday that I believe was a Red-naped or Red-Naped/Yellow-Bellied hybrid. I was in my parents'...
Hello Bruce, This sounds like a good RBA except that you do not identify the location. Where is your parents' front yard, and where was the bird when you last...
Hi All, This is a follow-up email for my original posting of a possible Red-naped Sapsucker sighting on Saturday in Cumberland Co. Thanks to everyone who gave...
Hi, I have posted some new pics of NS Birds, both common and rare, from the last 4 weeks, here - http://www.pbase.com/rb_stern/april_2006 . Click on each...
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Blake Maybank
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May 2, 2006 4:58 pm
From: "Terry Crowell" <terrycrowell99@...> Subject: [NatureNS] egrets Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 11:31:02 -0300 There is a snowy egret at Daniels Head...
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Blake Maybank
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May 2, 2006 7:59 pm
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 16:23:32 -0300 From: dowitcher dowitcher@... there is a beatifull adult laughing gull at the pond area at the back of the...
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Blake Maybank
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May 3, 2006 11:50 am
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 20:25:14 -0300 From: dowitcher dowitcher@... in the marsh area near brass hill in barrington, a great egret. murray r newell...
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Merv Cormier
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May 3, 2006 2:58 pm
From Merv in Saint John:This morning FRANK KELLY AND I found a BLUE HEADED VIREO wih the BLUE GRAY GNATCATCHER....
Hi all, Here's a pic of Murray Newell's Laughing Gull from yesterday, courtesy Murray. I swung by Spryfield this morning and heard the Carolina Wren singing...
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James Hirtle
jrhbirder@...
May 4, 2006 5:10 pm
As of today the Great Egret was still at Kingsburg Pond and it has been ranging between there and what locals call the lily pond which is further out and can...
Being that the Cardinals at Shubie Park Dartmouth appear to be reliable of late, I took my sister Anita over to the park, being that she had never seen a...
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Blake Maybank
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May 5, 2006 11:09 pm
From: "Carl Haycock" foggy@... Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 15:19:53 -0300 That pesky NE wind finally shifted to SW this morning. At my backyard...
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Angus MacLean
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May 7, 2006 1:40 pm
This morning at Palmeter Woods (North Kentville), it was quite windy in the open but reasonable in the deeper woods. Not many returnees so far which was...
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Angus MacLean
angusmcl@...
May 7, 2006 3:55 pm
I forgot to mention there was a Northern Waterthrush singing in, as far as I can judge, the same area in the alder swamp adjoining Palmeter Woods. CWS gives...
On River Road, a few miles outside New Glasgow, a single immature Northern Shrike. Wing bars were distinct but facial marking not yet prominent. Watched it fly...
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Angus MacLean
angusmcl@...
May 8, 2006 2:26 pm
I was out a bit early this a.m. as the birds were very quiet at first. (frost on the meadow this morning). An example was the Ruby-crowned Kinglet whose song...
Hi, On my way to Dollar Lake PP this morning I checked in on Spryfield's Carolina Wren at 6:50AM and it was singing as per usual. Dollar Lake PP hosted most...
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Blake Maybank
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May 8, 2006 10:16 pm
8 May 2006 I was phoned by Ken Horne, an employee of the Grandview Golf and Country Club, who reported a Turkey Vulture today. The bird was first seen...
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James Hirtle
jrhbirder@...
May 9, 2006 7:23 pm
I had a grand outing to Lewis Lake with Hans Toom, Jesse McLean and Dorothy Poole and another lady. In all we had 37 species in the park and it is still early...
All, This morning I stopped by a Marilyn O'Brien's place in Harbour Center, Ant. Co. (just outside Antigonish on the 337) to watch a video of an Orchard...
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Blake Maybank
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May 12, 2006 6:09 pm
From: "Judy Tufts" <tandove@...> Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 On Tuesday evening (May 9 ) Darroch Whitaker saw a large white egret in a marshy farm...
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James Hirtle
jrhbirder@...
May 13, 2006 1:01 am
There was a great egret in Bayport today, which might be the one that was at Kingsburg and has not been seen for close to a week. It was in the pond just past...
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Bob McDonald
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May 14, 2006 12:46 am
Hello All, Peter LeBlanc and I covered our NAMC territory from Martinique Beach to West Lawrencetown Marsh today. It was a very good day (56 species) but the...
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James Hirtle
jrhbirder@...
May 14, 2006 11:20 am
The great egret is moving around. As of yesterday afternoon it had moved part way through Indian Path and was tending on the island off of the Pross's house....
Hello everyone, On Saturday, May 13, Ian Roseby and I had a good day covering the area just east of John Belbin's, from the Annapolis Co. line to include the...
I heard a strange noise coming from a large deciduous tree in my yard and found the male black-backed woodpecker pecking away at one of the branches. After...
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Joan Czapalay
joancz@...
May 15, 2006 11:50 pm
Donna Ensor had a Long-eared Owl on Friday near her home in Lower Ohio. Since that is not far from my Welshtown Owl route, I was hoping one would respond, but...
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Blake Maybank
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May 18, 2006 10:13 am
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 21:48:04 -0300 From: Jim Wolford jimwolford@... Joyce Weaver of 494 College Road in Windsor called with a good description ...
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Blake Maybank
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May 18, 2006 10:15 am
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 21:55:11 -0300 From: Jim Wolford jimwolford@... Jake MacDonald phoned to say he had an adult GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at his ...