A Brown Thrasher visited us briefly this afternoon at our place in Portuguese Cove, took a bath, and promptly disappeared. Still it's nice to know they are...
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Andrew Horn
aghorn@...
Jul 2, 2007 10:13 pm
Hi all, Today (Monday) c. 2PM there was a Turkey Vulture flying just south of the 207 in Three Fathom Harbour, HRM. Cheers, Andy Horn (with Duncan Rand)...
Yesterday's Brown Thrasher was back again today at our place in Portuguese Cove, HRM. Oddly it has no interest in our feeder offerings but comes to take a...
Hi All, I received a report of a Red-throated Loon at Black Brook (near Neil's Harbour CB) June 29th. I checked with Ian McLaren and he reports it's unusual...
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iamclar@...
Jul 3, 2007 4:30 pm
... Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:37:39 -0300 From: John Nickerson <jonsannick@...> Subject: [NatureNS] wilson phalarope To: naturens@... 1...
A Whimbrel has arrived at Crystal Crescent Beach PP, about 500 metres north of Pennant Point, first of the southbound bunch here but right on time accorinding...
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iamclar@...
Jul 8, 2007 4:29 pm
All: I wonder if anyone has infformation on this report of a Black Vulture last winter? It was not reported in the last issue "Nova Scotia Birds." It would ...
We took a Sunday drive to Kings County today and I noticed a Mockingbird fly by, perhaps the one recently posted in Richards gallery. After pulling over I...
About 10 years ago, I lived in the Fairview area of Halifax. There was at least one Northern Mockingbird that resided in the neighbourhood that I would watch...
I took a stroll at Mount Uniacke Estate this morning, along the Old Post Road Trail and then the Barren's Trail loop. From the parking lot walk the Old Post...
Hi; Hans' posting about Black-backed Woodpeckers at Mount Uniacke reminded me that on Saturday, July 7th, I saw a group of newly fledged kinglets on the road...
Here's are two photos of Black-backed Woodpeckers from this morning. Frustration abounds with this client. It always seems to be strongly backlit, the worst...
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Ken McKenna
kenmcken@...
Jul 12, 2007 3:49 pm
Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all I have been asked to pass on a message from Karen Chiasson about a CASPIAN TERN sighing by her...
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iamclar@...
Jul 16, 2007 8:32 pm
All: Don Codling just phoned to report an errant storm-petrel stting on the water of Cole Harbour along the Saltmarsh Trailbetween the first and second bridges...
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Lois Codling
loiscodling@...
Jul 17, 2007 1:14 am
We were really surprised to see a little Storm-Petrel sitting in the water about 25-30 M from the Salt Marsh Trail this afternoon. We think it was a Leach's,...
I found another Black-backed Woodpecker at Mount Uniacke Estate this morning, this time on the Barren's Trail about 20 metres east of the intersect with the...
Our local Brown Thrasher was seen again this afternoon in our backyard platform feeder. Since this bird is silent this likely indicates a female or, dare I...
What we thought might be a grocery bag in a tree behind Conrad's Beach materialized into a Great Egret this afternoon. We also got close enough to a Nelson's...
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Ken McKenna
kenmcken@...
Jul 23, 2007 2:00 am
Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 Hi all While atlassing Saturday in Hadleyville square near Mulgrave, I had my first ' fall" Solitary Sandpiper. There...
I don't have a lot of details but I just heard on the radio of a Three Fathom Harbour resident finding a Red-billed Tropicbird barely alive in his driveway and...
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Ken McKenna
kenmcken@...
Jul 23, 2007 12:41 pm
Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 ... From: Bernard Burke To: NS RBA Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 8:44 AM Subject: [NS-RBA] report of...
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iamclar@...
Jul 23, 2007 12:58 pm
Hi all: The tropicbird was found on a driveway (! but this is exactlty where some spectacular inland N. Am. records of seabirds have materialized) in W. ...
Here are the relevant reports from the Maine RBA for July 10 and 18. Looks like we now know why it was missing on the 18th. Wayne Neily Tremont, Nova Scotia...
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iamclar@...
Jul 23, 2007 4:35 pm
All: For the record, I just learned from Michael Smith of Maine that the Red-billed Tropicbird in Maine this summer (first on May 24) was seen the day after...
I couldn't understand why I couldn't see the receive web cast of the Osprey Chicks that have been presented by NS Power & The Museum of Natural History. There...
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iamclar@...
Jul 31, 2007 3:48 pm
All: Derek Lovitch reports from Maine that the adult Red-tailed Tropicbird is still being seen around Matinicus Rock, and also that a Bridled Tern (same as ...
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iamclar@...
Aug 5, 2007 12:43 pm
All: Susann Myers just phoned to say that there is a juv. RUFF (and a Stilt Sandpiper) among the dowitchers and yellowlegs at "Shorebird Cove," Three Fatho ...
After an absence of a few days our Brown Thrasher has returned to our back yard in Portuguese Cove. So far, just the one bird. Hans ...
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John Kearney
john.kearney@...
Aug 7, 2007 10:17 pm
An adult non-breeding Laughing Gull was seen this evening on Big Island, Pictou County, on the beach side of the causeway, just west of the end of the wooden...
