Hi all, I had a nice bunch(30+) of Purple Sandpipers on Duncan Reef this morning. I suspect these birds might be a Halifax County rarity this time of year,...
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Bob McDonald
bobmcdonald73
May 1, 2008 4:32 pm
Hello, I just received this message from Charles Cron. Possibly someone may be able to check it out. I wouldn't think that Black-billed Magpie would be...
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Eric L. Mills
ve1ast
May 2, 2008 4:07 pm
The Black-billed (presumably) Magpie reported yesterday from #37 Russell Road, off the Owl's Head Road in Clam Harbour, HRM, was there this morning when Ian...
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iamclar@...
mclarenian08
May 2, 2008 4:33 pm
All: As Eric mentioned, there is a (remote?) possibility that the E. Shore magpie is a ship-assisted Eurasian. This is very difficult i.d. call, but here's...
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iamclar@...
mclarenian08
May 2, 2008 8:14 pm
All: Here's more information on distinguishing Old-World and Black-billed Magpie, modified from "Birds of North America." Note that, the reason for all this ...
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Wayne P. Neily
neilyornis
May 3, 2008 3:42 am
This will be of interest to some NS birders. Wayne Neily Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia "Beauty is truth, and truth beauty," - John Keats, 1820. > Date: Fri,...
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David Currie
dcurrie14
May 3, 2008 2:40 pm
Hi all...At about 6:15 this morning I did get a brief look at the bird as it flew from the shore side of the road to #37 Russell Dr. It remained out of sight...
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C. Davis
nuthatchs
May 3, 2008 3:08 pm
Hi, My husband and I arrived just as David getting ready to leave. His luck was better than ours as he did get that brief early morning glimpse. We sat waiting...
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Lucas Berrigan
coppersmithb...
May 3, 2008 10:15 pm
In order to avoid confusion, I thought I should say that #37 Russell Rd is far from Lake Charlotte; it's not even in Owl's Head. The correct location is Clam...
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Bernard Burke
mewgull2004
May 4, 2008 10:11 am
There was a male Eurasian Wigeon here yesterday evening (Saturday) at Red Bridge Pond Dartmouth, perhaps the same one that, as of April 30th at least, was...
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Stuart & Rachel Smith
rsmelbourne@...
May 5, 2008 12:54 am
On Saturday there was approx. 50 Brants on Ram Island which is located a short distant after the end of the wharf in Pickney's Point as well we counted at...
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Bernard Burke
mewgull2004
May 5, 2008 2:32 am
Hi All I had no luck viewing the Magpie at Clam Harbor late this afternoon, but a resident at #37 Russell Road indicated that the bird was heard this morning,...
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Wayne P. Neily
neilyornis
May 5, 2008 3:55 am
Hello folks, On Saturday, May 3, I was able to spend a few hours before dark birding on Brier Island. Although land birds were scarce except around feeders, I...
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Wayne P. Neily
neilyornis
May 6, 2008 5:25 am
Hello All, No the English name of the Blue Grosbeak hasn't changed recently - except in my mind in the wee hours of Monday a.m. I'll blame fatigue rather than...
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Sandy HIltz
Birddog@...
May 7, 2008 12:48 am
There was an American Bittern on the meadows of the Tom Tigney stillwaters today. There also were many warblers and swallows there as well as at least 4 pair...
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sfullert@...
sylvia.fulle...
May 7, 2008 8:04 pm
I have not seen a report of the Great Egret at CSI, so am sending one along for the record, albeit late. Jane Alexander and I saw one at the Kenney Road on...
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George & Sharon Digout
george.digout@...
May 9, 2008 12:18 am
A Great Egret has been seen the last three days at the pond by the old ball field in L'Ardoise Rich Co.-George....
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Hans Toom
snahmoot
May 9, 2008 5:20 pm
Hi all, Three White-crowned Sparrows arrived this morning and were feeding behind our back deck. They are now hopping about near the back yard pond and...
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Jane Mills
jampov@...
May 9, 2008 5:42 pm
On Thursday May 8th Maureen Mills had a Ruby-throat Hummingbird at her feeder in Spencers Island and today I have one at my feeder in East Advocate. Jane...
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Eric Mills
emills@...
May 9, 2008 8:41 pm
Good birding here today. The pre-dawn chorus of Robins, White-throats & White-crowns along Lighthouse Rd. included an E. Towhee. In Westport this morning, a...
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Kier Shackleton Giger...
ksg.data
May 9, 2008 11:16 pm
Sort of strange: saw an Ipswich Sparrow on the Dartmouth Harbourfront Trail in a field by the Nova Scotia Hospital (right beside the Woodside Ferry Terminal)....
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joni
cftwsutton
May 10, 2008 12:04 am
We had a Yellow Rump Warbler and a Yellow Chat in the yard in Woodlawn this morning. 1st for this year! Joni Ashley...
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Gerald Jacquard
gcjacquard@...
May 10, 2008 10:27 am
May 9th - at Tusket Falls - first sighting at my house this year. Carol Jacquard...
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jimmysew
May 10, 2008 1:25 pm
A humming bird visited my feeder this morning, ten days earlier than last year. I'm in LaHave, near the ferry....
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rachelhoogenbos
May 11, 2008 10:49 am
Don't know if Carol and I had the same Hummingbird, but mine also arrived yesterday (Sat.) around 1pm in Carleton (20 mins from Tusket). Adult male, looking...
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Randy Lauff
rlauff
May 11, 2008 5:13 pm
Good afternoon, This morning I received a call from Frank Randall of Bayfield. He was alerted to a White Pelican in the area, so Bruce Stevens, Kerstin Mueller...
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Bruce Stevens
killjoy_x98
May 11, 2008 7:17 pm
By no means frame-filling, but documentation nonetheless! http://chimera.stfx.ca/aves/index.php?image=American_White_Pelican_2.jpg Bruce -- Bruce Stevens,...
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Wayne P. Neily
neilyornis
May 11, 2008 10:24 pm
Hello all, As others noted, the weather Saturday (May 10) was not very conducive for the migration count, and I got only about 46 species this year. In Digby...
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Randy Lauff
rlauff
May 12, 2008 1:43 pm
The Bayfield pelican was in the same place as of 9:20 this morning. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County,...
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Suzanne Borkowski
suzanneborko...
May 12, 2008 5:07 pm
Hi Everyone; I did the Migration Count on Saturday in the Pockwock Lake area. On Hammonds Plains Road, at Mansons Mill Pond, (right hand side, just before...
