On Friday 2008-05-30 10:30, an Eastern Phoebe in Smileys Provincial Park, in the shrubs and small trees near the swimming hole just below the road bridge. John...
The 10 Bl-b. Whistling Ducks are still in Country Hbr - as of 11:00 Anne and I saw them in a little hidden woodland pond beside #15544 shown to us by Carol...
Eric Mills
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Jun 1, 2008 2:41 pm
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There is an adult Egret in a pond at the end of the Shore Road in Phillips Harbour, Guys. Co. It was seen first a few days ago by Steve Bushell, who did not...
Greetings, all. The Tricolored Heron was still at the marsh behind Lawrencetown Beach, HRM at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday. It was feeding along the side of the...
Susann Myers
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Jun 2, 2008 10:49 pm
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Good Morning, I apologize for using this group to pass on news from NB that is not bird related but wasn't sure how else to do it. But since some of you know...
Sad news, indeed, Cheryl. Nelson was also a long-term member of Halifax Field Naturalists. As many others do, I have many happy and humorous memories of...
Bernice Moores
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Jun 4, 2008 11:33 am
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Today I had a male and female Easten Bluebird visiting the nest boxes in my back yard in East Advocate. I also had 8 Turkey Vultures in the field behind my...
Jane Mills
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Jun 4, 2008 5:02 pm
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An Eastern Phoebe was singing in the marsh behind the Prince Arthur Field in Dartmouth today at around 12:15. I can give more specific directions if anyone...
Hi Everyone; While atlassing a couple of weeks ago in my Yankeetown Square, I heard what I thought was a Sora giving the first couple of notes of its call -...
Hi, I've encountered three Gray Catbirds in recent days; one this morning at Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park, another Monday on the St. Margaret's Bay...
This evening in East Advocate there were 13 Turkey Vultures in the field behind my house. Jane...
Jane Mills
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Jun 5, 2008 2:03 am
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Hi all This evening over Morris Lake, Dartmouth were two Turkey Vultures. Also, 4 Eastern Kingbirds were seen in one tree near Portland Estates Elementary...
All: Those who didn't rush off to see these wanderers at Country Hbr. appear to have missed out. They were last seen two days ago, and today nine turned up in ...
The Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks seen yesterday in Ipswich, Massachusetts, included one, according to observers there, that had "an abnormal growth" at the...
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:41:09 -0300 From: pgould@... Raymond d'Entremont told me this morning that there is a Green Heron tending a small...
Blake Maybank
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Jun 9, 2008 12:43 am
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I don't know what variety these ducks are, could someone tell me. Also these cormorants in Pictou. What variety are they. I will put the pictures in the Photo...
The Ducks are all Mallards, however the paler one and the furthest one to the top appear to be (at least partially) domesticated. The Cormorants are...
Hallo Susan, If it is the light coloured duck in between the Mallards you mean, then it is a domesticated variety of the same species. Some people call these ...
I attended a public meeting in Halifax on Monday evening held by Voluntary Planning about the visions for NS Biodiversity, Forests, Parks and Minerals (details...
Last Friday (June 6) Peter Davies called to tell me about a Red-bellied Woodpecker in Liverpool (I did not see the bird and it turns out it was a one-day...
Hi all, Just (0930) heard the burry phrases of a Scarlet Tanager from my house on Bridges St. Sounded like it was somewhere behind the Fountain's house on...
Andrew Horn
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Jun 13, 2008 12:31 pm
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:05:23 -0300 From: Henk Kwindt cbatl@... This morning there was a great egret at Silver Sands beach in Cow Bay. Henk...
Blake Maybank
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Jun 14, 2008 11:47 am
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All, Yesterday, my friend Greg Lukeman came by and told me he spotted a White Pelican in Ogdens Pond, Ant. Co. on Thursday. Yesterday (Friday), I stopped there...
Sat. 10AM. THREE AOCs in Daniel's Head Inlet. Confirmed by Johnnie Nickerson, who spotted them first. He also told me Murrey had seen SIX arrive on Thurs....
To my total surprise, a kettle of 15 Turkey Vultures and about 15 buteos drifted across Brier I. from NE to SW about 1500 this afternoon. The buteos included 4...
Eric Mills
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Jun 14, 2008 9:25 pm
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Murrey saw 4, not 6, AOC's fly in on Thursday. Still a banner day by anybody's measure! Sunday morning 1 lone male at Daniel's Head Inlet - I guess speed- ...
Alan Covert and I found a meadowlark male (not singing) in Blandford opposite the lookoff Sunday morning. -- Chris Field Math and Statistics Dalhousie...
Hi all, The Great Egret remains at Cow Bay, HRM. Also, this morning I encountered numerous Willets, Spotted Sandpipers and Killdeer on the flats behind the...
I've been atlassing and doing point counts in Cumberland and Colchester Counties over the past week and have noted two singing WILLOW FLYCATCHERS: #1. One was...
Hi Everyone; Bob McDonald asked me to post this sighting of a Great Egret after being alerted to its presence by Hugh Broders - of St. Mary's University. The...