When I looked out his morning (not early!), there was a Brown Creeper on the pine trees. However in the same field of view there were also Woodpeckers,...
A Yellow-rumped Warbler is wintering at our place in Portuguese Cove this year either by miscalculation or by choice. Every winter I prepare a 1:1 mixture of...
The Carolina Wren previously reported at the feeder of Graham Hawkins in Hatchet Lake, HRM has recently been seen intermittently at his feeder, on Dec. 24, 26,...
Blake Maybank
accentor@...
Jan 1, 2009 9:14 pm
5216
Trends at my feeders in Carleton, Yarmouth County. This year (2008) NO Common Redpolls whatsoever, last year there were thousands. This year a small (12 give...
A single male Barrow's Goldeneye (couldn't find any females) was among 100+ Common Goldeneyes among and near a flock of about 320 Greater Scaup (with a few...
I did some birding today in the area. Highlights were: Wilson's Snipe and 80 Bohemian Waxwings - Bedford American Coot - Sullivan's Pond Eurasian Wigeon -...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Yesterday was the first day of 2009...wow...I am sorry about the extra use of carbon yesterday but I REALLY love my new snowblower!!!! The...
Jeff B Ogden
OGDENJB@...
Jan 2, 2009 10:56 pm
5220
A third Baltimore Oriole (an immature female) joined the immature male and the immature male in my yard on 30 December and all three are still present as of 2...
Patricia L. Chalmers
patricia.chalmers@...
Jan 3, 2009 4:07 am
5221
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:01:37 -0400 From: "Margaret E.Millard" mmillard@... The red-bellied woodpecker is still hanging very close to the...
Blake Maybank
accentor@...
Jan 3, 2009 1:51 pm
5222
Birders may be interested in this note from Kathleen Spicer. They had record high numbers of species in the Apple River - Advocate area: 62 as of NewYear's -...
A third Baltimore Oriole (an immature female) joined the immature male and the immature FEMALE in my yard on 30 December and all three are still present as of...
Patricia L. Chalmers
patricia.chalmers@...
Jan 3, 2009 9:03 pm
5224
Shortly after putting out a feed of mealworms, I counted 11 Baltimore Orioles and 1 Chat in my Vienna Street back yard this afternoon. I telephoned Dominique...
Susann Myers
myerss@...
Jan 4, 2009 2:24 am
5225
I had just finished cleaning off our deck and refilling the bird feeders and had only just closed the patio door behind me when I saw a Brown-headed Cowbird...
Laura and I took a stroll down Sandy Cove Road, HRM, this morning. Amidst our huffing and puffing while trudging along in our winter wear combined with the...
This morning I received two photographs that confirm two rarities in Cape Breton. Varied Thrush, feeding on berries in Homeville (near Port Morien) on the east...
David McCorquodale
david_mccorquodale@...
Jan 4, 2009 4:41 pm
5228
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:18:26 -0400 From: Murray Newell dowitcher@... I found an Eastern Phoebe at the yard area of house #130 in Clyde River...
Blake Maybank
accentor@...
Jan 4, 2009 11:13 pm
5229
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:34:32 -0400 From: "James W. Wolford" jimwolford@... JAN. 3, 2009 - Another "good bird" showed up at our feeders, an...
Blake Maybank
accentor@...
Jan 4, 2009 11:15 pm
5230
On a visit to Butcher's Falls this morning, near Middle Stewiacke, I spotted a Northern Shrike overlooking the snow covered blueberry fields. Hans ...
Hi all, I did a quick check on the way home from Ken's successful Pictou CBC. the Snipe was present in it's usual spot, as well as a Robin and a few Song, and...
Hi Everyone; Mary Alward and her husband Gavin discovered a Greater White-fronted Goose in the field behind the Chocolate Lake Recreation Centre. They get a...
All The Murrants were able to get some great photos of the Varied Thrush, one of which can be seen by doing a short scroll down, on their main page: ...
All: Fulton Lavender just phoned (4:40 pm) to say that the Greater White-Fronted Goose (which is certainly of the Greenland subsp. flavirostris) was grazing on...
It was a beautiful day for birding again. I didn't find the goose at the Chocolate Lake Community Ctr or in the waters off the Armdale Yacht Club. However,...
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:51:06 -0400 From: "James W. Wolford" jimwolford@... JAN. 6, 2009 - Our EASTERN TOWHEE is still coming to our feeders, and...
Blake Maybank
accentor@...
Jan 7, 2009 2:40 pm
5237
7 Jan. 2009 Both the Carolina Wren (at Hatchet Lake) and the Brown Thrasher (in Shad Bay), off the Prospect Road, HRM, have been coming fairly regularly to...
Blake Maybank
accentor@...
Jan 7, 2009 2:47 pm
5238
All: At about 09:30, Eric Mills and I went to the parking lot at Horeshoe I., head of the NW Arm, and Eric scoped the bird loafing among the waterfowl along...
as Ian said the goose was still at Horseshoe I.I was there for about an hour,with visits from Ian,Fulton,and liz D.the goose was near the green bench for most...
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 The following birds were reported from the Canso area by Tom Kavanaugh in a telephone converstation with me today. Western Sandpiper...
Blake Maybank
accentor@...
Jan 7, 2009 6:25 pm
5241
Hi; Bob McDonald and I finally got to see the Goose. It was my third try and Bob's second. We were actually at Horseshoe Island Beach yesterday morning,...
Hi All, While tramping around the Hemlock Ravine Park near Bedford today a Goshawk flew by overhead. always a nice bird to see. cheers, Gary Murray Bedford NS...
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