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03 Jul Willow Flycatcher, Antigonish [Bruce Stevens ] 3 Jul FWD: Little Egret reported from The Hawk, Cape Sable Island ["Blake Maybank" ] 02 Jul Eastern bluebird nesting - Pubnico ["ta_boz" ] 30 Jun FWD: belated sightings of bluebirds and a mockingbird in Apple R. area ["Blake Maybank" ] 30 Jun Cardinal ["nwayr" ] 29 Jun Re: Better late than never.. [] 29 Jun Turkey Vulture ["rachelhoogenbos" ] 29 Jun Better late than never.. ["rachelhoogenbos" ] 29 Jun Vulture ["Shawn Hicks" ] 28 Jun Laughing Gulls, Hartlen's Point ["Eric L. Mills" ] 28 Jun Laughing Gulls, Hartlen's Point ["Eric L. Mills" ] 24 Jun laughing gull 1st year. ["shirleylovesbirds" ] 23 Jun laughing gull ["Michael King" ] 20 Jun Bluebirds, Brier Island ["Eric Mills" ] 20 Jun Bluebirds, Brier Island ["Eric Mills" ] 19 Jun Kittiwakes, Gull Rock, Digby Co. ["Eric Mills" ] 19 Jun Kittiwakes, Gull Rock, Digby Co. ["Eric Mills" ] 18 Jun Oyster Catchers ["patandaileen" ] 7 Jun E. Bluebird and Pomarine Jaeger, Brier Island ["Eric Mills" ] 16 Jun Nesting Red-bellied Woodpeckers at Birch Cove Park ? ["bernard burke" ] 16 Jun Nesting Red-bellied Woodpeckers at Birch Cove Park ? ["bernard burke" ] 16 Jun cardinals and rb grosbeaks ["lauriemarshall31" ] 15 Jun sedge wren update and Briar Island seabirds ["Michael King" ] 14 Jun Willow flycatchers, East Preston. ["ta_boz" ] 14 Jun Willow Flycatcher in Colchester County ["Blake Maybank" ] 14 Jun Atlassing Notes [Angus MacLean ] 14 Jun Wild Turkey ["rachelhoogenbos" ] 11 Jun More on Cattle Egret, Upper Stewiacke [] 11 Jun Cattle Egret, Upper Stewiacke [] 8 Jun Rough-winged Swallow & Green Heron ["Eric Mills" ] 11 Jun More on Cattle Egret, Upper Stewiacke [] 11 Jun Cattle Egret, Upper Stewiacke [] 09 Jun Great Egrets in Albert Bridge, Cape Breton ["tumayoung" ] 9 Jun Ruddy Duck [] 9 Jun Ruddy Duck [] 8 Jun Rough-winged Swallow & Green Heron ["Eric Mills" ] 07 Jun Peregrine in Halifax. ["ta_boz" ] 7 Jun E. Bluebird and Pomarine Jaeger, Brier Island ["Eric Mills" ] 5 Jun FWD: Boat-tailed Grackle reported from Long Island, Digby County ["Blake Maybank" ] 04 Jun Great Egret, Night Heron, no more Marbled Godwit ["rachelhoogenbos" ] 3 Jun Two Tricolored Herons, Cow Bay marsh, HRM [] 3 Jun Two Tricolored Herons, Cow Bay marsh, HRM [] 31 May Marbled Godwit, Ipswich Sparrow on CSI ["Eric Mills" ] 1 Jun Boreal Owl ["Ross & Linda Hall" ] 01 Jun scarlet tanagers ["Michael King" ] 1 Jun Pomarine Jaeger ["McKnight,Julie [Dartmouth]" ] 31 May Sedge Wren on Digby Neck [Patrick Kelly ] 31 May Sedge Wren on Digby Neck [Patrick Kelly ] 31 May Marbled Godwit, Ipswich Sparrow on CSI ["Eric Mills" ] 29 May Northern Parula Warbler ["Graham" ] 29 May Large grackle on CSI [] 28 May 2 Tricolored Herons at Conrad's Beach Marsh, Great Egret at Cow Bay [Dominic Cormier ] 28 May Little Blue Heron [Hans Toom ] 28 May Great Egret, PIPLs ["rachelhoogenbos" ] 27 May Indigo Bunting, Ketch Harbour (belated report) ["Patricia L. Chalmers" ] 27 May Re: Reddish Egret in Brooklyn, Queens Cnty tonight [] 27 May Re: Reddish Egret in Brooklyn, Queens Cnty tonight [] 27 May Reddish Egret in Brooklyn, Queens Cnty tonight ["DPoole" ] 27 May Reddish Egret in Brooklyn, Queens Cnty tonight ["DPoole" ] 27 May Orchard Oriole - date ["David Currie" ] 27 May Orchard Oriole ["David Currie" ] 26 May CSI Grackle Not Seen [Don MacNeill ] 26 May CSI Grackle Not Seen [Don MacNeill ] 26 May Indigo Bunting, Indian Harbour [Patricia Chalmers ] 25 May Yellow-breasted Chat - Musquodoboit Trailways, Eastern Shore ["Lucas Berrigan" ] 25 May Yellow-breasted Chat - Musquodoboit Trailways, Eastern Shore ["Lucas Berrigan" ] 25 May Boat Tailed Grackle ["patandaileen" ] 25 May Canada Warbler and many others [Hans Toom ] 25 May Forward re Boat-tailed Grackle [] 25 May Messages re: Snowy Plover, Great-tailed Grackle, CSI [] 25 May Reports of Snowy Plover, Boat-tailed Grackle, CSI [] 24 May northern rough-winged swallow ["Michael King" ] 24 May Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks ["lauriemarshall31" ] 24 May Indigo Bunting [Hans Toom ] 24 May tri-colored heron update ["Michael King" ] 23 May Boreal Owl [Susann Myers ] Subject: Willow Flycatcher, Antigonish From: Bruce Stevens <bstevens AT stfx.ca> Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:34:22 -0300 Randy Lauff and I heard a Willow Flycatcher singing this afternoon in about the same area as Ken McKenna reported one a couple of weeks ago (from the railroad tracks at the "2nd" bridge past the sewage treatment plant, Antigonish). We didn't get a visual, but the bird was singing loudly for several minutes. Bruce Stevens Subject: FWD: Little Egret reported from The Hawk, Cape Sable Island From: "Blake Maybank" <accentor AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:49:11 -0400 03 July 2009 Johnny Nickerson has reported that a Little Egret has been seen all day the "The Guzzle" along the road from Lower Clark's Harbour to The Hawk, on Cape Sable Island, Shelburne County. There are no other details. Forwarded by: Blake Maybank White's Lake, Nova Scotia maybank AT ns.sympatico.ca "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS/BSNS.htm Subject: Eastern bluebird nesting - Pubnico From: "ta_boz" <ta_boz AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:48:58 -0000 During our visit to West Pubnico, for the Tern festival (Jun 27 & 28), we were invited to the house of one of the local attendees to see an Eastern Bluebird nesting in their bird house. We have since been told that there are 4 eggs in the nest. I have entered this sighting in the Atlas as a casual observation and will upgrade it should we be informed of any hatchling sightings. Subject: FWD: belated sightings of bluebirds and a mockingbird in Apple R. area From: "Blake Maybank" <accentor AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:50:43 -0400 From: "Kathleen & Blaine Spicer" Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 I saw a N. Mockingbird in New Salem on June 9th. On June 24, when I was walking in Apple River, I heard a Black-billed Cuckoo . I have seen E. Bluebirds a few times, saw two on June 9th & again on June 15th in Apple River, and I saw a pair in New Salem June 14th, and a male in same location on June 21st. Kathleen Forwarded by: Blake Maybank White's Lake, Nova Scotia maybank AT ns.sympatico.ca "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS/BSNS.htm Subject: Cardinal From: "nwayr" <nayer AT eastlink.ca> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:34:04 -0000 I heard a Northern Cardinal singing on Rose St. in Dartmouth on my way to work early this morning, around 7:00am. Wasn't able to see it amongst the leafy trees, but the song was unmistakable. Nathan Subject: Re: Better late than never.. From: uhoeger AT dal.ca Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:45:49 -0300 Well, This species is currently (i.e. Maritime Breeding Atlases) not shown as nesting in the area. Can anyone give me an update on the species status in the Pubnico area? Otherwise, given the data available and the circumstances of the sighting, further investigation may be necessary to exclude other possibilities. Cheers Ulli > > Reported by friends Janet Jardine and Sid Grabill, Sunday 7AM, Pubnico, > a Virginia Rail with chicks (3 or 4 not sure) on the Pond Road. > Subject: Turkey Vulture From: "rachelhoogenbos" <rachelhoogenbos AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:45:06 -0000 nearly forgot... on the way from CSI to Pubnico on Sat, on 103 at marker 38, a Turkey Vulture having a roadkill brunch. Talk about ripping into your food! Rachel Subject: Better late than never.. From: "rachelhoogenbos" <rachelhoogenbos AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:35:55 -0000 Had a great time at the Pubnico Tern Festival on Saturday - boatride was fabulous - saw all 3 Tern flavours at Brothers Island (Common, Arctic and Roseate), a number of Wilson's Sorm Petrels and 2 rough-winged Swallows (plus usual suspects), but, most rare of all, a deer swimming from the windmill point to the mainland. It was a very strong swimmer and made it, no problem! Reported by friends Janet Jardine and Sid Grabill, Sunday 7AM, Pubnico, a Virginia Rail with chicks (3 or 4 not sure) on the Pond Road. Cheers, Rachel Subject: Vulture From: "Shawn Hicks" <shawn.hicks AT hiaa.ca> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:07:05 -0000 On Friday afternoon I saw a vulture fly eastward over the highway about 3km south of the Halifax Airport. Subject: Laughing Gulls, Hartlen's Point From: "Eric L. Mills" <e.mills AT dal.ca> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:58:04 -0300 This morning about 10, an adult Laughing Gull (presumably the one seen in the area for some days) was resting among Ring-bills on an intertidal spit at the base of Hartlen's Point (about opposite Caddy Road). It was soon joined by a very worn first-cycle bird that appeared to come in from the open sea; it foraged actively for several minutes along the shore, and then flew to the N into the harbour as the tide rose. Subject: Laughing Gulls, Hartlen's Point From: "Eric L. Mills" <E.Mills AT Dal.Ca> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:58:04 -0300 This morning about 10, an adult Laughing Gull (presumably the one seen in the area for some days) was resting among Ring-bills on an intertidal spit at the base of Hartlen's Point (about opposite Caddy Road). It was soon joined by a very worn first-cycle bird that appeared to come in from the open sea; it foraged actively for several minutes along the shore, and then flew to the N into the harbour as the tide rose. Subject: laughing gull 1st year. From: "shirleylovesbirds" <shirley.t.hughes AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:42:55 -0000 Hi all We saw Mike King's laughing gull around 2:15 today (June 24th) at McCormick's beach. Shirley Subject: laughing gull From: "Michael King" <warblerking AT yahoo.ca> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:20:34 -0000 June 22,09 an immature laughing gull was at McCormick's Beach around 7:00pm. last seen flying towards Hartlen Point. GO BIRDING, Mike Subject: Bluebirds, Brier Island From: "Eric Mills" <e.mills AT dal.ca> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:25:19 +0000 For afficionados of those lovely birds: after two days of no E. Bluebirds (that's zero), a flock of 6 (four males and two females) was moving along Lighthouse Road before the rain began this morning about 9:30. Where they come from and where they go, I don't know. Is it even the same group each time? Very frustrating for atlassers. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Eric L. Mills 286 Kingsburg Road RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0, Canada Subject: Bluebirds, Brier Island From: "Eric Mills" <E.Mills AT Dal.Ca> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:25:19 +0000 For afficionados of those lovely birds: after two days of no E. Bluebirds (that's zero), a flock of 6 (four males and two females) was moving along Lighthouse Road before the rain began this morning about 9:30. Where they come from and where they go, I don't know. Is it even the same group each time? Very frustrating for atlassers. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Eric L. Mills 286 Kingsburg Road RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0, Canada ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:NS-RBA-digest AT yahoogroups.com mailto:NS-RBA-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NS-RBA-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Kittiwakes, Gull Rock, Digby Co. From: "Eric Mills" <e.mills AT dal.ca> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:52:18 +0000 Atlas square 19GJ09 contains only one dot of land, Gull Rock S of Brier Island. I got out there this morning, thanks to a brief charter from Mariner Cruises. It's a bleak place - a couple of nesting D-c. Cormorants and lounging Herring and Black-backed Gulls plus male eiders. The big surprise was a group of 25 Kittiwakes on the rocks. All were 2nd-cycle birds, so no evidence of breeding. But it could happen, so another look next year (a bit earlier) is in the cards. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Eric L. Mills 286 Kingsburg Road RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0, Canada Subject: Kittiwakes, Gull Rock, Digby Co. From: "Eric Mills" <E.Mills AT Dal.Ca> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:52:18 +0000 Atlas square 19GJ09 contains only one dot of land, Gull Rock S of Brier Island. I got out there this morning, thanks to a brief charter from Mariner Cruises. It's a bleak place - a couple of nesting D-c. Cormorants and lounging Herring and Black-backed Gulls plus male eiders. The big surprise was a group of 25 Kittiwakes on the rocks. All were 2nd-cycle birds, so no evidence of breeding. But it could happen, so another look next year (a bit earlier) is in the cards. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Eric L. Mills 286 Kingsburg Road RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0, Canada ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:NS-RBA-digest AT yahoogroups.com mailto:NS-RBA-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NS-RBA-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Oyster Catchers From: "patandaileen" <patandaileen AT yahoo.ca> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:26:56 -0000 2 Oyster Catchers sighted last evening at Sand Hills Prov. Park, feeding near the water at low tide, at the end of the point.--Aileen Smith Subject: E. Bluebird and Pomarine Jaeger, Brier Island From: "Eric Mills" <emills AT dal.ca> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 01:24:42 +0000 This afternoon a pair of E. Bluebirds was prospecting along the Lighthouse Road between the Pugh farm and the Woodside Cemetery. Hard to know if they will stay, but they are still a nice addition to that atlas square. This evening an ad. Pomarine Jaeger was harassing Herring Gulls off Northern Point. Suddenly it broke off, accelerated remarkably, gained altitude, and pitched into a flock of a dozen imm. Kittiwakes flying into the Bay. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Eric L. Mills 286 Kingsburg Road RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0, Canada Subject: Nesting Red-bellied Woodpeckers at Birch Cove Park ? From: "bernard burke" <blburke AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:44:15 -0300 Hi All I don't have any first hand information on this, but on the Community Herald photo site in the Dartmouth section , I have stumbled upon a photo someone has posted, showing a male and female Red-bellied Woodpecker and the location is listed as Birch Cove: http://communityherald.ca/read/40/37011 Bernard Burke blburke AT ns.sympatico.ca Dartmouth Subject: Nesting Red-bellied Woodpeckers at Birch Cove Park ? From: "bernard burke" <blburke AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:44:15 -0300 Hi All I don't have any first hand information on this, but on the Community Herald photo site in the Dartmouth section , I have stumbled upon a photo someone has posted, showing a male and female Red-bellied Woodpecker and the location is listed as Birch Cove: http://communityherald.ca/read/40/37011 Bernard Burke blburke AT ns.sympatico.ca Dartmouth Subject: cardinals and rb grosbeaks From: "lauriemarshall31" <lauriemarshall31 AT yahoo.ca> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:17:16 -0000 For the last 4 days, we have had the male and female cardinals and rose breasted grosbeaks at the feeders. Sometimes simutaneously- will get some pics- Have a great day! Laurie Kentville, NS Subject: sedge wren update and Briar Island seabirds From: "Michael King" <warblerking AT yahoo.ca> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:34:37 -0000 June 14,09 the sedge wren is still in the Tiddville Marsh. Briar Island birds: 4 eastern bluebirds(2 pairs) all seabirds were seen off Western Light and Northern Light. 7500 wilson's storm petrels 3 leach's storm petrels 2 parasitic jaegers 1 manx shearwater 8 greater shearwaters 35 sooty shearwaters 9 atlantic puffins 7 razorbills 3 common murres 3 northern fulmars 3 black-legged kittiwakes GO BIRDING, Mike King and Fulton Lavender Subject: Willow flycatchers, East Preston. From: "ta_boz" <ta_boz AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:15:23 -0000 Atlasing this morning in East Preston we saw and heard three or four Willow Flycatchers in different locations. We also heard Alder Flycatchers for a good comparison of songs. Returning home we see that today was a popular day for the Willow Flycatcher, they are popping up all over the place. Subject: Willow Flycatcher in Colchester County From: "Blake Maybank" <accentor AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:3:42 -0400 14 June 2009 While doing my Londonderry Breeding Bird Survey this morning I had a singing Willow Flycatcher at stop #3, north of East Montrose, in Colchester County. The UTM GPS coordinates were: E0445378 N5032197 Blake Maybank White's Lake, Nova Scotia maybank AT ns.sympatico.ca "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS/BSNS.htm Subject: Atlassing Notes From: Angus MacLean <angusmcl AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:05:01 -0300 Started atlassing yesterday in my Grafton Square quite early. Went well until the winds came up forcing me to seek out point counts that were more protected. ok until it started to drizzle. Only completed 10 PCs. Found another Willow Flycatcher...apparently not as rare as thought!! As I was walking back to the vehicle from a point count, an individual was singing. Should have heard it from my p.c. spot. In any case it was at UTM E0368633, N4992468. The location is off Coleman Road.....it runs south from Brooklyn St. and then West to the Black Rock Road. On some maps it is called Cornwallis Square. The bird was at the right-angled corner. The other Willow Flycatcher was at West Black Rock Road and Hiltz Road...UTM E0365157, N4998779. The former Willow is more reliable, I believe. An interesting part of these sightings is that in each case Alder Flycatchers can be heard at the same time as the Willow. Previously I have only heard that pairing in S. Ontario. Angus Subject: Wild Turkey From: "rachelhoogenbos" <rachelhoogenbos AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:59:04 -0000 Sat. Jun 13 - 08.30 on route 340, Richfield, Digby County, a wild Turkey, in front of Eldon White's house. I suspect someone in that area has bred this bird and let it go, despite the ban on importing them as game birds. Rachel Subject: More on Cattle Egret, Upper Stewiacke From: iamclar AT DAL.CA Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:35:21 -0300 All: Corinne Redden-Bélanger has sent the following further information on the Cattle Egret. Angela O'Connell is a neighbour. "I first spotted the Cattle Egret in Otterbrook on Highway 289 on Monday, June 8th. It was sighted again on Stewart Hill Road in Upper Stewiacke by Angela O'Connell about 6 km from Otterbrook. I'm assuming this is the same bird. I will let you know when the last sighting is. The picture I sent was taken this morning by Angela O'Connell, June 11th around 7:00 am." I will get permission to put the photo on NS-RBA Photos under Herons. Ian McLaren Subject: Cattle Egret, Upper Stewiacke From: iamclar AT DAL.CA Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:01:15 -0300 All: Corinne Redden has e-mailed a photo of a Cattle Egret (first this season?) in near-nuptial plumage that is "flying around my neighbour's house . . ." The Reddens are located at: 210 Southside Rd, Upper Stewiacke; from Hwy 289. Cheers, Ian McLaren Subject: Rough-winged Swallow & Green Heron From: "Eric Mills" <emills AT dal.ca> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:02:34 +0000 This morning while atlassing on Digby Neck, I found a N. Rough-winged Swallow at Tiddville Pond. Most of the time it was alone, but the occasional Tree Swallow joined it. This afternoon there was a Green Heron in Pond Cove, Brier I. - perhaps the one seen along Lighthouse Road last week. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Eric L. Mills 286 Kingsburg Road RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0, Canada Subject: More on Cattle Egret, Upper Stewiacke From: iamclar AT dal.ca Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:35:21 -0300 All: Corinne Redden-Bélanger has sent the following further information on the Cattle Egret. Angela O'Connell is a neighbour. "I first spotted the Cattle Egret in Otterbrook on Highway 289 on Monday, June 8th. It was sighted again on Stewart Hill Road in Upper Stewiacke by Angela O'Connell about 6 km from Otterbrook. I'm assuming this is the same bird. I will let you know when the last sighting is. The picture I sent was taken this morning by Angela O'Connell, June 11th around 7:00 am." I will get permission to put the photo on NS-RBA Photos under Herons. Ian McLaren Subject: Cattle Egret, Upper Stewiacke From: iamclar AT dal.ca Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:01:15 -0300 All: Corinne Redden has e-mailed a photo of a Cattle Egret (first this season?) in near-nuptial plumage that is "flying around my neighbour's house . . ." The Reddens are located at: 210 Southside Rd, Upper Stewiacke; from Hwy 289. Cheers, Ian McLaren Subject: Great Egrets in Albert Bridge, Cape Breton From: "tumayoung" <tumayoung AT yahoo.ca> Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:48:33 -0000 Hi, I have posted pictures of the two great egrets that were at albert bridge, Cape Breton. I have also posted picture of spring warblers and other birds for you on my flickr account-if you want to see them, go to www.flickr.com/photos/tumayoung. So, now I have to see how to post on this site. Subject: Ruddy Duck From: bdigout AT seaside.ns.ca Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 20:34:10 -0300 (ADT) My daughter, April and I got close looks at a beautiful male Ruddy Duck in the pond on George Peter's Rd. in L'Ardoise, Rich. County. Billy Subject: Ruddy Duck From: bdigout AT seaside.ns.ca Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 20:34:10 -0300 (ADT) My daughter, April and I got close looks at a beautiful male Ruddy Duck in the pond on George Peter's Rd. in L'Ardoise, Rich. County. Billy Subject: Rough-winged Swallow & Green Heron From: "Eric Mills" <emills AT dal.ca> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:02:34 +0000 This morning while atlassing on Digby Neck, I found a N. Rough-winged Swallow at Tiddville Pond. Most of the time it was alone, but the occasional Tree Swallow joined it. This afternoon there was a Green Heron in Pond Cove, Brier I. - perhaps the one seen along Lighthouse Road last week. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Eric L. Mills 286 Kingsburg Road RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0, Canada ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:NS-RBA-digest AT yahoogroups.com mailto:NS-RBA-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NS-RBA-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Peregrine in Halifax. From: "ta_boz" <ta_boz AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:25:44 -0000 We were out at Seaview park over the lunch hour and noted a Peregrine Falcon perched on the red and white power line tower on the Halifax side of the harbour near the McKay bridge. It chased a couple of pigeons with no success and gave us a nice fly-over showing all of the underbelly field marks. Not a reportable species but nice to see in the city. Subject: E. Bluebird and Pomarine Jaeger, Brier Island From: "Eric Mills" <emills AT dal.ca> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 01:24:42 +0000 This afternoon a pair of E. Bluebirds was prospecting along the Lighthouse Road between the Pugh farm and the Woodside Cemetery. Hard to know if they will stay, but they are still a nice addition to that atlas square. This evening an ad. Pomarine Jaeger was harassing Herring Gulls off Northern Point. Suddenly it broke off, accelerated remarkably, gained altitude, and pitched into a flock of a dozen imm. Kittiwakes flying into the Bay. 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Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: FWD: Boat-tailed Grackle reported from Long Island, Digby County From: "Blake Maybank" <accentor AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 7:52:54 -0400 04 June 2009 Fulton Lavender and Clarence Stevens Sr. report the following Digby County rarities on June 4: Boat-tailed Grackle at the freshwater pond in Freeport, Long Island -- for details contact Fulton Lavender, 455-4966. 2 singing Sedge Wrens at the Tiddville Marsh, Digby Neck. 1 Green Heron at the Peajack Pond on Brier Island Forwarded by: Blake Maybank White's Lake, Nova Scotia maybank AT ns.sympatico.ca "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS/BSNS.htm Subject: Great Egret, Night Heron, no more Marbled Godwit From: "rachelhoogenbos" <rachelhoogenbos AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:29:25 -0000 Disturbing news: After spectacular viewing of the Marbled Godwit on Sunday - he did a fly-by while Johnnie and Sandra were visiting! - he disappeared. Most likely because the next day I saw a man with two women with cameras in tow, walk right into the breeding area at low tide around 1PM. The same man was there a week or so earlier with 3 teenagers with cameras. He clearly deems himself a local guide, but is too insensitive and dumb to realize the damage he is doing - or does not care. I yelled at him to Go Back, Get Out etc etc. which he eventually did. Meanwhile I had called DNR Shelburne, who came, but of course after the person had disappeared in the direction of Stoney Island. If anyone knows who this man might be, please let me know, so we can see if we can do some education effort. Meanwhile, the Great Egret etc are back, but not till two days after the event. If you have a better idea, let me know. Thanks! Rachel Subject: Two Tricolored Herons, Cow Bay marsh, HRM From: iamclar AT Dal.Ca Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 12:23:19 -0300 All: Marie Reid reported today that two Tricoloured Herons have been present for a couple of days on the saltmarsh behind Silver Sands Beach, Cow Bay. Today, she obtained some photos, one of which I have put on the NS-RBA photo site, for the record. Note that this species, along with other "southern" herons, nests as far north as southern Maine. Can we expect this here soon? And, has anyone followed up on the report a week or so ago in the Chronicle Herald of nesting Great Egrets near Domonion? Cheers, Ian Ian McLaren Subject: Two Tricolored Herons, Cow Bay marsh, HRM From: iamclar AT dal.ca Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 12:23:19 -0300 All: Marie Reid reported today that two Tricoloured Herons have been present for a couple of days on the saltmarsh behind Silver Sands Beach, Cow Bay. Today, she obtained some photos, one of which I have put on the NS-RBA photo site, for the record. Note that this species, along with other "southern" herons, nests as far north as southern Maine. Can we expect this here soon? And, has anyone followed up on the report a week or so ago in the Chronicle Herald of nesting Great Egrets near Domonion? Cheers, Ian Ian McLaren Subject: Marbled Godwit, Ipswich Sparrow on CSI From: "Eric Mills" <emills AT dal.ca> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 19:53:56 +0000 The Marbled Godwit appeared in the Daniel's Hd marsh at high water today, seen by Anne, Ian McLaren and me. A female Ipswich Sparrow near the thicket at Daniel's Hd was either a very late migrant or a potential breeder with a Savannah Sparrow Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Eric L. Mills 286 Kingsburg Road RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0, Canada Subject: Boreal Owl From: "Ross & Linda Hall" <ross.hall AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:20:59 -0300 Another Boreal Owl report near Earltown/ Tatamagouche. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:53 PM Subject: hooting surveys > Hi, Ross, > > Vilis and I conducted four hooting surveys in May, three in the Balmoral > Mills square and one in the Tatamagouche square. In Balmoral, we surveyed > sixteen different sites and > recorded hooting responses from thirteen barred owls (two pairs flew in, > one of which was extremely agitated) and one great horned owl. In the > Tatamagouche square, we surveyed > five sites (much less forested habitat) and recorded six barred owls away > in the distance and one boreal owl that came in close and flew up and down > parallel to the road, calling in > response to the CD. We also heard American woodcocks calling and > performing flight displays in both squares at dusk. Now that it's June, > I'm planning to switch over from hooting > surveys to point counts. > > Best regards, and I hope you find these results of interest. > > Magi > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:NS-RBA-digest AT yahoogroups.com mailto:NS-RBA-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NS-RBA-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: scarlet tanagers From: "Michael King" <warblerking AT yahoo.ca> Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:29:26 -0000 May 31,09(7:30-10:00am) Hartlen Point Back Cove 2 scarlet tanagers(1 adult male)(1 imm.male) main enterance to the golf coarse in the patch of woods next to the sign 1 black-billed cuckoo GO BIRDING, Mike Subject: Pomarine Jaeger From: "McKnight,Julie [Dartmouth]" <julie.mcknight AT ec.gc.ca> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:48:07 -0300 We sighted a Pomarine Jaeger on Friday during a return trip from Country Island (our Tern Restoration site). The bird was dogging lobster boats looking for a handout. Julie ________________________________________ Julie McKnight Biologist, Species at Risk Recovery Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada 45 Alderney Drive, 16th floor (mail) / 7th floor (office) Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2N6 Julie.mcknight AT ec.gc.ca Subject: Sedge Wren on Digby Neck From: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly AT dal.ca> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 18:17:31 -0300 Hello: I just got back from the out-of-town Nova Scotia bird society meeting near Digby. At dinner last night, Becky Steward and Olivier (whose last name I did not get) reported that they had heard a sedge wren singing near the Whale Cove Campground near Tidville. The bird was about 100 metres on the left side of the road before reaching the actual campground. More details may follow as Suzanne Borkowski and Wayne Neilly were going there after breakfast to see if it was still around. = = ======================================================================== Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities = = ======================================================================== Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University = = ======================================================================== PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada = = ======================================================================== Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly AT dal.ca = = ======================================================================== Subject: Sedge Wren on Digby Neck From: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly AT dal.ca> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 18:17:31 -0300 Hello: I just got back from the out-of-town Nova Scotia bird society meeting near Digby. At dinner last night, Becky Steward and Olivier (whose last name I did not get) reported that they had heard a sedge wren singing near the Whale Cove Campground near Tidville. The bird was about 100 metres on the left side of the road before reaching the actual campground. More details may follow as Suzanne Borkowski and Wayne Neilly were going there after breakfast to see if it was still around. = = ======================================================================== Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities = = ======================================================================== Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University = = ======================================================================== PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada = = ======================================================================== Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly AT dal.ca = = ======================================================================== Subject: Marbled Godwit, Ipswich Sparrow on CSI From: "Eric Mills" <emills AT dal.ca> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 19:53:56 +0000 The Marbled Godwit appeared in the Daniel's Hd marsh at high water today, seen by Anne, Ian McLaren and me. A female Ipswich Sparrow near the thicket at Daniel's Hd was either a very late migrant or a potential breeder with a Savannah Sparrow Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Eric L. Mills 286 Kingsburg Road RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0, Canada ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:NS-RBA-digest AT yahoogroups.com mailto:NS-RBA-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NS-RBA-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Northern Parula Warbler From: "Graham" <ghawkins AT hfx.eastlink.ca> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 22:33:12 -0000 came into the feeders for just a minute or so this afternoon....long eoungh for me to grab the camera and get his picture Subject: Large grackle on CSI From: iamclar AT dal.ca Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 12:28:39 -0300 All: There have been no detailed descriptions as yet of the large grackle seen at feeders and on the Daniels Head saltmarsh on CSI. The latter habitat might suggest Boaat-tailed, although numbers Common Grackles forage have been foraging there, too; birds can be pretty flexible in habitat choice. The field guides note the difficulties of distinguishing Boat-tailed from Great-tailed, and the monograph on blackbirds by Jaramillo and Burke starts off by stating that it is "very difficult." Structure, plumage patterns, and vocalizations are all important. I do have a photo taken with a point-and-shoot by Julie Smith of the bird partly hidden in the bushes at their in Barrington Passage, I have greatly cropped and up-pixellated this image and sent it to some US E. Coast experts familiar with the expected, pale-eyed subspecies _torreyi_, to see what they think. I'll put it on the NS-RBA photo site in due course. Meanwhile Eileen Smith just sent the following further information: "We keep looking, but haven't seen it again, sadly, but have our camera ready, in case. There is another possible sighting in Sydney Heights, North East Pt. CSI by a friend, named Cecil Atkinson, who has also had a pileated woodpecker and a female eastern bluebird at his property in the past." So, Cecil Atkinson's property (feeder?) might be worth checking by anyone down CSI way. All the best, Ian Ian McLaren Subject: 2 Tricolored Herons at Conrad's Beach Marsh, Great Egret at Cow Bay From: Dominic Cormier <dcormier AT uoguelph.ca> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 17:16:21 -0400 (EDT) Hello, At 2:30 PM today I scanned the marsh at Conrad's beach and found not one, but two adult TRICOLORED HERONS!I spotted the first one when I scanned from the parking lot, it's contrasting breast quite evident. As I walk out on the marsh to get a better look, I spotted a second one feeding actively behind the first. The two birds then took of together farther back in the marsh from the beach parking lot. I watched them for about 10 minutes before I left. Later in the day a stop at Cow Bay revealed a GREAT EGRET that was visible from the Moose through the haze. Cheers, Dominic Halifax Subject: Little Blue Heron From: Hans Toom <htoom AT hfx.eastlink.ca> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 15:56:13 -0300 There was a stunning Little Blue Heron in breeding plumage at the residence of Robin Anthony of 532 Brooklyn Shore Road, Brooklyn area. It was foraging in the bog on the far side of the inlet with a Great Blue Heron. Eric Mills also came by and was able to see this bird. The bird is not tall enough to be visible in all parts of the bog especially when standing in water so be patient. The property itself fronts on outstanding wader habitat. I was able to obtain some photos including both birds standing side by side, a rare shot indeed. Hans _________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada Website: http://hanstoom.com _________________________________ Subject: Great Egret, PIPLs From: "rachelhoogenbos" <rachelhoogenbos AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:54:52 -0000 Yesterday, May 27, at Daniel's Head Inlet CSI, a male Great Egret stood preening for at least an hour behind my house in the saltmarsh, his breeding plumes wafting in the wind. What a sight! The same pair (probably) as reported before of PIPLs, at the entrance to DH Beach, by the sign, amidsts truck and ATV tracks. Cheers, Rachel Subject: Indigo Bunting, Ketch Harbour (belated report) From: "Patricia L. Chalmers" <patricia.chalmers AT ukings.ns.ca> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:45:37 -0300 Yet another report of an Indigo Bunting. A friend told me this evening that he had an adult male Indigo Bunting at his feeder about ten days ago, at his home in Ketch Harbour. Patricia L. Chalmers Halifax Subject: Re: Reddish Egret in Brooklyn, Queens Cnty tonight From: uhoeger AT dal.ca Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:51:28 -0300 Wow, In all those years I am writing up the heron section for NSBirds pretty much all but this species had been seen and reported in NS at one point or another. I am correct to assume that the bird is off the dark/reddish morph and not the white kind? This spring seems exceptional, as -out of the back of my head- only Yellow- crowned Nightheron and Least Bittern has not been seen and reported in the past few weeks. Looms like a lot of work to write up the Spring sightings for 2009 in my department. Cheers Ulli Subject: Re: Reddish Egret in Brooklyn, Queens Cnty tonight From: uhoeger AT dal.ca Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:51:28 -0300 Wow, In all those years I am writing up the heron section for NSBirds pretty much all but this species had been seen and reported in NS at one point or another. I am correct to assume that the bird is off the dark/reddish morph and not the white kind? This spring seems exceptional, as -out of the back of my head- only Yellow- crowned Nightheron and Least Bittern has not been seen and reported in the past few weeks. Looms like a lot of work to write up the Spring sightings for 2009 in my department. Cheers Ulli Subject: Reddish Egret in Brooklyn, Queens Cnty tonight From: "DPoole" <dpoolex AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 21:00:30 -0300 Robin Anthony of 532 Brooklyn Shore Road saw a Reddish Egret tonight between 6 and 7. She alerted Peter Davies immediately after identifying it and he and I just got back from watching it for about half an hour (7:15-7:45). I took some pictures through my scope and so did Robin. We watched it fly from the shore to a rock where it soon was harassed by two gulls so took off. It flew westerly towards Liverpool but we did not see where it landed. I'll check the area out tomorrow AM. Robin has welcomed any birder to her property. We viewed the bird from the first parking area after you drive about 200 meters into her driveway. Dorothy Poole Subject: Reddish Egret in Brooklyn, Queens Cnty tonight From: "DPoole" <dpoolex AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 21:00:30 -0300 Robin Anthony of 532 Brooklyn Shore Road saw a Reddish Egret tonight between 6 and 7. She alerted Peter Davies immediately after identifying it and he and I just got back from watching it for about half an hour (7:15-7:45). I took some pictures through my scope and so did Robin. We watched it fly from the shore to a rock where it soon was harassed by two gulls so took off. It flew westerly towards Liverpool but we did not see where it landed. I'll check the area out tomorrow AM. Robin has welcomed any birder to her property. We viewed the bird from the first parking area after you drive about 200 meters into her driveway. Dorothy Poole Subject: Orchard Oriole - date From: "David Currie" <david_currie AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:32:13 -0300 Apologies...the date for the Orchard Oriole in Dartmouth was May 25, 2009. Dave Subject: Orchard Oriole From: "David Currie" <david_currie AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:29:28 -0300 Hi All For the record, belated as it is. We had a female Orchard Oriole on our "one tree orchard" in Dartmouth for a few minutes. It never returned. A photo my wife took is posted on The Yahoo NSRBA page. Also that day was a Chipping Sparrow which is unusual for us and a Red-bellied Woodpecker. David Currie 31 Old Birch Rd Dartmouth, NS Subject: CSI Grackle Not Seen From: Don MacNeill <donmacneill AT eastlink.ca> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 21:20:51 -0300 Liz Doull and I headed down to CSI early this morning to see if we could find the Boat/Great-tailed Grackle without any luck. It was last seen briefly yesterday morning in the backyard of Aileen and Julie in Barrington Passage and they say it hasn't been seen there since. We scoured CSI and Barrington Passage by car but didn't find it. I guess we will have to wait for someone to report a GOUS (grackle of unusual size). On the way home we stopped at Margaret Millard's feeder in White Point. We saw her Blue Grosbeak but the Rose-breasted Grosbeak and another grosbeak had been at the feeder just before we arrived and didn't reappear. Margaret thinks the other grosbeak may be a Black-headed one but isn't sure. Her male hummingbird was doing its arc flying and chasing off intruders. Don Don MacNeill donmacneill AT eastlink.ca Subject: CSI Grackle Not Seen From: Don MacNeill <donmacneill AT eastlink.ca> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 21:20:51 -0300 Liz Doull and I headed down to CSI early this morning to see if we could find the Boat/Great-tailed Grackle without any luck. It was last seen briefly yesterday morning in the backyard of Aileen and Julie in Barrington Passage and they say it hasn't been seen there since. We scoured CSI and Barrington Passage by car but didn't find it. I guess we will have to wait for someone to report a GOUS (grackle of unusual size). On the way home we stopped at Margaret Millard's feeder in White Point. We saw her Blue Grosbeak but the Rose-breasted Grosbeak and another grosbeak had been at the feeder just before we arrived and didn't reappear. Margaret thinks the other grosbeak may be a Black-headed one but isn't sure. Her male hummingbird was doing its arc flying and chasing off intruders. Don Don MacNeill donmacneill AT eastlink.ca Subject: Indigo Bunting, Indian Harbour From: Patricia Chalmers <patricia.chalmers AT ukings.ns.ca> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 12:18:29 -0300 Yet another report of an Indigo Bunting. Colleagues at work told me today that they saw an adult male Indigo Bunting last weekend, visiting the feeders at Copper Leaf Antiques and Collectables, 8554 Peggy's Cove Road, Indian Harbour. Patricia L. Chalmers Halifax Subject: Yellow-breasted Chat - Musquodoboit Trailways, Eastern Shore From: "Lucas Berrigan" <coppersmithbarbet AT yahoo.ca> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 12:23:51 -0300 After being in Cape Breton for the past few days, I decided to check out the Musquodoboit Trailways again in search of the "Mockingbird" my friend Kier and I heard. Well, it turns out it wasn't a mockingbird but a chat. I managed to both photograph and record it singing. It's been five days since I last heard it sing, so I really hope it stays around longer. It has been hanging out in the same small area right behind the baseball field on the river side where a clearing almost reaches the river. It can be heard singing from the parking lot and all the way past the bridge, so don't worry about not finding it. Here are directions to the Musquodoboit Trails: http://www.mta-ns.ca/Index.asp?inc=Directions &s=Spring Yellow-breasted Chat song: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-breasted_Chat/sounds Here are more birds I saw at the trail today: Ruffed Grouse (drumming) Wilson's Snipe (winnowing) Blackburnian Warbler - 3 Alder Flycatcher - 3 Least Flycatcher - 1 Red-eyed Vireo - 3 Eastern Kingbird - 1 And the usual... Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow Warbler American Redstart Black-throated Green Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Northern Parula Common Yellowthroat Blue-headed Vireo Swamp Sparrow At my Feeders this morning I had three Evening Grosbeaks. I'll add photos to my website later today. http://interpolerater.co.cc/ photography.php Lucas Berrigan Eastern Shore, Nova Scotia My website Subject: Yellow-breasted Chat - Musquodoboit Trailways, Eastern Shore From: "Lucas Berrigan" <coppersmithbarbet AT yahoo.ca> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 12:23:51 -0300 After being in Cape Breton for the past few days, I decided to check out the Musquodoboit Trailways again in search of the "Mockingbird" my friend Kier and I heard. Well, it turns out it wasn't a mockingbird but a chat. I managed to both photograph and record it singing. It's been five days since I last heard it sing, so I really hope it stays around longer. It has been hanging out in the same small area right behind the baseball field on the river side where a clearing almost reaches the river. It can be heard singing from the parking lot and all the way past the bridge, so don't worry about not finding it. Here are directions to the Musquodoboit Trails: http://www.mta-ns.ca/Index.asp?inc=Directions &s=Spring Yellow-breasted Chat song: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-breasted_Chat/sounds Here are more birds I saw at the trail today: Ruffed Grouse (drumming) Wilson's Snipe (winnowing) Blackburnian Warbler - 3 Alder Flycatcher - 3 Least Flycatcher - 1 Red-eyed Vireo - 3 Eastern Kingbird - 1 And the usual... Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow Warbler American Redstart Black-throated Green Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Northern Parula Common Yellowthroat Blue-headed Vireo Swamp Sparrow At my Feeders this morning I had three Evening Grosbeaks. I'll add photos to my website later today. http://interpolerater.co.cc/ photography.php Lucas Berrigan Eastern Shore, Nova Scotia My website Subject: Boat Tailed Grackle From: "patandaileen" <patandaileen AT yahoo.ca> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 15:19:18 -0000 Boat Tailed Grackle sighted at our feeder (house #3306- Barrington Pass.) this morning. Aileen & Julie Subject: Canada Warbler and many others From: Hans Toom <htoom AT hfx.eastlink.ca> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 10:50:39 -0300 I finally found a Canada Warbler at Jerry Lawrence Provincial Park. It was singing softly from its southside habitat just behind the first picnic bench after you start a counterclockwise circuit from the intersection. One would be most fortunate to see it from the road and very unhappy to go in after it since its home is a brushy tangle over open water and bog. In total I encountered 16 warbler species this morning, including Blackburnian Warbler and Bay-breasted Warbler. Hans _________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada Website: http://hanstoom.com _________________________________ Subject: Forward re Boat-tailed Grackle From: iamclar AT dal.ca Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 10:07:59 -0300 Goodmorning Ian; hope this finds you well. Goodmorning Ian; Hope this finds you well. I tried to pull up that link in the NSRBA re above, but that must be the most unfriendly website I have ever seen, it does not let me in, nor does it display the message.I assume this is from Clarence Stevens, as he was at my house Saturday, and we saw the boattail from my deck (I had seen it earlier that week, but don't feel I am enough of an expert to report it). Would it be possible for you to cut and paste the message to the NSRBA site? Thanks Cheers, Rachel [Comment by IAM. This would be the first record of this species from Nova Scotia (earlier records did not distinguish some sightings of this species from Great-tailed Grackle, which has been connfirmed here once. So, detailed notes should be made of this sighting and preferably photos obtained if at all possiible.] Subject: Messages re: Snowy Plover, Great-tailed Grackle, CSI From: iamclar AT dal.ca Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 09:59:20 -0300 Several people have pointed out to me that the limks I included in the previous message were incorrect. Here are the messages from naturens. Cheers, Ian From: hghgh to , 25 May 2009 Hi all me and a birder from ONT. saw a Snowy Plover at Danials Head Fri. at 9 photos have been confirmed. Its was on the beach . You go in were the Piping Plover Sign is and check the beach. all the best Peter in Shelburne __________________________________________________ from Elizabeth Doull to naturens AT chebucto.ns.ca, 25 May 2009 Johnny Nickerson informed me that a boat-tailed grackle visited his yard on Thursday, May 21st. He also had a male Scarlet Tanager enjoying oranges. The huge grackle moved on to the Daniel Head marsh behind Rachel Hoogenbos' house (Civic number is 793) (Saturday, May 23rd) according to Clarence Stevens. Senior Cheers, liz Subject: Reports of Snowy Plover, Boat-tailed Grackle, CSI From: iamclar AT dal.ca Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 07:00:57 -0300 There are reports of Snowy Plover and Boat-tailed Grackle very recently on Cape Sable Island. See: https://my3.dal.ca/webmail/imp/message.php?index=110003 and https://my3.dal.ca/webmail/imp/message.php?index=110014 Subject: northern rough-winged swallow From: "Michael King" <warblerking AT yahoo.ca> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 23:48:16 -0000 there were over 500 swallows at Bissett Lake this evening,amongst the trees and barns,there was 1 northern rough-winged. GO BIRDING, Mike Subject: Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks From: "lauriemarshall31" <lauriemarshall31 AT yahoo.ca> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 20:21:27 -0000 Just saw M and F rose-breasted grosbeaks at the feeder- also, the m and F northern cardinals were at the feeders last evening. Now just hope to see an indigo bunting! Subject: Indigo Bunting From: Hans Toom <htoom AT hfx.eastlink.ca> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 12:43:29 -0300 One male Indigo Bunting at Sandy Cove's beach, end of Sandy Cove Road, HRM, this morning in the rain. A quick tour of the eastern shore of my half of the Chebucto Peninsula turned up no unusual sightings. Hans _________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada Website: http://hanstoom.com _________________________________ Subject: tri-colored heron update From: "Michael King" <warblerking AT yahoo.ca> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 15:37:23 -0000 the tri-colored heron was very cooperative this morning in Lawrencetown marsh,managed to get some photos of which I am downloading now and will post them when I am done. also the great egret is still in Cow Bay,visible from the Moose. GO BIRDING, Mike Subject: Boreal Owl From: Susann Myers <myerss AT eastlink.ca> Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 23:26:09 -0300 On an owl survey near Earltown (north of Truro) last night, I heard 1 Boreal Owl calling. Susann Myers