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Hi Blake,
Very interesting information, and thanks for pulling it all together for us.
I'm mystified about the report of a Fieldfare. I cannot recall mention of this species on either NS-RBA or NatureNS. Can you provide any details on this report?
Thanks again,
Bob McDonald
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From: Blake Maybank
To: BIRDCHAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU ; NATURENB@LISTSERV.UNB.CA ; naturens@chebucto.ns.ca ; peibirders@lists.upei.ca
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:16 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Winter Birding in Canada - 2007-2008 - Mid-season Update
Hello Everyone;
Winter Birding in Canada - 2007-2008 - Mid-season Update
We are pleased to finally welcome Ontario into the fold! They've been missed, and are most welcome. Proof that nagging can work.
Environment Canada's long-term forecast [ http://tinyurl.com/yu46t7 ] (calling for below average temperatures for the December-February period for pretty much the entire country) was depressingly accurate. Thus far almost every part of Canada has experienced an "old-time" winter, colder than any in the past 15+ years.
Now, by the mid-point of the season, the early predictions of lower than average species counts have been realised, and no province has yet even reached its long-term winter average total, and though this may yet happen, no province will likely set any records.
But despite the weather, birders have been afield, and they've found a number of remarkable species. And certain trends have emerged: lots of redpolls everywhere in the south, and a noticeable displacement of western birds to the east, most particularly with respect to Townsend's Solitaires, but to a lesser extent Varied Thrushes, Bullock's Orioles, "western" juncos, and a few others.
The rarest bird remains the Cook's Petrel in British Columbia, a first for Canada. It flew against a home-owner's door in Lillooet following a vicious storm. Although the bird was taken into care, it subsequently died. But Nova Scotia's Magnificent Frigatebird must come a close second.
Here are the various regional totals as of Jan. 22, with a few highlighted species, for all ten provinces, as well as the French islands of Saint-Pierre et Michelon, and the country of Iceland. I've also provided links to each region's winter birding page.
PROVINCES FROM EAST TO WEST:
Newfoundland: http://tinyurl.com/2jqo5p
135 species - Greater White-fronted Goose, Slaty-backed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Bullock's Oriole.
Nova Scotia: http://tinyurl.com/2u2ulg
187 species (average = 195) - Magnificent Frigatebird, Ivory Gull, Empidomax flycatcher sp., White-eyed Vireo, Fieldfare, Grasshopper Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, Bullock's Oriole.
Prince Edward Island: http://tinyurl.com/3bkhwz
103 species (average = 118) - Carolina Wren, Bullock's Oriole, Hoary Redpoll.
New Brunswick: http://tinyurl.com/36hpe4
155 species (average = 162) - Osprey, Spotted Sandpiper, Lark Sparrow.
Quebec: http://tinyurl.com/2ngu7n
153 species - Eurasian Collared-Dove, American Pipit.
Ontario: http://tinyurl.com/23b2zf
191 species - Barnacle Goose, Osprey, Slaty-backed Gull, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Harris's Sparrow.
Manitoba: http://tinyurl.com/yjtx52
90 species (average = 101) - Green-winged Teal, Black-headed Grosbeak.
Saskatchewan: http://tinyurl.com/2qde59
97 species (average = 111) - Barrow's Goldeneye, Greater Sage-Grouse, Gray Catbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker.
Alberta: http://tinyurl.com/yke4sl
138 species (average = 141) - Greater Sage-Grouse, Eastern Screech-Owl, Lewis's Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Cassin's Finch.
British Columbia: http://tinyurl.com/33bmzc
240 species (average = 250) - Arctic Loon, Short-tailed Albatross, Cook's Petrel, Pectoral Sandpiper, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Bobolink.
Other Reporting Regions:
French Islands of Saint-Pierre et Michelon: http://tinyurl.com/y45kl5
87 species (average = 84) - Northern Harrier, Nashville Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird.
Iceland: http://www.fuglar.is/vetrarhlaup.php
90 species - Pink-footed Goose, Surf Scoter, Eurasian Woodcock, Song Thrush.
Good (winter) birding,
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Blake Maybank
maybank@ns.sympatico.ca
Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"
author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"
http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm
White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada
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