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Hi there,
Interesting report, Ken. I had flying White-winged
Crossbills over Margaretsville one day last week. They were
calling. Difficult to know what to make of it.
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
At 10:59 PM 12/07/2008, Ken McKenna wrote:
>Hi all
>Bob Whitman and I spent some time early this morning in his
>Sheepherders Junction Atlas square (20NR12), south of Landsdowne,
>Pictou Co. Just after dawn, we were checking a blueberry field
>unsuccessfully for Vesper Sparrow and clearly heard a distant
>Black-billed Cuckoo calling from an island of trees in a
>regenerating cutover. This is my first Cuckoo this year for the
>breeding bird atlas.
>
>Later in the morning we had a Solitary Sandpiper in a small new
>wet-area.- drying trees in standing water. I assume for now it is a
>returning northerly nester rather than local nesting bird.
>We had six Tennessee Warblers singing -4 within a km of each other.
>Nice to find a small Bank Swallow colony in a quarry- only 10 nests
>but still nice for a bird that seems to be in decline.
>We had 3 pair of Canada Warblers , and Olive-sided Flycatcher in
>one location.
>Again I had a couple of enconters with flying White-winged
>Crossbills. For the last 3 weeks I have had WW Crossbills in at
>least 8 squares. The breeding evidence is a little hard to
>determine. A few seem to be singing, but a lot just calling. It is
>now prime time for atlassing especally early in the morning.
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Interesting report, Ken. I had <font size=2>flying White-winged
Crossbills over Margaretsville one day last week. They were
calling. Difficult to know what to make of it. <br><br>
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Cheers,<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Patricia
L. Chalmers<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Halifax<br>
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At 10:59 PM 12/07/2008, <font size=2>Ken McKenna</font> wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>Hi all<br>
Bob Whitman and I spent some time early this morning in his Sheepherders
Junction Atlas square (20NR12), south of Landsdowne, Pictou Co. Just
after dawn, we were checking a blueberry field unsuccessfully for Vesper
Sparrow and clearly heard a distant Black-billed Cuckoo calling from an
island of trees in a regenerating cutover. This is my first Cuckoo this
year for the breeding bird atlas.<br>
</font> <br>
<font size=2>Later in the morning we had a Solitary Sandpiper in a small
new wet-area.- drying trees in standing water. I assume for now it is a
returning northerly nester rather than local nesting bird. <br>
We had six Tennessee Warblers singing -4 within a km of each other. <br>
Nice to find a small Bank Swallow colony in a quarry- only 10 nests but
still nice for a bird that seems to be in decline.<br>
We had 3 pair of Canada Warblers , and Olive-sided Flycatcher in
one location. <br>
Again I had a couple of enconters with flying White-winged Crossbills.
For the last 3 weeks I have had WW Crossbills in at least 8 squares. The
breeding evidence is a little hard to determine. A few seem to be
singing, but a lot just calling. It is now prime time for atlassing
especally early in the morning. </font></blockquote></body>
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