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Hello Ken=2C Richard=2C et al.
=20
Glad to hear that there are still a few Kingbirds around. Eastern King=
s was about the only part of the province that had them last year=2C and th=
ey did not decline as badly across the country as they have in N. S.=2C per=
haps the reasons that they have not yet been yellow-listed here. Indeed=2C=
the only one that I got in 2008 was across the line in Sackville=2C N. B.=
=20
=20
The Vesper Sparrow also seems to be absent here=2C although I spend li=
ttle time in its habitat. Its absence is not so noticeable to me=2C as it =
always was uncommon to rare or local here (and it is yellow-listed). =20
=20
On looking over my original note=2C I see that I should have said four=
regular swallow species rather than three=2C assuming that we can still ca=
ll all of them regular (I'm excluding Purple Martin). Cliff Swallows are p=
robably rarest now=2C and seem to have stopped nesting under bridges in thi=
s area - does anyone know why? For the first time in a long while=2C I saw=
a few around the Annapolis River bridge in Middleton this summer=2C but co=
uld not see any nests.
=20
Cheers=2C
Wayne Neily=20
Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia=20
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods=2C=20
There is a rapture on the lonely shore=2C=20
There is society where none intrudes=2C=20
By the deep sea=2C and music in its roar:=20
I love not man the less=2C but Nature more." - George Gordon=2C Lord Byron=
=2C 1812.=20
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Date: Fri=2C 17 Jul 2009 21:13:24 -0300
From: kenmcken@eastlink.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Nighthawk(s) recovering?
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
=20
Ken McKenna
Box 218 Stellarton NS
B0K 1S0
902 752-7644
Hi Wayne
Nighthawks do favour cut-over areas here in Pictou-Antigonish. It is hard t=
o tell why you see sme species some years and not others. I lamented on the=
lack of Eastern Kingbirds the first 3 years of the atlas=2C but I have had=
quite a number of them this year in Northern NS.Thety still are greatly do=
wn in numbers from the past atlas.
I think I have seen fewer Canada Warblers this year=2C but I had lots the =
first 3 years of the atlas and most squares up this way have Olive-sided Fl=
ycatchers mostly off the beaten track. The bird that has eluded me except =
for two PEI squares and one in the Cobequid region is Vesper Sparrow. Surel=
y there are more around than we are finding. But what would be the fun if w=
e got everything too easily! Happy atlassing!
cheers
Ken
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Wayne P. Neily=20
To: NatureNS List=20
Cc: Mark Elderkin=20
Sent: Friday=2C July 17=2C 2009 8:19 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Nighthawk(s) recovering?
Hello Folks=2C
=20
Last evening (July 16) I saw two Common Nighthawks hunting over the Gr=
eenwood Mall=2C the first that I have seen there in years. That was excit=
ing enough=2C but this evening (17th)=2C I saw four hunting over my farm he=
re in Tremont - the first I have seen here since moving back to N. S. It =
seems too early for their main migration=2C so perhaps they nested locally.=
For the past few years I have seen or heard them mainly while atlassing c=
learcut areas - perhaps like the Olive-sided Flycatcher=2C it's a species t=
hat benefits from poor forest management. =20
=20
Although this evidence is all anecdotal and short-term=2C I have also=
seen more of several other species of concern this summer than for the pas=
t two or three years=2C viz.=2C the three regular swallow species and Canad=
a Warbler. Unfortunately=2C one species that was once common here remains =
absent=2C and should surely be reviewed by the Dept. of Natural Resources -=
the Eastern Kingbird.
=20
Cheers=2C
Wayne Neily=20
Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia=20
"Come forth into the light of things=2C=20
Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth=2C 1798.=20
=20
Date: Wed=2C 8 Jul 2009 21:50:12 -0300
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
From: plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Halifax nighthawk(s)
Hi there=2C
Jean Hartley and I went for a walk around the Frog Pond in Fleming =
Park=2C Jollimore late this afternoon. Lots of baby birds in evidence. Th=
e best sighting though was of three Common Nighthawks high over the pond=2C=
the first that either of us had seen this year. As Bernard said=2C as usu=
al they were heard before they were seen.
Fleming Park is in the southwestern suburbs of Halifax=2C and I usu=
ally see C. Nighthawks over the Frog Pond several times during the summer. =
However I agree with Bob that in the past nighthawks were right in the ci=
ty (i.e. on the peninsula) more often than they are now. I used to hear th=
em overhead on warm evenings when I was sitting out in my garden. I haven'=
t experienced that lately. (Haven't had any warm summer evenings yet=2C ei=
ther ...)
Cheers=2C
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
At 02:58 PM 28/06/2009=2C Bob McDonaldwrote:
My feeling is that there appears to be fewer Common Nighthawks around in th=
e city than there were even a few years ago. In the past we heard them occ=
asionally after a Neptune or a symphony performance and quite regularly in =
the evening around home in Clayton Park. But not for the past 3-4 years.
Aerial insectivores are being particularly hard hit recently for a number o=
f reasons=2C I suspect.
=20
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Brian Bartlett=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Sunday=2C June 28=2C 2009 2:30 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Halifax nighthawk(s)
Last night between about midnight and 1 a.m. in West End Halifax I heard a =
nighthawk (or nighthawks?) peent-ing many times high in the darkness. Are N=
ova Scotian nighthawks mostly still heard in rural areas=2C or are they now=
more common than they used to be in cities & towns?
Brian
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Hello Ken=2C Richard=2C et al.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
 =3B =3B =3B Glad to hear that there are still a few Kingbirds =
around. =3B Eastern Kings was about the only part of the province that =
had them last year=2C =3Band they did not decline as badly across the c=
ountry as they have in N. S.=2C perhaps the reasons that they have not =
=3Byet been yellow-listed here. =3B Indeed=2C the only one that I got i=
n 2008 was across the line in Sackville=2C N. B. =3B<BR>
 =3B<BR>
 =3B =3B =3B =3B The Vesper Sparrow also seems to be absent=
here=2C although I spend little time in its =3Bhabitat. =3B Its ab=
sence is not so noticeable to me=2C as it always was uncommon to rare or&nb=
sp=3Blocal here (and it is yellow-listed). =3B <BR>
 =3B<BR>
 =3B =3B =3B =3B On looking over my original note=2C I see =
that I should have said four regular swallow species rather than three=2C a=
ssuming that we can still call all of them regular (I'm excluding Purple Ma=
rtin). =3B Cliff Swallows =3Bare probably rarest now=2C and seem to=
have stopped nesting under bridges in this area - does anyone know why?&nb=
sp=3B For the first time in a long while=2C I saw a few around the Annapoli=
s River bridge in Middleton this summer=2C but could not see any nests.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
Cheers=2C<BR><BR>
<DIV>Wayne Neily <BR>Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia <BR><BR>"There is =
a pleasure in the pathless woods=2C <BR>There is a rapture on the lonely sh=
ore=2C <BR>There is society where none intrudes=2C <BR>By the deep sea=2C a=
nd music in its roar: <BR>I love not man the less=2C but Nature more." - Ge=
orge Gordon=2C Lord Byron=2C 1812. =3B<BR><BR> =3B</DIV>
<BR>
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Date: Fri=2C 17 Jul 2009 21:13:24 -0300<BR>From: kenmcken@eastlink.ca<BR>Su=
bject: Re: [NatureNS] Nighthawk(s) recovering?<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.=
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<DIV>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR><FO=
NT face=3DArial>Hi Wayne</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Nighthawks do favour cut-over areas here in Pictou-=
Antigonish. It is hard to tell why you see sme species some years and not o=
thers. I lamented on the lack of Eastern Kingbirds the first 3 years of the=
atlas=2C but I have had quite a number of them this year in Northern NS.Th=
ety still are greatly down in numbers from the past atlas.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> =3BI think I have seen fewer Canada Warblers t=
his year=2C but I had lots the first 3 years of the atlas and most squares =
up this way have Olive-sided Flycatchers mostly off the beaten track. =
=3B The bird that has eluded me except for two PEI squares and one in the C=
obequid region is Vesper Sparrow. Surely there are more around than we are =
finding. But what would be the fun if we got everything too easily! =3B=
Happy atlassing!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Ken</FONT></DIV>
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: 5px=3B BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid=3B MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4=3B FONT: 10pt arial=3B font-color: black"=
><B>From:</B> <A title=3Dneilyornis@hotmail.com href=3D"mailto:neilyornis@h=
otmail.com">Wayne P. Neily</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.=
ca href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=3Delderkmf@gov.ns.ca hr=
ef=3D"mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca">Mark Elderkin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday=2C July 17=2C 2009 8:19=
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Nighthawk(s) rec=
overing?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hello Folks=2C<BR> =3B<BR> =3B =3B =3B =
=3B Last evening (July 16) =3BI saw two Common Nighthawks hunting over =
the Greenwood Mall=2C  =3Bthe first that I have seen there in years.&nb=
sp=3B That was exciting enough=2C but this evening (17th)=2C I saw four hun=
ting over my farm here in Tremont =3B - the first I have seen here sinc=
e moving back to N. S. =3B It seems too early for their main migration=
=2C so perhaps they nested locally. =3B =3BFor the past few years I=
have seen or heard them mainly while atlassing clearcut areas - perhaps li=
ke the Olive-sided Flycatcher=2C it's a species that benefits from poor for=
est management. =3B <BR> =3B<BR> =3B =3B =3B =3B&nb=
sp=3B Although this evidence is all anecdotal and short-term=2C I have also=
seen more of several other species of concern this summer than for the pas=
t two or three years=2C viz.=2C the three regular swallow species and Canad=
a Warbler. =3B Unfortunately=2C one species that was once common here r=
emains absent=2C and should surely be reviewed by the Dept. of Natural Reso=
urces - the Eastern Kingbird.<BR> =3B<BR>Cheers=2C<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV>Wayne Neily <BR>Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia <BR><BR>"Come fort=
h into the light of things=2C <BR>Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wo=
rdsworth=2C 1798. =3B<BR><BR> =3B</DIV><BR>
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Date: Wed=2C 8 Jul 2009 21:50:12 -0300<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>Fr=
om: plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Halifax nighthawk=
(s)<BR><BR>Hi there=2C<BR><BR> =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =
=3B =3B =3BJean Hartley and I went for a walk around the Frog Pond =
in Fleming Park=2C Jollimore late this afternoon. =3B Lots of baby bird=
s in evidence. =3B The best sighting though was of three Common Nightha=
wks high over the pond=2C the first that either of us had seen this year.&n=
bsp=3B As Bernard said=2C as usual they were heard before they were seen.<B=
R><BR> =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3BFlemi=
ng Park is in the southwestern suburbs of Halifax=2C and I usually see C. N=
ighthawks over the Frog Pond several times during the summer. =3B =
=3B However I agree with Bob that in the past nighthawks were right in the =
city (i.e. on the peninsula) more often than they are now. =3B I used t=
o hear them overhead on warm evenings when I was sitting out in my garden.&=
nbsp=3B I haven't experienced that lately. =3B (Haven't had any warm su=
mmer evenings yet=2C either ...)<BR><BR> =3B =3B =3B =3B&nb=
sp=3B =3B =3B =3BCheers=2C<BR><BR> =3B =3B =3B =
=3B =3B =3B =3B =3BPatricia L. Chalmers<BR> =3B =3B=
 =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3BHalifax<BR><BR><BR>At 02:58=
PM 28/06/2009=2C <FONT size=3D2>Bob McDonald</FONT>wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dcite cite=3D""><FONT size=3D2>My feeling is that there =
appears to be fewer Common Nighthawks around in the city than there were ev=
en a few years ago. =3B In the past we heard them occasionally after a =
Neptune or a symphony performance and quite regularly in the evening around=
home in Clayton Park. =3B But not for the past 3-4 years.<BR>Aerial in=
sectivores are being particularly hard hit recently for a number of reasons=
=2C I suspect.<BR><BR></FONT> =3B<BR>
<DL>
<DD>----- Original Message ----- <BR>
<DD>From:</B> Brian Bartlett <=
BR>
<DD>To:</B> <A href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns=
.ca</A> <BR>
<DD>Sent:</B> Sunday=2C June 28=2C 2009 2:30 PM<BR>
<DD>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Halifax nighthawk(s)<BR><BR>
<DD><FONT size=3D2>Last night between about midnight and 1 a.m. in West End=
Halifax I heard a nighthawk (or nighthawks?) peent</I>-ing many times high=
in the darkness. Are Nova Scotian nighthawks mostly still heard in rural a=
reas=2C or are they now more common than they used to be in cities &=3B =
towns?<BR>
<DD>Brian<BR></FONT></DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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