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Hi Angela,
The Black-backed woodpecker is rare to uncommon but wide spread in our coniferous forests. Listen for a gentle tapping like some one tapping a chop stick on a chalk board, or a load territorial tapping that often descends at the end. Like many of our uncommon birds they can be hard to find. Learn their song and tapping using online recordings. That's the easiest way to find them in the woods.
Hans
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From: Angela Joudrey*
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Black-backed Woodpeckers, Northern Goshawk and woodland birds
I notice that black backed wood peckers are often seen at the Mount Uniacke Museum Park. Are they around other parts of the province, or are they rather scarce?
Angela in Windsor
On 04/14/10, Hans Toom <Htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:
I took a two hour stroll on the Wetland's Trail, Mount Uniacke Museum Park, this morning in my usual clockwise loop. The conditions were ideal, broken cloud, no wind and no biting insects with a few of those small white moths flying about. The first half of the loop is always the most productive especially the portion alongside Black Creek. I encountered at least six Black-backed Woodpeckers, likely three pairs. There were probably more around but it's impossible to differentiate what you see and what you hear. When I was watching two Black-backed Woodpeckers a Northern Goshawk passed overhead.
My target bird this morning was the Winter Wren(30++). They were alongside the first half of the loop at 50-100 metre intervals singing their hearts out, as only this wren can. Hans finally has some decent photos of this hard to photograph bird, since they seldom pop out of their tangle of branches and shrubs. Alongside the Winter Wren and often singing together was the Brown Creeper(20+).
The usual woodland birds were present including Ruby-crowned Kinglet(2), Golden-crowned Kinglet(20++) and Dark-eyed Juncos(20+).
Hans
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Hans Toom
Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
Website: http://hanstoom.com
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Angela,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The Black-backed woodpecker is rare to
uncommon but wide spread in our coniferous forests. Listen for a
gentle tapping like some one tapping a chop stick on a chalk board, or a load
territorial tapping that often descends at the end. Like many of our
uncommon birds they can be hard to find. Learn their song and tapping
using online recordings. That's the easiest way to find them in the
woods.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hans</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>I notice that black backed wood peckers are often seen at the
Mount Uniacke Museum Park. Are they around other parts of the province, or are
they rather scarce?<BR _moz_dirty=""><BR _moz_dirty="">Angela in Windsor<BR
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I took a two hour stroll on the Wetland's
Trail, Mount Uniacke Museum Park, this morning in my usual clockwise
loop. The conditions were ideal, broken cloud, no wind and no
biting insects with a few of those small white moths flying about. The
first half of the loop is always the most productive especially the
portion alongside Black Creek. I encountered at least six
<B>Black-backed Woodpeckers</B>, likely three pairs. There were
probably more around but it's impossible to differentiate what you see
and what you hear. When I was watching two Black-backed
Woodpeckers a <B>Northern Goshawk</B> passed overhead.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My target bird this morning was the
<B>Winter Wren</B>(30++). They were alongside the first half of
the loop at 50-100 metre intervals singing their hearts out, as only
this wren can. Hans finally has some decent photos of this hard to
photograph bird, since they seldom pop out of their tangle of branches
and shrubs. Alongside the Winter Wren and often singing together
was the <B>Brown Creeper</B>(20+).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The usual woodland birds were present
including <B>Ruby-crowned Kinglet</B>(2), <B>Golden-crowned
Kinglet</B>(20++) and <B>Dark-eyed Juncos</B>(20+).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hans</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>_________________________________<BR>Hans
Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR>Website: <A
href="http://hanstoom.com" target=_blank>http://hanstoom.com</A>
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