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Hello James=2C
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My records show only singles in 1988 and 1991 between 1966 and this wint=
er. Ian may have more in his upcoming book. Here is my Lapwing summary. =
Check your back issues of NS Birds for more details.
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Vanellus vanellus =96 Northern Lapwing
Monotypic. Eurasian=2C with strays to N. A.=2C sometimes in storm-blown flo=
cks=2C notably in December 1927 and January 1966. One of the 1927 strays th=
at reached Bonavista=2C Newfoundland=2C had been banded as a nestling the p=
revious May in Ullswater=2C Cumberland=2C England (Tufts 1962: 156).
N. S. status: Vagrant. Specimen in N. S. Museum =96 1905.
1897=2C Mar. 17=2C one was found dead (apparently from starvation) on the s=
hore at Ketch Harbour=2C Halifax Co.=3B and was mounted by T. J. Egan (Pier=
s 1915: 237).
1905=2C Dec. 12=2C one was shot at Upper Prospect=3B the specimen=2C mounte=
d by Egan=2C and was purchased by the N. S. Museum (acc. no. 2954) (Piers 1=
915:237).=20
1927=2C Dec.=2C several records=2C including about 25 seen near L.'Ardoise=
=2C Richmond Co. by A. J. Matheson=3B in late Dec.=2C Angus A. McGillivray =
shot one at Pleasant Valley=2C Antigonish Co.=2C which was mounted by Truro=
taxidermist H. S. Cruickshank (Tufts 1962: 156).
1964=2C near Christmas=2C one was seen at Little Dover=2C Guysborough Co.=
=2C by Mrs. S. K. Jarvis (Tufts1973: 172).
1966=2C Jan. 10=2C one was seen at St. Peter's by Murdock Digout et al. Thi=
s was later found dead and the specimen obtained by Gwen Lunn of Louisbourg=
(Dobson 1966a: 13-14).
1966=2C Jan. 20=2C one near Round Island=2C Mira Bay=2C Cape Breton Co.=2C =
fide George Spencer.
1966=2C Feb. 26=2C one was heard in a snowstorm at Halifax by Dr. Chris Hel=
leiner=2C who knew the call from his years in England.
1988=2C Apr. 8-15=2C a male in breeding plumage was seen at "The Tin Pot" n=
ear Yarmouth by James W. Taylor et al. (Spalding 1988c: 12)=2C (AB 42:408).
1991=2C May 27=2C one was seen briefly on the N. S. side of the Missaquash =
River (N. B. border) by Ian McLaren (Spalding 1991c: 11). This bird was in =
the area until Aug. 22=2C when it was seen by Merritt Gibson (Spalding 1992=
a: 16).
Cheers=2C
Wayne P. Neily
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Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia
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"Come forth into the light of things=2C=20
Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth=2C 1798 [The Tables Turne=
d].=20
"Beauty is truth=2C and truth beauty=2C" - John Keats=2C 1820.=20
"Go forth=2C under the open sky=2C and list=20
To Nature's teachings." - William Cullen Bryant=2C 1817 [Thanatopsis].=20
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods=2C=20
There is a rapture on the lonely shore=2C=20
There is society=2C 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 [Childe Harold's Pilgrimage=2C Canto IV].=20
"How often we forget all time=2C when lone=2C=20
Admiring Nature's universal throne=2C=20
Her woods=2C her wilds=2C her waters=2C the intense=20
Reply of hers to our intelligence." - George Gordon=2C Lord Byron=2C 1823 [=
The Island].=20
"In wildness is the preservation of the world." - Henry D. Thoreau=20
"The melancholy days are come=2C the saddest of the year=2C=20
Of wailing winds=2C and naked woods=2C and meadows brown and sere." - Willi=
am Cullen Bryant=2C 1832 [The Death of the Flowers]=20
"Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?=20
Loved the wood-rose=2C and left it on its stalk?" - Ralph Waldo Emerson=2C =
1847 [Poems: Forbearance]=20
"To a person uninstructed in natural history=2C his country or seaside stro=
ll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art=2C nine-t=
enths of which have their faces turned to the wall." - Thomas H. Huxley=2C =
1854.=20
"You must never know too much=2C or be too precise or scientific about bird=
s and trees and flowers and water-craft=3B a certain free margin=2C and eve=
n vagueness -- perhaps ignorance=2C credulity -- helps your enjoyment of th=
ese things." - Walt Whitman=2C 1881 [Specimen Days. Birds].=20
"Two roads diverged in a wood=2C and I --=20
I took the one less traveled by=2C=20
And that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost=2C 1916 [The Road Not=
Taken]=20
"The woods are lovely=2C dark and deep.=20
But I have promises to keep=2C=20
And miles to go before I sleep." - Robert Frost=2C 1923 [Stopping by Woods =
on a Snowy Evening]=20
"Think globally=2C Act locally." - Ren=E9 Dubos=2C 1972.=20
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From: jrhbirder@hotmail.com
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=3B ns-rba@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [NatureNS] Northern Lapwing - History all but none existent for No=
va Scotia
Date: Mon=2C 17 Jan 2011 01:00:12 +0000
If anyone has any historical information about the Northern Lapwing in Nova=
Scotia=2C it would be much appreciated. All I could find by googling for =
information on this was about eight records between 1897 and 1966. Apparen=
tly in 1966=2C 32 of these birds were spotted in Nova Scotia. No history o=
r information could be found beyond that date. =20
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James R. Hirtle
Bayport
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Hello James=2C<BR>
 =3B<BR>
 =3B =3B My records show only singles in 1988 and 1991 between 1966=
and this winter. =3B Ian may have more in his upcoming book. =3B H=
ere is my Lapwing summary. =3B Check your back issues o<EM>f NS Birds</=
EM> for more details.<BR>
<BR>
<P align=3Djustify><FONT size=3D2><I><B>Vanellus vanellus</B></I></FONT><FO=
NT size=3D2> =96 Northern Lapwing</FONT></P>
<P align=3Djustify><FONT size=3D2>Monotypic. Eurasian=2C with strays to N. =
A.=2C sometimes in storm-blown flocks=2C notably in December 1927 and Janua=
ry 1966. One of the 1927 strays that reached Bonavista=2C Newfoundland=2C h=
ad been banded as a nestling the previous May in Ullswater=2C Cumberland=2C=
England (Tufts 1962: 156).</FONT></P>
<P align=3Djustify><FONT size=3D2>N. S. status: Vagrant. Specimen in N. S. =
Museum =96 1905.</FONT></P>
<P style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5cm=3B TEXT-INDENT: 1cm" align=3Djustify><FONT s=
ize=3D2>1897=2C Mar. 17=2C one was found dead (apparently from starvation) =
on the shore at Ketch Harbour=2C Halifax Co.=3B and was mounted by T. J. Eg=
an (Piers 1915: 237).</FONT></P>
<P style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5cm=3B TEXT-INDENT: 1cm"><FONT size=3D2>1905=2C =
Dec. 12=2C one was shot at Upper Prospect=3B the specimen=2C mounted by Ega=
n=2C and was purchased by the N. S. Museum (acc. no. 2954) (Piers 1915:237)=
. </FONT></P>
<P style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5cm=3B TEXT-INDENT: 1cm" align=3Djustify><FONT s=
ize=3D2>1927=2C Dec.=2C several records=2C including about 25 seen near L.'=
Ardoise=2C Richmond Co. by A. J. Matheson=3B in late Dec.=2C Angus A. McGil=
livray shot one at Pleasant Valley=2C Antigonish Co.=2C which was mounted b=
y Truro taxidermist H. S. Cruickshank (Tufts 1962: 156).</FONT></P>
<P style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5cm=3B TEXT-INDENT: 1cm" align=3Djustify><FONT s=
ize=3D2>1964=2C near Christmas=2C one was seen at Little Dover=2C Guysborou=
gh Co.=2C by Mrs. S. K. Jarvis (Tufts1973: 172).</FONT></P>
<P style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5cm=3B TEXT-INDENT: 1cm" align=3Djustify><FONT s=
ize=3D2>1966=2C Jan. 10=2C one was seen at St. Peter's by Murdock Digout </=
FONT><FONT size=3D2><I>et al.</I></FONT><FONT size=3D2> This was later foun=
d dead and the specimen obtained by Gwen Lunn of Louisbourg (Dobson 1966a: =
13-14).</FONT></P>
<P style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5cm=3B TEXT-INDENT: 1cm" align=3Djustify><FONT s=
ize=3D2>1966=2C Jan. 20=2C one near Round Island=2C Mira Bay=2C Cape Breton=
Co.=2C </FONT><FONT size=3D2><I>fide</I></FONT><FONT size=3D2> George Spen=
cer.</FONT></P>
<P style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5cm=3B TEXT-INDENT: 1cm" align=3Djustify><FONT s=
ize=3D2>1966=2C Feb. 26=2C one was heard in a snowstorm at Halifax by Dr. C=
hris Helleiner=2C who knew the call from his years in England.</FONT></P>
<P style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5cm=3B TEXT-INDENT: 1cm"><FONT size=3D2>1988=2C =
Apr. 8-15=2C a male in breeding plumage was seen at "The Tin Pot" near Yarm=
outh by James W. Taylor </FONT><FONT size=3D2><I>et al.</I></FONT><FONT siz=
e=3D2> (Spalding 1988c: 12)=2C (AB 42:408).</FONT></P>
<P style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5cm=3B TEXT-INDENT: 1cm" align=3Djustify><FONT s=
ize=3D2>1991=2C May 27=2C one was seen briefly on the N. S. side of the Mis=
saquash River (N. B. border) by Ian McLaren (Spalding 1991c: 11). This bird=
was in the area until Aug. 22=2C when it was seen by Merritt Gibson (Spald=
ing 1992a: 16).</FONT></P>
<P align=3Djustify><BR></P>
<BR>Cheers=2C<BR><BR>
<DIV>
<P class=3DecxecxecxMsoNormal>
<P class=3DecxecxecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=3DEN-US><FONT face=3D"Times New Ro=
man"><STRONG><FONT size=3D5></FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P><FONT size=3D=
2></FONT> =3B Wayne P. Neily<BR> =3B<BR>Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nov=
a Scotia<BR> =3B<BR> =3B<BR>"Come forth into the light of things=2C=
<BR>Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth=2C 1798 [The Tables =
Turned]. <BR><BR>"Beauty is truth=2C and truth beauty=2C" - John Keats=2C 1=
820. <BR><BR>"Go forth=2C under the open sky=2C and list <BR>To Nature's te=
achings." - William Cullen Bryant=2C 1817 [Thanatopsis]. <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=2C where none intrudes=2C <BR>By the deep sea=
=2C and music in its roar: <BR>I love not man the less=2C but Nature more."=
- George Gordon=2C Lord Byron=2C 1812 [Childe Harold's Pilgrimage=2C Canto=
IV]. <BR><BR>"How often we forget all time=2C when lone=2C <BR>Admiring Na=
ture's universal throne=2C <BR>Her woods=2C her wilds=2C her waters=2C the =
intense <BR>Reply of hers to our intelligence." - George Gordon=2C Lord Byr=
on=2C 1823 [The Island]. <BR><BR>"In wildness is the preservation of the wo=
rld." - Henry D. Thoreau <BR><BR>"The melancholy days are come=2C the sadde=
st of the year=2C <BR>Of wailing winds=2C and naked woods=2C and meadows br=
own and sere." - William Cullen Bryant=2C 1832 [The Death of the Flowers] <=
BR><BR>"Hast thou named all the birds without a gun? <BR>Loved the wood-ros=
e=2C and left it on its stalk?" - Ralph Waldo Emerson=2C 1847 [Poems: Forbe=
arance] <BR><BR>"To a person uninstructed in natural history=2C his country=
or seaside stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works =
of art=2C nine-tenths of which have their faces turned to the wall." - Thom=
as H. Huxley=2C 1854. <BR><BR>"You must never know too much=2C or be too pr=
ecise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and water-craft=3B a =
certain free margin=2C and even vagueness -- perhaps ignorance=2C credulity=
-- helps your enjoyment of these things." - Walt Whitman=2C 1881 [Specimen=
Days. Birds]. <BR><BR>"Two roads diverged in a wood=2C and I -- <BR>I took=
the one less traveled by=2C <BR>And that has made all the difference." - R=
obert Frost=2C 1916 [The Road Not Taken] <BR><BR>"The woods are lovely=2C d=
ark and deep. <BR>But I have promises to keep=2C <BR>And miles to go before=
I sleep." - Robert Frost=2C 1923 [Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening] <B=
R><BR>"Think globally=2C Act locally." - Ren=E9 Dubos=2C 1972. <BR><BR></DI=
V><BR><BR><BR> =3B
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From: jrhbirder@hotmail.com<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=3B ns-rba@yahoog=
roups.com<BR>Subject: [NatureNS] Northern Lapwing - History all but none ex=
istent for Nova Scotia<BR>Date: Mon=2C 17 Jan 2011 01:00:12 +0000<BR><BR>
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<FONT size=3D3>If anyone has any historical information about the Northern =
Lapwing in Nova Scotia=2C it would be much appreciated. =3B All I could=
find by googling for information on this was about eight records between 1=
897 and 1966. =3B Apparently in 1966=2C 32 of these birds were spotted =
in Nova Scotia. =3B No history or information could be found beyond tha=
t date. =3B </FONT><BR><FONT size=3D3></FONT> =3B<BR><FONT size=3D3=
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