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Index of Subjects Okay, a laughable typo -- but with Pintails and Long-tailed Ducks (also missing from your list, Suzanne), maybe it's not wonder I mistyped "Tail" for "Teal"... -------------------------------------------------- From: "Brian Bartlett" <bbartlett@eastlink.ca> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 7:17 PM To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] NSBS Sewer Stroll II - Halifax-Dartmouth, Feb.12th, 2011 > Susanne, There was also the pair of Green-winged Tail we saw near the > parking spaces, just before the walk around to Sullivan's Pond -- > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Suzanne Borkowski" <suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:53 PM > To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] NSBS Sewer Stroll II - Halifax-Dartmouth, Feb.12th, > 2011 > >> Hi Everyone; >> >> Approximately 20 people met at McCormacks Beach yesterday on a clear but >> chilly morning to look for birds on our annual HFN/NSBS field trip. >> >> Bob McDonald and I pointed out five species of Gulls (Herring, >> Gr.Blk-backed, Ring-billed, Iceland and Blk-headed) Com. Eiders, RB >> Mergansers, Wht-winged Scoters, and a large flock of Canada Geese before >> moving on towards Hartlen Point. We picked up Black Scoters at the >> look-off on Shore Drive; and at the pond further down the road we saw the >> Northern Pintail, Am. Wigeon and some Horned Larks. (On seeing the Larks >> I said to Bob, "Tuma should have been here!") >> >> At Hartlen Point we added N. Harrier and Rough-legged Hawk (Thanks to the >> sharp eyes of Billy and Shirley Hughes!). Also at this stop we had Com. >> Eider and Com. Goldeneye. >> >> We next went to Tim's on Main Street (the stretch of road between >> Pleasant St. and Shore Drive). Bob was the only one to check out the >> birds across the street; everyone else was too busy warming up in Tim >> Hortons! Bob saw a huge flock of Iceland Gulls there but no alcids. >> >> At Dartmouth Cove we saw the Barrows/Common Goldeneye hybrid and Blk >> Guillemots and both Greater and Lesser Scaup. At Sullivans we finally >> saw some land birds: Bohemian Waxwing (one), Blue Jay, N. Flicker, Song >> Sparrows, Chickadees, and the usual Starlings, Pigeons and Crows. We >> also saw the Am. Coots, but no Eur. Wigeon and no Gadwall. We >> subsequently located one Eur Wigeon at the canal off Prince Street. >> >> We had lunch at another Tim's, on Wyse Road, then visited Tufts Cove, the >> Sackville Outflow in Bedford, Arthur Lismer Court, Waterfront Drive, and >> Moirs Pond, where our last two participants called it a day. By then it >> was almost 5 o'clock, and although we had planned to go to Point Pleasant >> Park to see the Purple Sandpipers that Rob Woods and his father reported >> to us at lunchtime, Bob and I decided that the two of us a fieldtrip did >> not quite make! So we headed home with a quick stop at Jean Hartley's >> feeder to see her Pine Siskins - which were uncooperative enough not to >> be there! >> >> Nothing particularly rare or unusual was seen on this trip; but we did >> pick up some Bufflehead and Great Cormorants at Tufts Cove, a >> full-blooded Barrows Goldeneye in Bedford, some Common Mergansers and a >> Common Loon, bringing our tally for the day to 41 species. A nice group >> of participants from experts to beginners, and a nice clear day with cold >> but not freezing cold temperatures made this a thoroughly enjoyable >> outing. >> >> Bob; if I've left anything out, feel free to make corrections. >> >> Cheers; >> Suzanne >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
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