[NatureNS] Birding in Amherst area

From: "Elizabeth Doull" <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 06:35:12 -0300
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Wednesday, May 18th

I did some birding in Amherst Point and East Amherst.

Amherst Point/ Nappan Bird Sanctuary (in the back only)

1 Caspian Tern (big surprise!)
5 Black Tern
1 adult Sora
8 Blue Winged Teal
2 Green Winged Teal
2 Northern Pintail
2 Gadwall
4 Shovellers
4 American Wigeon
4 Mallard
20+ Bonparate Gulls
2 Swamp sparrows
15? Ring Necked Duck
10+ Pied Billed Grebe
6? Canada Geese
1 yellow rumped warbler
red winged blackbirds
grackles
crows
Bald Eagle on the nest
few tree swallows
few barn swallows
no sign of bobolinks, maybe too early?]

- oddly no black capped chickadee, yellow warbler or common yellow throat, 
all of them I always saw while I scanned the marshy pond.  I always see them 
whenever I visit the pond.

- looked for the moorhen or coot.  No luck.

- water levels in Nappan dykelands (on the right/ west side) were high.

East Amherst Marsh

-inaccessible due to the severe flooding on the road leading to two ponds so 
I was not able to check out birds like swallows and terns.  The dykelands 
were quite flooded.

Cheers,
Liz 

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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Wednesday, May 18th</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">I did some birding in Amherst Point =
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Amherst.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Amherst Point/ Nappan Bird Sanctuary =
(in the=20
back only)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">1 Caspian Tern (big =
surprise!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>5 Black Tern</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">1 adult Sora</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>8 Blue Winged Teal</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">2 Green Winged Teal</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>2 Northern Pintail</DIV>
<DIV>2 Gadwall</DIV>
<DIV>4 Shovellers</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">4 American Wigeon</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>4 Mallard</DIV>
<DIV>20+ Bonparate Gulls</DIV>
<DIV>2 Swamp sparrows</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">15? Ring Necked Duck</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>10+ Pied Billed Grebe</DIV>
<DIV>6? Canada Geese</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">1 yellow rumped warbler</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">red winged blackbirds</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>grackles</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">crows</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Bald Eagle on the nest</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">few tree swallows </FONT></DIV>
<DIV>few barn swallows</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">no sign of bobolinks, maybe too=20
early?]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">- oddly no&nbsp;black capped =
chickadee, yellow=20
warbler or common yellow throat, all of them I always saw while I =
scanned the=20
marshy pond.&nbsp; I always see them&nbsp;whenever I visit the=20
pond.&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>- looked for the moorhen or coot.&nbsp; No luck. &nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">- water levels in Nappan dykelands =
(on the=20
right/ west side) were high. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">East Amherst Marsh</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">-inaccessible due to the severe=20
flooding&nbsp;on the road leading to two ponds so I was not able to =
check out=20
birds like&nbsp;swallows and terns.&nbsp; The dykelands were quite=20
flooded.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Cheers, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Liz</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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