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Index of Subjects >Hi Richard; Down in the southern part of Cape Breton where I am, there has actually been a fly-through in my yard of small birds the last few days. Various species of warbler, mostly yellow, yellow-rumped and black and white, but also some vireos and other warblers I wasn't sure about. Billy Hi all, > > Liz and I have just returned from a lovely 5 days touring Cape Breton. For > once we had decent weather for the whole trip. We spent a day sailing on > the > Bras d'Or Lake and picnicked in a wooded cove, did the Cabot Trail, walked > the Skyline trail, walked a woodland trail near Glenora, visited numerous > scenic spots and picnic parks, and ate very well and too much! Although > we > were only birding relatively casually, we didn't see or hear a single > small > bird, apart from a few passing Goldfinch and Starlings, and one or two > Cedar > Waxwings. Not a vireo, warbler, chickadee, wren, flycatcher, or sparrow. > There was a single F. hummer (not a Rufous!) in the garden of the Glenora > distillery. Finally this morning a Robin flew across the Trans-Canada! > Have > all the small birds already headed off, even the resident ones? > > However, we did see plenty of Gannets, Bonaparte's gulls, Bald eagles, D-C > Cormorants, G.B. Herons, Crows, Ravens, a few Common terns, and today 3 > separate overflying Sharp-shins. And that was about it, bird-wise. > > Perhaps Irene will bring in the goods! > > Richard > > -- > ################# > Richard Stern, > 317 Middle Dyke Rd. > Port Williams, NS, Canada > B0P 1T0 > > sternrichard@gmail.com > ################### >
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