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Index of Subjects What is it about cemeteries and bluebirds? Earlier this week, Roger Burrows found 12+ on White Head Island, NB (just 40 miles from Brier), and a family has been hanging out in a cemetery in Lornville, NB outside of Saint John all summer. We also had two Buff-breasted Sandpipers feeding in huge rolls of post Tropical Storm Irene wrack yesterday at Long Pond Beach on Grand Manan Island. ======================= ---- Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I just returned from 2 days on Brier, birding with Alan Covert and Eric, + > the banders and others were there. Weather was beautiful. Large numbers of > Harley-Davidsons made their presence well felt, and heard, in Westport and > all along the Neck and the 101. > > Early morning sea watches from N.Light were really the highlight. On Sat. > there were thousands of Phalaropes, and small flocks of Gannets, + Greater > Shearwaters going by continuously, heading SW. Today numbers were far fewer, > but the mix included a MANX and 2 Sooty shearwaters. > > We went out on the 12:30 whale cruise yesterday, and the Humpbacks put on a > good show, as did a pod of White-sided dolphins. There were countless > thousands of Phalaropes all over the water, nearly all Red, with a > smattering of Red-necked, but few other seabirds. > > High tide at Pond Cove yesterday was interesting - the beach is covered in > kelp after the heavy rains of 3 weeks ago, which makes for difficult > viewing. But we were able to watch and photograph the 2 BUFF-BREASTED > SANDPIPERS for about 15 minutes at close range. There were small flocks of > Sanderling, Ruddy turnstone, Semi plovers and Sandpipers, both Yellowlegs, > and a possible mystery rarity that I'll leave others to mention if they wish > to. > > Warbler watching was very slow, with a few N.Waterthrush, G-C kinglets and > common local breeders and possible common migrants in small numbers at > N.Light. The local E.BLUEBIRD family was hanging around the cemetery. > > Both Merlins and Sharpies were in evidence, there were several Bald Eagles, > 1 Red-tail, several N.Harriers, and some dozen or more Broad-wings, > suggesting that the Fall hawk migration has already started. There were 2 > T.Vultures over Sandy Cove on the way down and back. Gt. Horned, Saw-whet, > and LONG-EARED owls were seen/ heard by others, and again I'll leave the > details to them as I wasn't there at the time. Others may also wish to add > to the report if I have left out anything important. > > Richard > > -- > ################# > Richard Stern, > Port Williams, NS, Canada > sternrichard@gmail.com > ###################
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