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Index of Subjects --0015173ff4269ed9f804ae823179 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, I had the afternoon free, so I too went to Pleasant Hill Cemetery, got there at 1:30 but didn't see Angus! But I did meet the 2 Clarences (Sr. and Jr.), and saw 2 Cardinals, several Blackpoll warblers, a Sharpie being harassed by Blue jays, a Winter wren, lots of Blackpoll and Y-R warblers, some Song and White-thr. sparrows, and a Dicksissel as the only rarity. Had to leave after 1 1/2 hours. Richard On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Angus MacLean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca>wrote: > Despite the lack of yesterday's super rarities, Jim & Don found a good > selection of warblers & vireos on a very quiet day at Hartlen's Point. Liz > has mentioned elsewhere that I found a Philadelphia Vireo & a Veery (that > posed for me on the path ...yep, no camera). I also flushed a Brown Thrasher > & saw a very dull O/C Warbler. Other than that a few common warblers & a few > Cuckoos. > > On my return to my vehicle, I encountered a Osprey on the power pole > opposite the nest stand. It was quite vocal & by the way it glared at me, I > expected an attack. Did not happen but would have been a first for me!! > Perhaps others over the past few days have noted the odd behaviour of this > Osprey??? > > I checked out Pleasant Hill Cemetery area (@1:30) but very, very, quiet. > > Angus > > At 06:01 PM 10/4/2011, you wrote: > > Jim Taylor and I birded Hartlens Pt this morning. Although there was a > flock of chickadees with accompanying warblers and vireos, none of the > rarities were seen. We did see Orange-crowned, Nashville, Magnolia, Black > and White and Black-throated Green Warblers as well as Philadelphia and > Red-eyed Vireos. I was able to get a photo of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. > Near > the transmission tower we had 16 Great Blue Herons circling around above > us. They were probably trying to decide if they should attempt flying > south > today. > > I went over to Chebucto Head and Sandy Cove in the afternoon. It was very > quiet there. I did see a cuckoo perched which could have been a > Black-billed Cuckoo. There was very little white on the underside of the > tail. > > Don > > Don MacNeill > donmacneill@eastlink.ca > > -- ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --0015173ff4269ed9f804ae823179 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<br><br>I had the afternoon free, so I too went to Pleasant Hill Cemeter= y, got there at 1:30 but didn't see Angus! But I did meet the 2 Clarenc= es (Sr. and Jr.), and saw 2 Cardinals, several Blackpoll warblers, a Sharpi= e being harassed by Blue jays, a Winter wren, lots of Blackpoll and Y-R war= blers, some Song and White-thr. sparrows, and a Dicksissel as the only rari= ty. Had to leave after 1 1/2 hours.<br> <br>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:01 P= M, Angus MacLean <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:angusmcl@ns.sympat= ico.ca">angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd= ing-left:1ex;"> <div> <font size=3D"3">Despite the lack of yesterday's super rarities, Jim &a= mp; Don found a good selection of warblers & vireos on a very quiet day at Hartlen's Point. Liz has mentioned elsewhere that I found a Philadelphia Vireo & a Veery (that posed for me on the path ...yep, no camera). I also flushed a Brown Thrasher & saw a very dull O/C Warbler. Other than that a few common warblers & a few Cuckoos.<br><br> On my return to my vehicle, I encountered a Osprey on the power pole opposite the nest stand. It was quite vocal & by the way it glared at me, I expected an attack. Did not happen but would have been a first for me!! Perhaps others over the past few days have noted the odd behaviour of this Osprey???<br><br> I checked out Pleasant Hill Cemetery area (@1:30) but very, very, quiet.<br><br> Angus<br><br> At 06:01 PM 10/4/2011, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=3D"cite">Jim Taylor and I birded Hartlens Pt this morning.=A0 Although there was a <br> flock of chickadees with accompanying warblers and vireos, none of the <br> rarities were seen.=A0 We did see Orange-crowned, Nashville, Magnolia, Black <br> and White and Black-throated Green Warblers as well as Philadelphia and <br> Red-eyed Vireos.=A0 I was able to get a photo of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo.=A0 Near <br> the transmission tower we had 16 Great=A0 Blue Herons circling around above <br> us.=A0 They were probably trying to decide if they should attempt flying south <br> today.<br><br> I went over to Chebucto Head and Sandy Cove in the afternoon.=A0 It was very <br> quiet there.=A0 I did see a cuckoo perched which could have been a <br> Black-billed Cuckoo.=A0 There was very little white on the underside of the <br> tail.<br><br> Don<br><br> Don MacNeill<br> <a href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">donmacneill@ea= stlink.ca</a> </blockquote></font></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Ri= chard Stern, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichar= d@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>##############= #####<br> --0015173ff4269ed9f804ae823179--
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