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All: I had to go to Kentville yesterday, so Eric Mills and I decided to take in some birding en route. The day before (Jan. 9) Dan Toews (whose house is about 500 m south of the rail crossing on Hiway 14 that is in turn just beyond Mt. Denson from Hantsport to Windsor) had a repeat visit from (presumably) the same SAY'S PHOEBE that had occurred there a few weeks earlier. This time it lingered outside his window and caught cluster files brought out by the warm weather. The area is replete with rose hips and a nearby livestock barn might be worth investigating Dan's description of the bird (palish rufous below, robin-toned back) suggests that it was of western-southwestern origin, probably subspecies _saya_, rather than _yukonensis_ from the far northwest of the species' range. Our latest previous record is 7 January. We spent some time going over the large flock (5-700) of Canada Geese that were feeding happily on astonishingly verdant fields just off highway 14 south of Windsor. Try as we might - and Eric spent much time 'scoping - we could not find the Pink-footed Goose amongst them. Although it is remotely possible that it wase been skulking in a depression, we both felt this was unlikely. Cheers, Ian Ian McLaren
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