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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00CC_01CCF2EC.D661D080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Charlie Kendell and I did a little birding trip yesterday from = Stellarton through the Liscomb Game Sanctuary to Sober I. driving as far = up the eastern shore as Harrigan Cove. Our goal for the day was to see = if "Old Whitey" was back for another visit to his wintering grounds on = Sober I. See below for the story. We stopped for a couple of quick stops on the drive from Lorne to Sheet = Harbour- a Red-tailed Hawk lifted from the ditch with a rodent, a single = Snow Bunting from the road shoulder and White-winged Crossbills and Pine = Siskins near the turn-off to Seloams L.=20 A feeder near the church on St. Andrew's loop had 5 White-throated = Sparrows, a Song Sparrow and 35 Goldfinches.=20 On Sober I. we recorded 39 species with the following highlights" 7 = Great Cormorants incl. many with the white flank patch, only 5 Black = Guillemot, but one in almost full alt. plumage, 26 Iceland Gulls ( = mostly adults), 4 Harlequin ( 1 male, 3 female), an American Wigeon, 66 = Greater Scaup and 13 Purple Sandpiper.=20 On our walk out along the shore, we had flushed 2 shorebirds that we = were pretty sure were PUSA, but when we reached the end of the shore = hike, Charlie said "your not going to believe what I see"- "Old Whitey" = was standing high on a rock and 2 other PUSA were nearby. This unusually = plumaged PUSA was first seen by a group of us on Sober I. Feb 17, 2002 = and nicely photographed at the time by Gary Murray. It is quite easy to = pick out with quite white wings and dark head and breast. I have seen it = a number of times since that date with Feb.11, 2006, Feb 14, 1010, Feb. = 27, 2011 and Feb. 23 2012. I have not looked through all my note books, = but there may be other dates as well. Yesterday were able to sneak up on = the birds and get some close photos and the 3 were joined by 10 others = as the tide dropped.=20 At Port Dufferin we saw a lingering Dovekie.=20 A stop near the south end of the Liscomb Sanctuary on the way home = produced a flock of 40 Common Redpoll, a flock of 15 White-winged = Crossbills with a couple of singing males.=20 WW Crossbills were also noted at a couple of other stops in the = sanctuary. Near the north gate of the sanctuary, a small ST Weasel ran = across the road and disappeared quickly in the snow of the bank of the = ditch. ------=_NextPart_000_00CC_01CCF2EC.D661D080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19190"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Charlie Kendell and I did a little = birding trip=20 yesterday from Stellarton through the Liscomb Game Sanctuary to Sober I. = driving=20 as far up the eastern shore as Harrigan Cove. Our goal for the day was = to see if=20 "Old Whitey" was back for another visit to his wintering grounds on = Sober I. See=20 below for the story.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We stopped for a couple of quick = stops on the=20 drive from Lorne to Sheet Harbour- a <STRONG>Red-tailed Hawk</STRONG> = lifted=20 from the ditch with a rodent, a single <STRONG>Snow Bunting</STRONG> = from the=20 road shoulder and <STRONG>White-winged Crossbills</STRONG> and = <STRONG>Pine=20 Siskins</STRONG> near the turn-off to Seloams L. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A feeder near the church on St. = Andrew's loop had 5=20 <STRONG>White-throated Sparrows</STRONG>, a <STRONG>Song = Sparrow</STRONG> and 35=20 <STRONG>Goldfinches.</STRONG> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On Sober I. we recorded 39 species with = the=20 following highlights" 7<STRONG> Great Cormorants</STRONG> incl. many = with the=20 white flank patch, only 5 <STRONG>Black Guillemot</STRONG>, but = one in=20 almost full alt. plumage, 26 <STRONG>Iceland Gulls</STRONG> ( mostly = adults), 4=20 <STRONG>Harlequin</STRONG> ( 1 male, 3 female), an <STRONG>American=20 Wigeon</STRONG>, 66 <STRONG>Greater Scaup</STRONG> and 13 <STRONG>Purple = Sandpiper</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On our walk out along the shore, we had = flushed 2=20 shorebirds that we were pretty sure were PUSA, but when we reached the = end of=20 the shore hike, Charlie said "your not going to believe what I see"- = "Old=20 Whitey" was standing high on a rock and 2 other PUSA were nearby. This = unusually=20 plumaged PUSA was first seen by a group of us on Sober I. Feb 17, 2002 = and=20 nicely photographed at the time by Gary Murray. It is quite easy to = pick=20 out with quite white wings and dark head and breast. I have seen it a = number of=20 times since that date with Feb.11, 2006, Feb 14, 1010, Feb. 27, 2011 and = Feb. 23=20 2012. I have not looked through all my note books, but there may be = other dates=20 as well. Yesterday were able to sneak up on the birds and get some = close=20 photos and the 3 were joined by 10 others as the tide dropped.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At Port Dufferin we saw a lingering=20 <STRONG>Dovekie</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A stop near the south end of the = Liscomb Sanctuary=20 on the way home produced a flock of 40 <STRONG>Common Redpoll</STRONG>, = a flock=20 of 15 <STRONG>White-winged Crossbills</STRONG> with a couple of singing = males.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>WW Crossbills were also noted at a = couple of other=20 stops in the sanctuary. Near the north gate of the sanctuary, a small ST = Weasel=20 ran across the road and disappeared quickly in the snow of the bank of = the=20 ditch. </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00CC_01CCF2EC.D661D080--
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