[NatureNS] Pictou Co. spring observations

From: Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca>
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Ken McKenna
Box 218 Stellarton NS
B0K 1S0
902 752-7644

Hi all

I was out of the province for a week and have caught up on a few =
sightings the last couple of days.
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I heard a chorus of Spring Peepers behind my home in Plymouth, Fri. Mar. =
13. Earlier in the day I saw a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in the River =
John area
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On Sat., I took a couple of hikes in the morning. It Irish Mtn., I heard =
a Winter Wren singing. Also present were YB Sapsucker and Flicker. I had =
Eastern Phoebes at both bridges at Willard Fraser Rd and a third by Doug =
Frasers Barn all in MacLellans Brook. Also at Willard Fraser were more =
Flickers and 2 singing Swamp Sparrows.=20

Rick Ferguson and I ran the Sunny Brae- Caledonia ( Guys) Owl survey =
route Mar 14, but despite a nice night we only tallied a single Great =
Horned Owl, a Woodcock and Peepers and Wood Frogs at most stops,. The =
peepers were not a resounding chorus, but a few just starting to =
vocalize.=20

On Sunday, Mar 15, I had a Tree Swallow in my yard in the morning and =
there were a couple in the afternoon..
At Abercrombie Pt. an Osprey was standing on the nesting platform ( nest =
blew down over -winter).=20
At the lake formed by the Middle River dyke, I spotted a distant =
Red-throated Loon ( winter plumage). On the road from the Pictou Rotary =
to Caribou ferry terminal, I had a couple Ruby-crowned Kinglets, a pair =
of Northern Harrier and Swamp Sparrows.=20

At Waterside PP, I saw and heard a Savannah Sparrow and not far away, =
another Tree Swallow. There was an A. Kestrel on the Panting property =
near the Weirs Gut Bridge in Central Caribou.=20

In the afternoon, I saw a Pied-billed Grebe at Grants Lake near Elgin. =
Also at Elgin a single Bloodroot was in bloom in an exposed bank near =
the graveyard. Alas I did not see any butterflies today although Steve =
Vines mentioned he saw 3 Mourning Cloaks yesterday in the =
Hopewell-Springville area.=20

cheers
Ken


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<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></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I was out of the province for a week =
and have=20
caught up on a few sightings the last couple of days.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I heard a chorus of <STRONG>Spring =
Peepers</STRONG>=20
behind my home in Plymouth, Fri. Mar. 13. Earlier in the day I saw a=20
<STRONG>Yellow-bellied Sapsucker</STRONG> in the River John =
area</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On Sat., I took a couple of hikes in =
the morning.=20
It Irish Mtn., I heard a <STRONG>Winter Wren</STRONG> singing. Also =
present were=20
<STRONG>YB Sapsucker and Flicker</STRONG>. I had <STRONG>Eastern=20
Phoebes</STRONG> at both bridges at Willard Fraser Rd and a third by =
Doug=20
Frasers Barn all in MacLellans Brook. Also at Willard Fraser were more =
Flickers=20
and 2 singing <STRONG>Swamp Sparrows</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Rick Ferguson and I ran the =
<STRONG>Sunny Brae-=20
Caledonia ( Guys) Owl survey route</STRONG> Mar 14, but despite a nice =
night we=20
only tallied a single <STRONG>Great Horned Owl</STRONG>, a Woodcock and =
Peepers=20
and Wood Frogs at most stops,. The peepers were not a resounding chorus, =
but a=20
few just starting to vocalize. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On Sunday, Mar 15, I had a <STRONG>Tree =

Swallow</STRONG> in my yard in the morning and there were a couple in =
the=20
afternoon..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At Abercrombie Pt. an <STRONG>Osprey =
</STRONG>was=20
standing on the nesting platform ( nest blew down over -winter). =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At the lake formed by the Middle River =
dyke, I=20
spotted a distant <STRONG>Red-throated Loon</STRONG> ( winter plumage). =
On the=20
road from the Pictou Rotary to Caribou ferry terminal, I had a couple=20
<STRONG>Ruby-crowned Kinglets</STRONG>, a pair of <STRONG>Northern=20
Harrier</STRONG> and <STRONG>Swamp Sparrows</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At Waterside PP, I saw and heard a =
<STRONG>Savannah=20
Sparrow</STRONG> and not far away, another <STRONG>Tree =
Swallow</STRONG>. There=20
was an<STRONG> A. Kestrel</STRONG> on the Panting property near the =
Weirs Gut=20
Bridge in Central Caribou. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>In the afternoon, I saw a =
<STRONG>Pied-billed=20
Grebe</STRONG> at Grants Lake near Elgin. Also at Elgin a single=20
<STRONG>Bloodroot </STRONG>was in bloom in an exposed bank near the =
graveyard.=20
Alas I did not see any butterflies today although Steve Vines mentioned =
he saw 3=20
Mourning Cloaks yesterday in the Hopewell-Springville area. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken</FONT></DIV>
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