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Index of Subjects ----- Original Message ----- From: "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 17:47:19 -0300 Subject: [NatureNS] Halifax Public Gardens - Warblers and Indigo Buntings > After seeing a report about a Cerulean Warbler on the > NS-RBA, I visited the Halifax Public Gardens on Friday evening after > work, from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m. I intended to walk through the > whole gardens, but went first to the area around the goose enclosure > where I had seen the Indigo Buntings on 8 May. I found so much > activity there that I was reluctant to leave to search more > widely. I found four Indigo Buntings (two male, two female), at > least four Yellow-rumped Warblers (including the first female I have > seen this year), a Black-and-White Warbler, a Magnolia Warbler, a > Black-throated Green Warbler, and a Blackpoll Warbler. The last bird > I saw was an empid flycatcher lower down near the water. Most of > these birds were up high in the rapidly-leafing out trees, where they > were still touched by the late sunshine. > > After I had been there awhile I realized Liz Doull was > viewing the same area from the far side of the stream. So we compared > notes, and watched together for some time. Liz had already visited > the place where Dennis had seen the Cerulean Warbler earlier, and > found nothing. There are more conifers in the southwest corner of > the Gardens, and it would have been pretty dark there in the evening. > > The Indigo Buntings have been seen in the same place in the > Gardens for more than ten days now. Since there was a single record > of breeding by this species in the recent Atlas, I was wondering if > these might stay to breed. The two males were singing, but were not > behaving territorially and in fact were usually together in the same > tree. They were not interacting in any way with the females. > > Directions: > The "goose enclosure" is in the northeast quadrant of the > Public Gardens, closest to the entrance gate at the corner of > Sackville and South Park streets (across from the CBC Radio > building). Freshwater Brook flows out from Griffin's Pond, > resurfacing and flowing down towards the main entrance gate at Spring > Garden and South Park streets. A portion of the banks on either side > of the stream is fenced off to form an enclosure, originally for > swans and now for a goose. > > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax > > > At 02:15 PM 18/05/2012, David Currie wrote: > > > >Dennis Garratt just notified me and asked I post this. About 1:30 pm > >he had a female Cerulean Warbler, a Tennessee Warbler, magnolia, > >indigo buntings and some empid flycatchers at the Halifax Public > >Gardens. He offered his phone number should anyone want more > >specific directions. > > > >Dennis at: > >423-5263 > > > >Dave > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2410.1.1/5009 - Release Date: 05/19/12 03:34:00 > >
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