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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0076_01CDB217.E1005620 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Hans Toom=20 To: NS-RBA=20 Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:45 PM Subject: Today's Bird Traffic Around Chebucto Head I started my morning at the gate to the Chebucto Head Light. There were = good numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers and American Robins but nothing = unusual, .....except a mysterious song. The song was a "dead ringer" for = a Warbling Vireo. I am familiar with this species having heard it = hundreds of times in southern Ontario but the question is does this = species sing during migration? My answer to my own question is no but = aberrant behavior is possible in any species at any time. The rule I = accept is that an auditory only identification requires either a good = voice recording or agreement between two competent listeners. This kinda = puts the boots to the records from the "Big Year" movie, but that's = another story. I ruled out any of the finches or wrens as possibilities. = I sat at Duncan Reef once again enjoying a coffee in the morning sun. It = was quiet save for the diving and south flying Northern Gannets off = shore. The highlight was a pair of steel blue Merlins that flew over and = alighted in trees behind me. At Duncan's Cove a Tree Swallow was trying = to find flying insects over the cove. It's time to head south little = buddy! There were also several groups of White-winged Crossbills in the = area. I reported Red Crossbills yesterday, birds that I saw in flight. I = recognized them as crossbills from size and shape as well as the red = body colour. I didn't see any flapping white wing bars on these = crossbills which I ought to be have seen had they have been White-winged = Crossbills. Hans _________________________________________________________________________= ________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_0076_01CDB217.E1005620 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 8.00.6001.19328"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dhtoom@hfx.eastlink.ca href=3D"mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca">Hans = Toom</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3DNS-RBA@yahoogroups.com=20 href=3D"mailto:NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com">NS-RBA</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:45 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Today's Bird Traffic Around Chebucto = Head</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I started my morning at the gate to the = Chebucto=20 Head Light. There were good numbers of <STRONG>Yellow-rumped = Warblers</STRONG>=20 and <STRONG>American Robins</STRONG> but nothing unusual, .....except a=20 mysterious song. The song was a "dead ringer" for a <STRONG>Warbling=20 Vireo</STRONG>. I am familiar with this species having heard it hundreds = of=20 times in southern Ontario but the question is does this species sing = during=20 migration? My answer to my own question is no but aberrant behavior is = possible=20 in any species at any time. The rule I accept is that an auditory only=20 identification requires either a good voice recording or agreement = between two=20 competent listeners. This kinda puts the boots to the records from = the "Big=20 Year" movie, but that's another story. I ruled out any of the finches or = wrens=20 as possibilities. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I sat at Duncan Reef once again = enjoying a coffee=20 in the morning sun. It was quiet save for the diving and south flying=20 <STRONG>Northern Gannets</STRONG> off shore. The highlight was a pair of = steel=20 blue <STRONG>Merlins</STRONG> that flew over and alighted in trees = behind me. At=20 Duncan's Cove a <STRONG>Tree Swallow</STRONG> was trying to find = flying=20 insects over the cove. It's time to head south little buddy! There were = also=20 several groups of <STRONG>White-winged Crossbills</STRONG> in the area. = I=20 reported <STRONG>Red Crossbills</STRONG> yesterday, birds that I saw in = flight.=20 I recognized them as crossbills from size and shape as well as the red = body=20 colour. I didn't see any flapping white wing bars on these crossbills = which I=20 ought to be have seen had they have been <STRONG>White-winged=20 Crossbills</STRONG>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial>Hans<BR>____________________________________________________= _____________________________________________________<BR>Hans=20 Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/">http://www.hanstoom.com/</A><BR></FONT>= </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0076_01CDB217.E1005620--
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