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Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi Dan and Joan Panting report 1 White-crowned Sparrow at their feeder in Central Caribou today May 14 as well. Mark Brennan discovered a Gray Jay nest with young Mon May 13 in Whitehill. Temperance St. school May 13 158 Chimney Swifts - most entering at 8:44, but first one at 8:38 and last group of 3 at 8:48. Liz Doull recorded 86 Swifts there May 11 on count day Rick Ferguson had Red-bellied Woodpecker and a Tree Sparrow at his Westville feeder on count day and several feeders still have redpolls. My West Pictou route on the Migration ct. on Sat May 11- 88 species. highlights Virginia Rail 4:30 am heard with Sora and Bittern from wetland off TCH 106 between Caribou Ferry terminal and Pictou rotary. 6 Barred Owls calling 11 American Bitterns!! 36 Woodcock mostly predawn as there were only a few at dusk as rain made it hard to keep the car window open! 3 Bonaparte's Gulls ( full hoods) Caribou ferry terminal 12 Iceland Gulls ( Caribou I. light area, Logan's fish plant- Caribou 4 Least Flycatchers 2 Mt. Thom area 2 Tony River area 5 Eastern Phoebe 13 Greater Scaup West River - Lyons Brook 7 Common Goldeneye West River - Lyons Brook 14 Black Scoter West River - Lyons Brook a little unusual at this location 55 Blue-headed Vireo 44 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 30 Nashville Warbler 20 Parula 1 Yellow 1 Magnolia 81 Myrtle 15 Black-throated green 3 Blackburnian 5 Palm 21 Black and White 4 Ovenbird 23 Northern Waterthrush It was a pretty good day for counting- a little foggy along the coast but moved inland till the sun burned off the fog Rain did not start till 7:30 or so but the last few hours of birding were quite slow . The predawn was perfect - no wind and loads of birds singing and calling. Noticed lots of Trout Lily in Mt Thom area , Hobblebush and Leather leaf, and Service Berry all in bloom. cheers Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:51 PM Subject: [NatureNS] W.C.Sparrow > Leah Jeffrey of Rockdale, Rich. Co. has had a W.C. Sparrow at her feeder > the last few days. > Billy >
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