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31 January 2014
Hi All;
This has been a difficult winter for people and birds, and that is
demonstrated by the current NS Winter Bird List, which is shaping up to
possibly provide the lowest total number of species since I began keeping
track 18 years ago. We are currently at 178 species, and the previous low
total was 181, back in 1998/99, when there were fewer birders involved, and
eBird did not exist. We are missing a few species that are typically
reported every winter: *Wood Duck, Black-backed Woodpecker, Ruddy
Turnstone, Pine Grosbeak*. Some may turn up in Christmas Bird Counts that
have yet to be submitted, so I still have hope we will not have a "last
place" winter.
But there is another reason to not hang up your binoculars until spring.
Tomorrow, 1 February, is the start of the month-long *"Depths Of Winter
List"*, or DOWL for short. This will be our 7th tally of all the bird
species seen across Nova Scotia during the month of February, and the count
period starts tomorrow, a day with mild temperatures forecast, and no
storm, so there is no excuse to not get out and find those DOWL birds.
To report DOWL birds to this list just put "*DOWL*" in the subject line.
We will be keeping track of the sightings on the winter list page, whose
URL is:
*http://tinyurl.com/nswinter <http://tinyurl.com/nswinter>*
Good (winter) birding,
Blake
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Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com>
White's Lake, Nova Scotia
My Blog: *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com>
Organiser, *Maritimes Nature Travel Club* <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel>
<http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel>
Author, "*Birding Sites of Nova Scotia* <http://tinyurl.com/birdingns>
<maybank@ns.sympatico.ca>
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_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">Hi All;<b=
r><br>This has been a difficult winter for people and birds, and that is de=
monstrated by the current NS Winter Bird List, which is shaping up to possi=
bly provide the lowest total number of species since I began keeping track =
18 years ago.=A0 We are currently at 178 species, and the previous low tota=
l was 181, back in 1998/99, when there were fewer birders involved, and eBi=
rd did not exist.=A0 We are missing a few species that are typically report=
ed every winter: <span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Wood Duck, Black-bac=
ked Woodpecker, Ruddy Turnstone, Pine Grosbeak</b></span>.=A0 Some may turn=
up in Christmas Bird Counts that have yet to be submitted, so I still have=
hope we will not have a "last place" winter.<br>
<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-ser=
if;font-size:large">But there is another reason to not hang up your binocul=
ars until spring.=A0 Tomorrow, 1 February, is the start of the month-long <=
span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>"Depths Of Winter List"</b><=
/span>, or DOWL for short.=A0 This will be our 7th tally of all the bird sp=
ecies seen across Nova Scotia during the month of February, and the count p=
eriod starts tomorrow, a day with mild temperatures forecast, and no storm,=
so there is no excuse to not get out and find those DOWL birds.=A0 <br>
<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-ser=
if;font-size:large">To report DOWL birds to this list just put "<span =
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