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I seized half an hour when the sun came out on Saturday
afternoon to go looking for ducks in the Northwest Arm. The Arm is
iced in well beyond Horseshoe Island, where the Tufted Duck had been
seen earlier, so I went to Fleming Park, and then Purcell's Cove, for
a look out over open water. The tide was at mid-point, so the ledges
where gulls and seals often roost weren't exposed yet. It was a mild
day, above melting, and the sun was at my back, so viewing conditions
were excellent. Now if only I had thought to bring my good binoculars ...
I didn't find the Tufted Duck, but I did see a number of
other birds, including several rafts of Black Scoter, previously
reported by Blake Maybank. They were far out from my vantage point,
and closer to Point Pleasant Park, so I didn't have the great views
of them which he photographed. I couldn't hear the scoters, but I
did enjoy hearing the 'barking' of the Long-tailed Ducks, which
reminded me that their Latin name, Clangula hyemalis, means "Noisy
[duck] of winter ".
1 Horned Grebe
2 Black Duck (rather low number for here)
2 Mallard
11 scaup sp.
2 Common Eider
50+ Black Scoter
26 Long-tailed Duck
5 Common Goldeneye
5 Red-breasted Merganser
5 Herring Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Black Guillemot
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
>2 March 2014
>
>The numerous Black Scoter off Point Pleasant Park in Halifax are
>putting on quite a show. I have never been so close to so many
>feeding Black Scoter. Here is a short (2 min) video I took of part
>of the the flock today (March 2).
>
><http://youtu.be/joH-gvCZuDM>http://youtu.be/joH-gvCZuDM
>
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><mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com>Blake Maybank
>White's Lake, Nova Scotia
>CANADA
>
>My Blog: <http://blakemaybank.com>CSI: Life
>Organiser, <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel>Maritimes Nature Travel Club
>Author, "<http://tinyurl.com/birdingns>Birding Sites of Nova Scotia
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</x-tab>I seized half an
hour when the sun came out on Saturday afternoon to go looking for ducks
in the Northwest Arm. The Arm is iced in well beyond Horseshoe Island,
where the Tufted Duck had been seen earlier, so I went to Fleming Park,
and then Purcell's Cove, for a look out over open water. The tide was at
mid-point, so the ledges where gulls and seals often roost weren't
exposed yet. It was a mild day, above melting, and the sun was at
my back, so viewing conditions were excellent. Now if only I had
thought to bring my good binoculars ... <br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>I didn't
find the Tufted Duck, but I did see a number of other birds, including
several rafts of Black Scoter, previously reported by Blake
Maybank. They were far out from my vantage point, and closer to
Point Pleasant Park, so I didn't have the great views of them which he
photographed. I couldn't hear the scoters, but I did enjoy hearing
the 'barking' of the Long-tailed Ducks, which reminded me that their
Latin name, Clangula hyemalis, means "Noisy [duck] of winter
".<br><br>
1<x-tab> </x-tab>Horned
Grebe<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
2<x-tab> </x-tab>Black
Duck<x-tab> </x-tab>(rather low number
for here)<br>
2<x-tab> </x-tab>Mallard<x-tab>
</x-tab><br>
11<x-tab> </x-tab>scaup
sp.<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
2<x-tab> </x-tab>Common
Eider<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
50+<x-tab> </x-tab>Black
Scoter<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab><br>
26<x-tab> </x-tab>Long-tailed
Duck<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
5<x-tab> </x-tab>Common
Goldeneye<br>
5<x-tab> </x-tab>Red-breasted
Merganser<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
5<x-tab> </x-tab>Herring
Gull<br>
2<x-tab> </x-tab>Great
Black-backed Gull<br>
2<x-tab> </x-tab>Black
Guillemot<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Cheers,<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Patricia
L. Chalmers<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Halifax<br>
<br>
<br><br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">2 March 2014<br><br>
The numerous Black Scoter off Point Pleasant Park in Halifax are putting
on quite a show. I have never been so close to so many feeding Black
Scoter. Here is a short (2 min) video I took of part of the the flock
today (March 2).<br><br>
http://youtu.be/joH-gvCZuDM<br>
<br>
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</font><font size=4><a href="mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com">Blake
Maybank</a><br>
White's Lake, Nova Scotia<br>
CANADA <br>
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</font><font size=4>My Blog:
CSI: Life</b><br>
Organiser, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel"><b>Maritimes Nature
Travel Club</a></b><br>
Author, "<a href="http://tinyurl.com/birdingns"><b>Birding Sites of
Nova Scotia</a></b></font><font size=3></font></blockquote></body>
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