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Hi All, =20
The only sharp hook north of any magnitude is more like 3.8 km up =
from the bridge. Is that figure of 1.8 correct of is it a typo ?
Yt, DW
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Shouty McShoutsalot=20
To: naturens=20
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Gaspereau River Trail Passerines
That would be great Rick My GPS went flat but it was past the point =
where the trail runs along the dry stone wall then through the open =
glade of Hemlocks if that helps. Some day I might learn to grab my =
binos and camera before I take off on a walkabout!
On 27 April 2014 21:46, Rick Whitman =
<dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote:
In a very backward spring like this one, I believe we are more =
likely to see some exceptional numbers of migrants. We definitely saw =
this with Robins a few weeks ago when the actual migrants arrived all at =
once. One could argue that we also saw it with Tree Swallows as they =
concentrated themselves around open water in specific locations to =
survive on midges, presumably.
If our virtually-absent Pine Siskens and/or both Crossbill species =
were to return to the Maritimes, you could easily see the numbers you =
describe. I don't know about the Hemlocks but I did feel we had lots of =
conifer cones around this winter. It didn't matter. The cone specialists =
were elsewhere.
I'll probably try to visit that area this week.
Rick Whitman.
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 7:30 PM, Shouty McShoutsalot =
<desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote:
%110 certain. I'm very familiar with our local amphibian species =
and the racket they can make this time of year and I'm comfortable they =
weren't frogs, unless we have frogs I'm not aware of that live 80' high =
in the canopy of old growth Hemlocks and look and sound like AMGO's and =
other passerines in full breeding plumage and song. ;-) =20
The top canopy was full of active birds, And I mean full, never =
seen the likes. I just couldn't identify most of them because of the =
poor light - just the ones one the periphery. =20
On 27 April 2014 18:02, Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> =
wrote:
Hi,
Are you sure they weren't frogs? They can make a terrific =
racket, and if the sound was distorted by the rushing water it could =
certainly sound like a high pitched pervasive chorus.
Richard
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Shouty McShoutsalot =
<desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote:
We took a hike along the trail this morning. It's still quite =
wet but as always, stunning. About 1.8k west of the White Rock bridge I =
noticed a high pitched, pervasive chorus above me that seemed to come =
from everywhere and nowhere. The river takes a sharp north hook here =
and the opposite bank climbs sharply - about 75 degrees - to the =
escarpment 50 metres above. For about 80 metres along that side this =
bank is heavily wooded with mature conifers - mostly Hemlocks, with some =
Pines etc. Numerous trees were thickly covered in cones, and the high =
heavy canopy was flooded with small very active birds. The visual =
conditions were poor - I was in the gloom of the floodplain and they =
were in the high canopy across the river against the bright sky - but I =
was able to identify American Goldfinch, Northern Chickadee, and Juncos. =
But it was the volume and density of the noise that struck me, even =
over the running water. By visual count I'd say 500 birds in the =
80mx50m area, but I believe based on the racket there were thousands. =
It was stunning.
--=20
Jamie Simpson
Hantsport, NS
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Richard Stern,=20
Port Williams, NS, Canada
sternrichard@gmail.com
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Jamie Simpson
Hantsport, NS
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Rick Whitman
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Jamie Simpson
Hantsport, NS
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Gaspereau River=20
Trail Passerines</DIV>
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<DIV dir=3Dltr>That would be great Rick My GPS went flat but it =
was past=20
the point where the trail runs along the dry stone wall then through =
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glade of Hemlocks if that helps. Some day I might learn to grab =
my binos=20
and camera before I take off on a walkabout!</DIV>
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