[NatureNS] Annapolis Co Birds, Western Tanager, Turkey Vultures, Buffelhead

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:18:46 -0400
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 Content preview:  Hi All, Today Harold Forsyth and I drove to Annapolis Co.,
    for some birding. In Middleton this morning we were lucky to see the female
    Western Tanager at the window feeder on the last house on the south side
   of Ross Lane. The bird was well seen and has been seen by birders for a bit
    now, the owner of the property said it visited yesterday as well. The dark
    grey back and wings, with two wing bars, yellow head and under body were
   striking in the bright sunshine on such a cold day. Harold and I had a great
    steak out in the car in the back south west corner of the hospital parking
    lot, it cost us three dollars but was worth it to wait in the car out of
   the wind for the tanager to arrive. [...] 
 
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Hi All,

Today Harold Forsyth and I drove to Annapolis Co., for some birding.

In Middleton this morning we were lucky to see the female Western  
Tanager at the window feeder on the last house on the south side of  
Ross Lane. The bird was well seen and has been seen by birders for a  
bit now, the owner of the property said it visited yesterday as well.  
The dark grey back and wings, with two wing bars, yellow head and  
under body were striking in the bright sunshine on such a cold day.  
Harold and I had a great steak out in the car in the back south west  
corner of the hospital parking lot, it cost us three dollars but was  
worth it to wait in the car out of the wind for the tanager to arrive.

We were not able to see the Yellow Throated Warbler that has been  
visiting on Victoria St in the same town.

In Bridgetown as we were driving through I noticed a Turkey Vulture  
coasting above the town, I pointed it out to Harold who was watching a  
vulture in a different direction. We turned off on a street in the  
direction that the vultures seemed to be descending towards. We  
arrived at the town's ball field in time to see both birds land in a  
weeping willow at the northwest corner of the field, left field! There  
were already ten vultures in the tree. We saw a dozen Turkey Vultures  
all roosted in the same weeping willow, -9 C, all looked quite dejected!

In Annapolis Royal the Marsh was all frozen but for a very small  
channel in the center, the sewer ponds hosted some black ducks, one  
Scaup sp., and about forty Buffelhead ducks. we walked around the  
French Basin just in case! We were certainly cold in the wind but  
happy to find two very brightly marked Orange Crowned Warblers  
associating with some Purple Finches. The warblers were bright yellow  
below, grey headed, slight eye ringed, smudgy eye lined, and without  
wing bars.

Along the Fundy shore from Parkers Cove to Port George we saw very few  
birds because of the heavy surf and low tide. A Sharp Shinned hawk  
flew out from under the wharf at Parkers Cove, surely sitting in the  
lee of the wind and in the bright sun! A few Surf Scoters, Common  
Eiders, and an unidentified Alcid were all that we could muster.

Happy New Year to All,

George Forsyth


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