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Index of Subjects --001a11c2870a99a74f050f2a6e15 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There's a good account of how weather systems including storms affect bird sightings in NS in Ian's book All the Birds of NS. Richard Stern Sternrichard@gmail.com Sent from my Android device On Feb 15, 2015 6:12 PM, "Eric Mills" <E.Mills@dal.ca> wrote: > The trajectory of the storm matters. This one, like many, came up the US > East Coast and merged with stuff fro the west. Inshore alcids are the bes= t > bet. Dovekies spend their winters far offshore, along the edge of the Slo= pe > Water south of us. If the gales extended that far, I would expect some > inshore. Could be some other alcids too, sheltering in coastal inlets. If > you want an Ivory Gull (who doesn't? ), pray for the Gulf of St Lawrence = to > freeze up and the ice to extend far south from the Labrador front. I don'= t > think this low will help all that much. > > Eric > > Eric L. Mills > Lower Rose Bay > Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia > Canada > Original Message > From: Christopher > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 12:35 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Searching for bird rarities after Winter Storms > > > Hi Everyone, > > I=E2=80=99m aware of the strategy of looking for rare birds blown into No= va > Scotia. I=E2=80=99ve seen this strategy work well in the fall. Does thi= s same > concept apply to the winter in NS? We are after the migration season fo= r > most birds. But can rare birds/vagrants end up here in the dead of > winter? Should costal headlands be searched? > > Chris Peters > --001a11c2870a99a74f050f2a6e15 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p dir=3D"ltr">There's a good account of how weather systems including = storms affect bird sightings in NS in Ian's book All the Birds of NS. <= /p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Richard Stern <br> Sternrichard@gmail.com<br> Sent from my Android device </p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Feb 15, 2015 6:12 PM, "Eric Mills" = <E.Mills@dal.ca> wrote:<br type= =3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8= ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The trajectory of the storm= matters. This one, like many, came up the US East Coast and merged with st= uff fro the west. Inshore alcids are the best bet. Dovekies spend their win= ters far offshore, along the edge of the Slope Water south of us. If the ga= les extended that far, I would expect some inshore. Could be some other alc= ids too, sheltering in coastal inlets. If you want an Ivory Gull (who doesn= 't? ), pray for the Gulf of St Lawrence to freeze up and the ice to ext= end far south from the Labrador front. I don't think this low will help= all that much.<br> <br> Eric<br> <br> Eric L. Mills<br> Lower Rose Bay<br> Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia<br> Canada<br> =C2=A0 Original Message<br> From: Christopher<br> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 12:35<br> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<= br> Reply To: <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.c= a</a><br> Subject: [NatureNS] Searching for bird rarities after Winter Storms<br> <br> <br> Hi Everyone,<br> <br> I=E2=80=99m aware of the strategy of looking for rare birds blown into Nova= Scotia.=C2=A0 I=E2=80=99ve seen this strategy work well in the fall.=C2=A0= Does this same concept apply to the winter in NS?=C2=A0 =C2=A0We are after= the migration season for most birds.=C2=A0 But can rare birds/vagrants end= up here in the dead of winter?=C2=A0 =C2=A0Should costal headlands be sear= ched?<br> <br> Chris Peters<br> </blockquote></div> --001a11c2870a99a74f050f2a6e15--
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