[NatureNS] Blake Maybank's Winter Bird List reminder

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There is a Dickcissel in Ant. Co. - near Seabright.

The flycatcher at Marilyn O'Brien's place was last seen on the last day of
November.

Randy

_________________________________
RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.

On 1 December 2015 at 08:42, Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> wrote:

> Blake Maybank=E2=80=99s Winter Bird List (WBL) starts today. I=E2=80=99ll=
 be tracking the
> sightings as they come in and will usually have them updated within a day
> of them being reported. I=E2=80=99ll primarily be gathering reports from =
eBird and
> NatureNS but I=E2=80=99ll also enlist some help to try and get any from N=
S Bird
> Society=E2=80=99s Facebook page sightings which don=E2=80=99t make to eBi=
rd or NatureNS as
> well.
>
>
>
> I=E2=80=99m not 100% myself so I won=E2=80=99t be pulling my weight in fi=
nding species in
> the beginning but I hope that changes soon. One of the most important key=
s
> to a successful WBL year is to rack up some ticks from finding the hardy
> migrants that are still hanging around in the beginning of December. I ho=
pe
> we can find most of the rarities that have been reported around the
> province in the last week or so.
>
>
>
> On the next update you=E2=80=99ll notice that our WBL has an overall tota=
l of 346
> species with an average of 197 species per year.
>
>
>
> Last year we got off to a great start with 101 on the first day. We may
> not hit 101 today but Iet=E2=80=99s see if can best last year=E2=80=99s t=
otal of 202
> species. That 202 was our 5th highest WBL total ever. Some may wonder how
> we managed that considering the harshness of the winter but our December
> was quite tame and we got our list off to a good start and our winter tim=
e
> Banana Belt of Yarmouth/Shelburne did not have it nearly as bad as the re=
st
> of us.
>
>
>
> The last two WBL years were our 2nd and 3rd worst shorebirds years of the
> last 20 years at 9 species. I hope we can reverse that unsettling trend.
>
>
>
> For those who may be following this for the first time, an X indicates a
> species observation of that year and a *X* indicates the species was also
> sighted in February which puts it on our Depth of Winter List (DOWL). The
> DOWL is a sub list of WBL of February only sightings. Only columns with a=
n
> X or **X** count towards the species total as we have a few candidate
> species on the list such as Ipswich Sparrow which may get split from
> Savannah Sparrow someday but until then they don=E2=80=99t count as a spe=
cies.
>
>
>
> http://www.nsbirdsociety.ca/index.php/library/the-birds-of-winter
>
>
>
> Keith Lowe
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">There is a Dickcissel in Ant. Co. - near Seabright.<div><b=
r></div><div>The flycatcher at Marilyn O&#39;Brien&#39;s place was last see=
n on the last day of November.</div><div><br></div><div>Randy</div></div><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signatu=
re">_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<=
br>Antigonish County, NS.</div></div>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 1 December 2015 at 08:42, Keith Lowe <spa=
n dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mythos25@live.com" target=3D"_blank">my=
thos25@live.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><di=
v lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"#0563C1" vlink=3D"#954F72"><div><p class=3D"MsoNor=
mal"><span style=3D"color:black">Blake Maybank=E2=80=99s </span>Winter Bird=
 List (WBL) starts today. I=E2=80=99ll be tracking the sightings as they co=
me in and will usually have them updated within a day of them being reporte=
d. I=E2=80=99ll primarily be gathering reports from eBird and NatureNS but =
I=E2=80=99ll also enlist some help to try and get any from NS Bird Society=
=E2=80=99s Facebook page sightings which don=E2=80=99t make to eBird or Nat=
ureNS as well.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u>=
</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I=E2=80=99m not 100% myself so I won=E2=80=99t b=
e pulling my weight in finding species in the beginning but I hope that cha=
nges soon. One of the most important keys to a successful WBL year is to ra=
ck up some ticks from finding the hardy migrants that are still hanging aro=
und in the beginning of December. I hope we can find most of the rarities t=
hat have been reported around the province in the last week or so.<u></u><u=
></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNorm=
al">On the next update you=E2=80=99ll notice that our WBL has an overall to=
tal of 346 species with an average of 197 species per year. <u></u><u></u><=
/p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">La=
st year we got off to a great start with 101 on the first day. We may not h=
it 101 today but Iet=E2=80=99s see if can best last year=E2=80=99s total of=
 202 species. That 202 was our 5th highest WBL total ever. Some may wonder =
how we managed that considering the harshness of the winter but our Decembe=
r was quite tame and we got our list off to a good start and our winter tim=
e Banana Belt of Yarmouth/Shelburne did not have it nearly as bad as the re=
st of us. <u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>=
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">The last two WBL years were our 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3=
<sup>rd</sup> worst shorebirds years of the last 20 years at 9 species. I h=
ope we can reverse that unsettling trend. <u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"Mso=
Normal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">For those who may be=
 following this for the first time, an X indicates a species observation of=
 that year and a *X* indicates the species was also sighted in February whi=
ch puts it on our Depth of Winter List (DOWL). The DOWL is a sub list of WB=
L of February only sightings. Only columns with an X or *<b>X</b>* count to=
wards the species total as we have a few candidate species on the list such=
 as Ipswich Sparrow which may get split from Savannah Sparrow someday but u=
ntil then they don=E2=80=99t