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It is a long haul to Brier Island for those of us who don't live there, but=
the birding is always interesting. Here are the results from December 14's=
Brier Island CBC.
BRIER ISLAND CHRISTMAS COUNT 2015 (CBC#116)
Monday, December 14, 2015
Time & weather: 0700-1700 AST. Overcast, with occasional rain showers and i=
ce pellets. Wind ESE 5 to ca. 20 kph
Participants: Stewart Brown, Wanda Christensen, Lisa Clark, Dominic Cormier=
, Ron d'Entremont, Cindy Garron, George Garron, Carl Haycock, Kevin Lantz, =
Sharron Marlor, Anne Mills, Eric Mills (compiler), Richard Stern, Jake Walk=
er, Rick Whitman.
Effort: Total party kilometres 90.4 (20.2 on foot, 70.2 by car). Total part=
y hours 23.9 (21.1 on foot, 2.8 by car).
59 species (4 more in Count Week), 2312 individuals.
Black Duck - 48; Mallard - 3; Northern Pintail - 1; Common Eider - 78; Harl=
equin Duck - 1; Surf Scoter - 1; White-winged Scoter - 22; Black Scoter - 1=
2; Long-tailed Duck - 104; Bufflehead - 11; Red-breasted Merganser - 34; Ri=
ng-necked Pheasant - 7; Ruffed Grouse - 5; Common Loon - 55; Red-necked Gre=
be - 12; Northern Fulmar - 25; Great Shearwater - 15; Northern Gannet - 51;=
Double-crested Cormorant - 2; Great Cormorant - 102; Bald Eagle - 1; Sharp=
-shinned Hawk - 1; Purple Sandpiper - 31; Dovekie - 202; Murre sp. - 100; R=
azorbill - 52; Black Guillemot - 25; Atlantic Puffin - 15; Black-legged Kit=
tiwake - 225; Laughing Gull - 1; Ring-billed Gull - 1; Herring Gull - 527; =
Iceland Gull - 4; Great Black-backed Gull - 99; Rock Pigeon - 19; Mourning =
Dove - 46; Downy Woodpecker - 1; Western Kingbird - 1; Blue Jay - 13; Ameri=
can Crow - 80; Common Raven - 11; Horned Lark - 2; Black-capped Chickadee -=
39; Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1; White-breasted Nuthatch - 1; Brown Creeper =
- 1; Golden-crowned Kinglet - 21; Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1; European Starli=
ng - 70; Lapland Longspur - 2; Snow Bunting - 45; Song Sparrow - 9; White-t=
hroated Sparrow - 2; Dark-eyed Junco - 12; Northern Cardinal - 5; Red-winge=
d Blackbird - 8; Common Grackle - 7; Brown-headed Cowbird - 1; Purple Finch=
- 7; American Goldfinch - 34.
Count week species: Turkey Vulture, American Pipit, American Tree Sparrow, =
Baltimore Oriole.
Comments. The highlight of this year's count was the addition of two specie=
s to the overall CBC list for Brier Island, Laughing Gull and Western Kingb=
ird. The Baltimore Oriole that had been regular at Lisa Clark's feeder up t=
o count day was not seen then nor thereafter. The Laughing Gull, 15 Great S=
hearwaters, 25 Fulmars and a nice mix of alcids, were seen by Carl Haycock =
off the island, within the pelagic part of the count circle, during the sea=
bird melee accompanying lobster fishing. From shore it was evident that the=
re were large numbers of seabirds north and west of the island, but they we=
re totally unidentifiable in the distance and in haze despite relatively ca=
lm sea conditions, especially in the morning. On land, despite relatively g=
ood weather (a few showers of rain and ice pellets), birds were few and far=
between except in Westport, where the feeders really paid off, and the Wes=
tern Kingbird, found first two days before the count, alternated through th=
e day between fruit-bearing bushes and a rather unproductive search for fly=
ing insects from the wires along Second Street.
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<p>It is a long haul to Brier Island for those of us who don't live there, =
but the birding is always interesting. Here are the results from December 1=
4's Brier Island CBC.</p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog=
raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">BRIER ISLAND CHRISTMAS COUNT=
2015 (CBC#116)</b></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog=
raph">Monday, December 14, 2015</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog=
raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog=
raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Time & weather:
</b>0700-1700 AST. Overcast, with occasional rain showers and ice pellets. =
Wind ESE 5 to ca. 20 kph</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog=
raph"> </p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog=
raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Participants:
</b>Stewart Brown, Wanda Christensen, Lisa Clark, Dominic Cormier, Ron d=
217;Entremont, Cindy Garron, George Garron, Carl Haycock, Kevin Lantz, Shar=
ron Marlor, Anne Mills, Eric Mills (compiler), Richard Stern, Jake Walker, =
Rick Whitman.
</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog=
raph"> </p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog=
raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Effort:
</b>Total party kilometres 90.4 (20.2 on foot, 70.2 by car). Total party ho=
urs 23.9 (21.1 on foot, 2.8 by car).</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog=
raph"> </p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog=
raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">59 species</b> (4 more in Co=
unt Week),
<b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">2312</b> individuals. </p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog=
raph">Black Duck – 48; Mallard – 3; Northern Pintail – 1;=
<b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:=0A=
normal">
</b>Common Eider – 78; Harlequin Duck – 1; Surf Scoter – =
1; White-winged Scoter – 22;<b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
</b>Black Scoter – 12; Long-tailed Duck – 104;<b style=3D"mso-b=
idi-font-weight:normal">
</b>Bufflehead – 11;<b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b>Red=
-breasted Merganser – 34; Ring-necked Pheasant – 7; Ruffed Grou=
se – 5; Common Loon – 55; Red-necked Grebe – 12;<b style=
=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
</b>Northern Fulmar – <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">25</b>=
; <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:=0A=
normal">
Great Shearwater </b>– <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">15</b=
>; Northern Gannet – 51; Double-crested Cormorant – 2; Great Co=
rmorant – 102; Bald Eagle – 1; Sharp-shinned Hawk – 1; Pu=
rple Sandpiper – 31; Dovekie – 202; Murre sp. – 100; Razo=
rbill – 52; Black
Guillemot – 25; Atlantic Puffin – 15; Black-legged Kittiwake &=
#8211; 225; <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
Laughing Gull </b>– 1; Ring-billed Gull – 1; Herring Gull ̵=
1; 527; Iceland Gull – 4; Great Black-backed Gull – 99; Rock Pi=
geon – 19; Mourning Dove – 46; Downy Woodpecker – 1;
<b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Western Kingbird</b> – 1; Bl=
ue Jay – 13; American Crow – 80; Common Raven – 11; Horne=
d Lark –<b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:=0A=
normal">
</b>2; Black-capped Chickadee – 39; Red-breasted Nuthatch – 1; =
<b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
White-breasted Nuthatch</b> – 1; Brown Creeper – 1; Golden-crow=
ned Kinglet – 21; <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
Ruby-crowned Kinglet</b> – 1; European Starling - 70; Lapland Longspu=
r – 2; Snow Bunting – 45; Song Sparrow – 9; White-throate=
d Sparrow – 2; Dark-eyed Junco – 12; Northern Cardinal – =
5; Red-winged Blackbird – 8; Common Grackle – 7; Brown-headed C=
owbird – 1;
Purple Finch – <b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">7</b>; Ameri=
can Goldfinch – 34.</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Count week =
species</b>: Turkey Vulture, American Pipit, American Tree Sparrow, Baltimo=
re Oriole.</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideog=
raph"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Comments</b>. The highlight =
of this year’s count was the addition of two species to the overall C=
BC list for Brier Island, Laughing Gull and
Western Kingbird. The Baltimore Oriole that had been regular at Lisa Clark=
’s feeder up to count day was not seen then nor thereafter. The Laugh=
ing Gull, 15 Great Shearwaters, 25 Fulmars and a nice mix of alcids, were s=
een by Carl Haycock off the island, within
the pelagic part of the count circle, during the seabird melee accompanyin=
g lobster fishing. From shore it was evident that there were large numbers =
of seabirds north and west of the island, but they were totally unidentifia=
ble in the distance and in haze
despite relatively calm sea conditions, especially in the morning. On land=
, despite relatively good weather (a few showers of rain and ice pellets), =
birds were few and far between except in Westport, where the feeders really=
paid off, and the Western Kingbird,
found first two days before the count, alternated through the day between =
fruit-bearing bushes and a rather unproductive search for flying insects fr=
om the wires along Second Street.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun:yes">
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