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The 50th annual Kingston, NS, Christmas Bird Count (XBC) will be held Satur=
day, December 23. Most of our regular observers have been notified of this=
already and will get more details as soon as these are prepared. There is=
still room for more keen birders if you want to join this historic effort =
and a great chance for a few young or beginning birders to get out with mor=
e experienced ones.
The 12-km radius circle, centred at Bridge and Main in Kingston, extends f=
rom Aylesford to Lower Middleton, and from Margaretsville to South Tremont.
Anyone with a bird feeder living in that area can help by observing for al=
l or part of that day (especially if your feeder is not visible from the ro=
ad) and by notifying the compiler in advance if you have any uncommon or un=
known species coming to it.
Contact Wayne Neily ASAP so that we can assure no duplication of counts - =
Neilyornis@hotmail.com or 902-765-2455. We usually have about 100 observer=
s, so do not wait to be called; I am getting older and slower, and may not =
have time to call you. I need to get confirmation of your intention to obs=
erve that day by the 18th, so that maps showing what feeders are being obse=
rved can get to the field party leaders on time.
While most of you will have heard that this is the 118th XBC overall, from =
the first one in 1900 organized by Frank Chapman and published in Bird-Lore=
, the predecessor of Audubon, this one makes me reflect on the count's hist=
ory in NS. Fifty years seems like a long run for us, with our start in 196=
8, but I realize that some have had longer runs
here - indeed, my first one was in 1964, when Peter Smith and I walked up f=
rom Acadia onto the Ridge in the Wolfville count, which likely has the long=
est database, having been started by Robie Tufts in 1915, although some lat=
er years were missed.
Only one count from the Maritimes was run in 1900, William Moore's Scotch L=
ake, NB, one, and there were no more here until 1913, when Chesley Allen an=
d Harrison Lewis organized the first NS count at Yarmouth. It was closely =
followed by Wolfville, but there were no others established until 1942, whe=
n Robie's brother Harold Tufts started the Port Mouton one.
Fourth in NS was Windsor, started in 1943 by J. C. & R. Morrow, and called=
West Hants in recent years.
Fifth was Halifax, organized by Willet Mills in 1944, later called Halifax=
(west), which might have the longest run of comparable data, if it had not=
been for the tragic decision about 25 years ago to combine the two Halifax=
counts.
Sixth was the first Cape Breton Island one, Port Hood, established by Austi=
n Cameron in 1945, and those were all until the 1950s.
Harrison Lewis returned to NS in 1952, and started the 7th, Sable River, la=
ter called West Middle Sable.
Fourteen more valid count areas were established between 1955 and 1960 (plu=
s five that overlapped earlier ones), thanks to the founding of the Nova Sc=
otia Bird Society, but those must await another note.
Cheers,
Wayne Neily
Tremont, NS
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e 50th annual Kingston, NS, Christmas Bird Count (XBC) will be held Sa=
turday, December 23. Most of our regular observers have been notified=
of this already and will get more details as
soon as these are prepared. There is still room for more keen birder=
s if you want to join this historic effort and a great chance for a fe=
w young or beginning birders to get out with more experienced one=
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ton, extends from Aylesford to Lower Middleton, and from Margaretsvill=
e to South Tremont.
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bsp;<font size=3D"3">Anyone with a bird feeder living in that area can help=
by observing for all or part of that day (especially if your feeder is not=
visible from the road) and by notifying the
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it.</font></font></p>
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ASAP so that we can assure no duplication of counts - Neilyornis@hotmail.co=
m or 902-765-2455. We usually have about 100 observers,
so do not wait to be called; I am getting older and slower, and may not ha=
ve time to call you. I need to get confirmation of your intention to =
observe that day by the 18th, so that maps showing what feeders are being o=
bserved can get to the field party leaders
on time.</font></font></font></font></p>
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<div><font size=3D"3"><font size=3D"3"><font size=3D"3">While most of you w=
ill have heard that this is the 118th XBC overall, from the first one in 19=
00 organized by Frank Chapman and published in
<em>Bird-Lore</em>, the predecessor of <em>Audubon</em>, this one makes me =
reflect on the count's history
<font size=3D"3">in NS. Fifty years seems like a long run for us, wit=
h our start in 1968, but I realize that some have had longer runs&l