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Today, January 20, my son Chris and I drove from Brier Island to the Bridge=
water area and to my home in Lower Rose Bay, Lunenburg Co., Our route was a=
long Hwy 217 on Long Island and Digby Neck, along 101 to the Bear River tur=
noff, then across country via Bear River and the Virginia East Road to Hwy =
8, thence south to South Brookfield and Hwy 208, then W to Hwy 325 and sout=
h to Bridgewater and beyond - very roughly 220 km in total.
There were Juncos along the whole route, going up from the roadsides in gro=
ups of 2-3 to more than 100 at a time. Our total was many hundreds, and lik=
ely in the thousands. I have seen numbers like these along that route in Oc=
tober, but January is most unusual.
Circumstantial evidence for sure, but I have no doubt that these birds are =
new arrivals in the province, probably related to stormy weather during the=
past few days in New Brunswick. Our feeders in Lower Rose Bay seemed to at=
tract high numbers starting about the 16th or 17th, coinciding with the las=
t snowfalls.
Eric L. Mills
Lower Rose Bay
Lunenburg Co., NS
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Today, January 20, my son Chris a=
nd I drove from Brier Island to the Bridgewater area and to my home in Lowe=
r Rose Bay, Lunenburg Co., Our route was along Hwy 217 on Long Island and D=
igby Neck, along 101 to the Bear River
turnoff, then across country via Bear River and the Virginia East Road to =
Hwy 8, thence south to South Brookfield and Hwy 208, then W to Hwy 325 and =
south to Bridgewater and beyond - very roughly 220 km in total.</p>
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">There were Juncos along the whole=
route, going up from the roadsides in groups of 2-3 to more than 100 at a =
time. Our total was many hundreds, and likely in the thousands. I have seen=
numbers like these along that route
in October, but January is most unusual.</p>
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Circumstantial evidence for sure,=
but I have no doubt that these birds are new arrivals in the province, pro=
bably related to stormy weather during the past few days in New Brunswick. =
Our feeders in Lower Rose Bay seemed
to attract high numbers starting about the 16th or 17th, coinciding with t=
he last snowfalls.</p>
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Eric L. Mills</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Lower Rose Bay</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Lunenburg Co., NS<br>
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