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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_2HhtYxLhKGbM8bNBEAthQg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline Hi=2C Keith=2E I checked with some birders in Cape Breton=2C in the area where Pine Gro= sbeaks were found on the Louisbourg Christmas Bird Count Dec=2E 16=2E Th= ey haven=27t seen any continuing through the winter=2C let alone in Febr= uary=2E Cheers=2C Susann Myers On 02/27/18 08=3A12 AM=2C Keith Lowe =3Cmythos25=40live=2Ecom=3E wrote=3A= =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E Oops=2C I have to make another withdraw=2E Pine Grosbeak is one of t= hose birds that I have a very hard time distinguishing and I can never p= ut them in by sound myself=2E Nancy=92s recording did sound kind of live= ly to me and that should have clued me in to the fact they were Purple F= inch but it didn=92t=2E I had sent the checklist link to Chris Pepper fo= r confirmation but he didn=92t get back to me before I posted the update= but he informed me later they were Purple Finch=2E I know from birding = with Chris that he can identify Pine Grosbeak if one makes a peep with 5= 00 meters of him or 1k if there is no wind! =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E With only two days left=2C Pine Grosbeak is our biggest miss on the = DoWL and Ruddy Duck our biggest miss on the WBL=2E =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E We picked up 1=2E5 species for the DoWL which brings us to 144=2C 11= short of our record breaking DoWL last year=2E The half species was Ric= k Whitman noticing that the photographed Savanah Sparrow that Robert and= Sandi Keereweer at Grand Pr=E9 on the 19th was an Ipswich=2C which Ian = confirmed=2E =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E Addition(s) to the WBL and DoWL =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E Addition(s) to the DoWL =3E = =3E Hermit Thrush =96 = =3E Rita Viau=2C Lower Sackville=2E Nicely photographed and still lookin= g quite chipper=2E =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E Here are some of our biggest misses far followed by how many times t= he species has made the DoWL in the 10 years it had been tracked=2E Note= that the DoWL was not tracked in 2009/10 so I=92m not counting that yea= r=2E =3E = =3E Baltimore Oriole (9 out of 10) =3E = =3E American Coot (9 out of 10) =3E = =3E Swamp Sparrow (8 out of 10) =3E = =3E Dickcissel (8 out of 10) =3E = =3E Ruddy Turnstone =A0(7 out of 10) = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E The Winter Bird List (WBL) counts species from December=2C January a= nd February and are noted by a =93X=94 in the column on the spreadsheet=2E= =3E = =3E = =3E The Depth of Winter List (DoWL) counts species from February only an= d are noted with =93*X*=94=2E =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E NatureNS does not allow me to link to our winter bird page directly = but you can find it following the directions at the link below where you= can view and/or download the WBL spreadsheet=2E The downloaded version = contains more years of data=2E =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E There may be a short delay before the spreadsheet gets uploaded but = for more info or to view the WBL list or to download the full version of= the WBL spreadsheet=2C visit our Winter Birds page under Library at htt= p=3A//nsbirdsociety=2Eca/ =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E Keith Lowe =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E = =3E --Boundary_(ID_2HhtYxLhKGbM8bNBEAthQg) Content-type: text/html; 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