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Good point, and agreed, Eric. Maybe we need an additional "probable"
first arrivals category. Where species like first robins and common grackles
can land.
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Eric Mills
Sent: March 19, 2018 9:08 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Spring first arrivals
Hello Nancy,
So lots of species - Common Eiders, loons, the Scoters, most common gulls,
Robins, on and on - are excluded from this Citizen Science project.
I think that the anonymous cabal (I know who they are; I am just being
facetious) that has established these criteria and the list should think
again. There are many good field birders in Nova Scotia who know their local
patches very well and can make good informed judgements about what has
arrived and what has been around all winter.
With such a constipated list we will certainly miss new and significant
information about many species. I don't think that is necessary and it is
certainly not desirable.
Eric
Eric L. Mills
Lower Rose Bay
Lunenburg Co., NS
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on
behalf of nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com>
Sent: March 19, 2018 7:04:16 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Spring first arrivals
These no doubt are Spring First Arrivals, arriving via the route you
mentioned. So I will use this opportunity to clarify some of the reasoning
behind the species list on the NSBS Spring First Arrivals table.
<http://www.nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/spring-first-arrivals>
http://www.nsbirdsociety.ca/library/resources/spring-first-arrivals
The reason these species are not part of this NSBS dataset: We have excluded
species who have significant overwintering populations in some part of NS
(see Conclusion section below table), to reduce any entries that require
assumptions on our part. For example, did those RB Gulls get blown in from a
nearby wintering population? Or were the Lesser Black-backs (always a tongue
twister) ones already present in SW NS (probably not)? Even Baltimore
Orioles got nixed due to ambiguity.
NatureNS will be getting regular updates on Spring First Arrivals as the
migration season progresses. So please post any sightings.
Nancy
Sent from my iPad
On Mar 18, 2018, at 9:07 PM, Eric Mills <E.Mills@Dal.Ca> wrote:
Two that I believe qualify, with my justification:
Ring-billed Gull - March 18. 10 bright full adults roosting with Herring
Gulls off Privateer Park, Liverpool, Queens Co., were not present earlier.
Throughout the winter 1-2 Ring-bills, usually first-winter (occasionally
adults) have been present.
Lesser Black-backed Gull - March 11. An adult graellsii arrived among
roosting Herring and Greater Black-backed Gulls off Privateer Park,
Liverpool, Queens Co., slept for a while, and then headed off seaward. The
timing is consistent with northward movement from wintering areas in the
southeastern USA (likely toward nesting areas in W Greenland or Iceland,
although no doubt by easy stages so early in the season).
Eric Mills
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