Nova Scotia Rare Bird Alert

[NS-RBA] Re: [NatureNS] Great Birders

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:26:24 -0500

Yes, I saw this as well and groaned... I was involved in the 24-hour
BioBlitz which took place in the BMBCL WA in 2009. Actually we had 75
species of birds and I believe that the botanists tallied 192 species of
flora. This area was right in

Re: [NatureNS] Great Birders

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:26:24 -0500

[NS-RBA] Male Indigo Bunting

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:46:54 -0500

A male Indigo Bunting visited a friend's feeder for a couple of days this week in West Arichat on Isle Madame, CB.

[NatureNS] Great Birders

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:00:59 -0500

An article in yesterday's Chronicle Herald about the proposed Blue Mountain
Birch Cove Lakes park states "In one 24-hour period, scientists counted more
than 800 species of wildlife in the area, including more than 300 species of
birds".

This would surely make it our top "hot spot" in Nova Scotia.

Don

Don MacNeill
(email

[NS-RBA] chimney swifts & cardinals

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:57:25 -0500

HI all,

Mainly more so for interest sake, I have seen and heard a total of three Chimney Swifts different days either flying over our house in Bible Hill or over the rock garden area at the NSAC. This is about all that we get any more.

On another note we

[NS-RBA] Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Brier Island

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:27:36 -0500

Carl Haycock has just phoned to report an immature Yellow-crowned Night Heron in
Westport, Brier Island, this morning. Apparently it has been spending some time on the float
at the end of the new dock in Irishtown as well as at other locations in Westport.

Eric L. Mills
286 Kingsburg Road
RR#1, Rose

[NatureNS] Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Brier Island

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:27:36 -0500

[NS-RBA] (unknown)

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:06:39 -0500

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[NS-RBA] Pine Warbler

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:28:02 -0500

We had at least one singing Pine Warbler Monday evening, May 21, in
Laurie Pk., Wellington. It was really flitting around flycatching, so
there may have been more than one. They seemed to be singing everywhere
around campsite #54.

Lois Codling

[NS-RBA] Pictures from Brier Island last weekend

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:28:22 -0500

Hi,

I have posted the "keepers" from the many bird pics I took over the long
w/e just past on Brier Island --

http://richard-s.smugmug.com/Nature/NS-Birds-and-Scenes-May-2012/23006971_pkVcwN#!i62178199&k=6wgptbNand
the following page.

For those unfamiliar with Smugmug, use the menus above the thumbnails,
mouse over the pictures, etc., for alternative views and tech. info.

Richard

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Port Williams, NS, Canada
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[NatureNS] Pictures from Brier Island last weekend

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:28:22 -0500

[NS-RBA] Re: Bon Portage Island weekend- NOMO and SASP (Ipswich)

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:56:28 -0500

I was able to spend a quiet weekend on Bon Portage Island - no sheep, no dogs and no ATVs. Only unusual bird was a Northern Mockingbird near the Light house. There were many Song Sparrows , a number of Savannahs and one Ipswich in the field. Two deer and

[NatureNS] Re: Bon Portage Island weekend- NOMO and SASP (Ipswich)

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:56:28 -0500

[NS-RBA] FREE birding books

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:43:48 -0500

We're moving to a smaller place and are proportionately reducing our library. Some of my (too) many bird books have to go:

A Guide to the Birds of Panama (Ridgely, 1976 Princeton Press)
Roger Tory Peterson's Dozen Birding Hot Spots (Harrison, 1976, Simon & Shuster)
The Birds of Canada (Godfrey, 1972 (1976

[NS-RBA] Birds Noted Recently

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:44:50 -0500

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[NS-RBA] Oiled Dovekie

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:16:02 -0500

Less than thirty feet off a private beach in the Sambro Harbour area was a Dovekie repeatedly diving and preening. The flanks and belly weren't heavily blackened but rather greyed out by what I suppose was oil.

~ Stephen Manuel

[NS-RBA] Brier Island birding

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:01:33 -0500

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[NatureNS] Brier Island birding

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:01:33 -0500

[NS-RBA] brown thrasher 20 may at the hawk

Sun, 20 May 2012 09:29:52 -0500

20 may at 940 am at the hawk

brown thrasher

seen by clyde stoddart

[NS-RBA] 3 northern shoveler on cape sable island 20 may

Sun, 20 May 2012 07:11:17 -0500

20 may at 8am seen by clyde stoddart

at lower clarks harbour accross from genevas restraunt (former)

2 males and 1 female northern shovelers

[NS-RBA] cape sable island birds sat 19 may

Sat, 19 May 2012 18:20:13 -0500

19 may some birds seen by clyde stoddart and others

wilson phalarope at the hawk guzzle, 630 pm
american oystercather at the hawk guzzle 630 pm
and other shorebirds,

at daniels head behind veron deon store

little blue heron, at 7pm
2 eastern kingbirds at 7pm
great egret at 7pm

[NS-RBA] Great Egrets

Sat, 19 May 2012 16:58:52 -0500

Laura had not seen the Great Egret yet so I took her to Roach's Pond after dinner this evening and there are now two Great Egrets present.

The beavers have provided a rich bird friendly habitat at the north end of Roach's Pond. Look for small waders here such as Sora

Re: [NS-RBA] Cerulean warbler - Halifax Public Gardens

Sat, 19 May 2012 15:43:53 -0500

After seeing this report I visited the Public Gardens on
Friday evening after work, from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m. I intended to
walk through the whole gardens, but went first to the area around the
goose enclosure where I

[NS-RBA] Little Blue Heron - CSI - May 19

Sat, 19 May 2012 09:20:45 -0500

At 10.30am next to Vernon D'Eon South Side - resting next to pond.

Cheers,

Rachel

[NS-RBA] Whippoorwill, Brier Island

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:46:05 -0500

Hi,

I saw and photographed a Whippoorwill along the Camp Road, Brier Island this evening just before it got totally dark. I saw the moth- like shape in flight, and the big white patches on the corners of the tail. The photos also reveal the pale gray shoulder stripes. It was

[NatureNS] Whippoorwill, Brier Island

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:46:05 -0500

[NS-RBA] Summer Tanager

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:02:57 -0500

Just had a Summer Tanager land in our backyard apple tree. This is a first for me - he is beautiful! I have posted pics on NS-RBA.
- Debbie (Timberlea)

[NS-RBA] Red-Shafted N. Flicker at Jerry Lawrence park

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:03:39 -0500

Hey all,
I spotted this bird a few days but wanted to go back and make sure it was what I thought it was. It's without a doubt a red-shafted. The red it was caught my eye when it took off from the ground the first time. Now that the

[NS-RBA] Cerulean warbler - hfx public gardens

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:15:32 -0500

Dennis Garratt just notified me and asked I post this. About 1:30 pm he had a female Cerulean Warbler, a Tennessee Warbler, magnolia, indigo buntings and some empid flycatchers at the Halifax Public Gardens. He offered his phone number should anyone want more specific directions.

Dennis at:
423-5263

Dave

[NS-RBA] Turkey Vulture - Bissett Road, Cole Harbour

Fri, 18 May 2012 07:22:27 -0500

Hi all,

Took a lovely walk this morning on the trail system on Bissett Road beside the old barn that burned a few years ago. Lots of warblers as well as Tree and Barn Swallows! Added bonus was a Turkey Vulture circling over the fields.

If any group is ever looking at

[NS-RBA] Chimney Swifts back Mines Rd

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:58:23 -0500

Was fishing back the Mines Rd this afternoon and watched 10+ Chimney Swifts flying over a clear cut. There was quite a few very large/old pines still in the clearing. Perhaps they are migrants that haven't made it to their summer home or a small flock living back there.

[NS-RBA] Kentville L.B.Heron photos

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:59:04 -0500

A selection from this morning ---
http://richard-s.smugmug.com/Nature/NS-Birds-and-Scenes-May-2012/23006971_pkVcwN#!i50337630

Richard

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Richard Stern,
Port Williams, NS, Canada
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[NatureNS] Kentville L.B.Heron photos

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:59:04 -0500

[NS-RBA] LBH still at Miner's Marsh

Wed, 16 May 2012 05:24:14 -0500

Adult Little Blue Heron was sitting in a low tree near the trail entrance at 7am. This time I took my good camera, lens and tripod, and am v. pleased with the shots - I'll post them later - off to work now.

Richard Stern
(email address filtered)
Sent from my iPhone

[NatureNS] LBH still at Miner's Marsh

Wed, 16 May 2012 05:24:14 -0500

[NS-RBA] Thrasher and mockingbird

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:41:32 -0500

A brown thrasher visited a feeder in Blandford on Sunday, the 13th. Of
course it was late for the migration count.

My son has a mockingbird singing all night outside their house on
Nightingale in Rockingham.

--
Chris Field
Math and Statistics
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 3J5
902-494-3339, 902-494-5130 (fax)

[NS-RBA] Evening Grosbeak - Canning

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:30:07 -0500

I'm no longer sure of what I should be reporting, but today was the
first day in a while that
I have a seen an Evening Grosbeak at the feeder. Male in what seems to
be full breeding plumage.

If this is not a rare sighting, then at least it was colourful!

Ellie

[NS-RBA] Akins Marsh

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:36:03 -0500

Took my usual walk around Akins Marsh this afternoon(2 hours).
I spotted the following birds:
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black and white Warbler(tending to a nest only 2 feet off the path)
Hermit Thrush
Ovenbird(many seen/heard in every direction)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Blue-headed Vireo
Pied-billed Grebe
Belted Kingfisher
Ruby/Golden Kinglets
White-throated Sparrow
Plus the usuals..(robins,red winged blackbirds, grackles, chickadees ect..

I

[NS-RBA] Little Blue Heron, Miner's Marsh Kentville

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:34:27 -0500

(not sure if this made it through; if so, apologies for double posting)

hi folks,
The adult Little Blue Heron Richard Stern found this morning at Miner's
Marsh is still there as of 1:30 pm.
Thanks Richard!

It is now in the marsh. If you stand to the right of the picnic table just
before going

[NatureNS] Little Blue Heron, Miner's Marsh Kentville

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:34:27 -0500

[NS-RBA] LBH pictures

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:15:49 -0500

I do have a few pics of this morning's LBH in Kentville, but they're pretty
pathetic, as I didn't have my good camera or scope with me, and the images
I got with my other one are silhouetted, poorly focused, and have chromatic
aberration - but if anyone wants to see them for

[NatureNS] LBH pictures

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:15:49 -0500

[NS-RBA] LBH at Miner' Marsh

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:30:44 -0500

There was an adult Little Blue heron perched on top of a tall bare tree about half way round the left hand trail at Miner's Marsh, Kentville at 8am this morning. It wasn't there when I waked back, but I didn't see it fly away.

Richard Stern
(email address filtered)
Sent from my

[NatureNS] LBH at Miner' Marsh

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:30:44 -0500

[NS-RBA] FWD: Snowy Egret on Martinique Beach (Correction of earlier message)

Tue, 15 May 2012 04:39:40 -0500

Monday, May 14 2012 Decided to go to Martinque Beach for some fresh
air. There were 30+ Sanderlings, most of them in breeding plumage.
Still no piping plovers. At the very end of the beach, I spotted a
white bird in the spruce tree and

[NS-RBA] FWD: Snowy Owl on Martinique Beach, HRM

Tue, 15 May 2012 04:32:40 -0500

[NS-RBA] Blue Grosbeak, Frog Pond, Jollimore HRM

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:55:31 -0500

Hi all,

Sarah Gutowsky just texted me (10:45AM) that there's a Blue Grosbeak now at the northeast corner of the pond, along the trail, presumably discovered by her and/or other members of the Dalhousie ornithology class that she's now helping to teach.

Cheers,
Andy Horn
Halifax

[NatureNS] Blue Grosbeak, Frog Pond, Jollimore HRM

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:55:31 -0500

[NS-RBA] Snowy Egret

Sun, 13 May 2012 18:29:26 -0500

We had a Snowy Egret at our property at Brule, it was feeding on the salt water peninsula east of out house and was still there at 5:30 Sunday evening.

UTM coordinates

E 483,627
N 5,065,568

John

[NS-RBA] snowy egret at the hawk

Sun, 13 May 2012 14:40:39 -0500

13 may at 430pm seen by clyde stoddart

snowy egret by the guzzle at the hawk