[ValleyNature] snowy owls, was Depths of Winter List of Birds in Nova Scotia

[James W. Wolford]

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> From: Stephen Hawboldt <s.hawboldt at ns.sympatico.ca>
> Date: February 11, 2009 7:44:55 PM AST
> To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Depths of Winter List of Birds in Nova Scotia
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> I saw a snowy owl today, Feb. 11, near Berwick as I was driving  
> along Hwy. 101. My husband, Steve, also saw one this afternoon near  
> Middleton.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: P.L. Chalmers
> To: NatureNS
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:06 AM
> Subject: [NatureNS] Depths of Winter List of Birds in Nova Scotia
>
> Hi there,
>
>         Alright, just when you thought you could be lazy and warm  
> for the rest of the winter, and curl up indoors with some books,  
> comes the compilation of the "Depths of Winter" list of birds seen  
> in the coldest month of the year.  This list complements Blake  
> Maybank's Nova Scotia Winter Bird Sightings at http:// 
> www3.ns.sympatico.ca/maybank/other/nswinter.htm. While some of the  
> birds on that list were lingering migrants and vagrants who didn't  
> stay around once winter set in, the Depths of Winter List records  
> those tough birds which are still here in February.  The following  
> list includes all birds mentioned in NatureNS, the NS-RBA, or which  
> I have seen myself or heard about from others since the first of  
> February. Many common species haven't been mentioned lately, so no  
> doubt there are lots of gaps here.  We also need updates of some of  
> the rarities - does Cape Breton still have its Varied Thrush and  
> the Red-headed Woodpecker?
>
>         Please send me additions, with dates and locations, and I  
> will update the list once a week.  Last year 143 species were  
> reported.
>
>         Cheers,
>
>         Patricia L. Chalmers
>         Halifax
>
> Nova Scotia Depths of Winter List 2009 (i.e. the month of February)
>
> ... Greater White-fronted Goose
> ... Snow Goose
> ... Canada Goose
> ... Mute Swan ** presumed to be feral**
> ... American Wigeon
> ... Black Duck
> ... Mallard
> ... Northern Pintail
> ... Ring-necked Duck
> ... Greater Scaup
> ... Lesser Scaup
> ... King Eider
> ... Common Eider
> ... Surf Scoter
> ... White-winged Scoter
> ... Black Scoter
> ... Long-tailed Duck
> ... Bufflehead
> ... Common Goldeneye
> ... Barrow's Goldeneye
> ... Common Merganser
> ... Hooded Merganser
> ... Red-breasted Merganser
> ... Ring-necked Pheasant
> ... Ruffed Grouse
> ... Common Loon
> ... Pied-billed Grebe
> ... Red-necked Grebe
> ... Great Cormorant
> ... Great Blue Heron
> ... Bald Eagle
> ... Northern Harrier
> ... Sharp-shinned Hawk
> ... Northern Goshawk
> ... Red-tailed Hawk
> ... Rough-legged Hawk
> ... American Kestrel
> ... Peregrine Falcon
> ... American Coot
> ... Purple Sandpiper
> ... Black-headed Gull
> ... Mew Gull
> ... Ring-billed Gull
> ... Herring Gull
> ... Iceland Gull
> ... Glaucous Gull
> ... Great Black-backed Gull
> ... Ivory Gull
> ... Forster's Tern
> ... Dovekie
> ... Thick-billed Murre
> ... Black Guillemot
> ... Rock Pigeon
> ... Mourning Dove
> ... Belted Kingfisher
> ... Red-bellied Woodpecker
> ... Downy Woodpecker
> ... Hairy Woodpecker
> ... Black-backed Woodpecker
> ... Northern Flicker
> ... Pileated Woodpecker
> ... Blue Jay
> ... American Crow
> ... Common Raven
> ... Black-capped Chickadee
> ... Red-breasted Nuthatch
> ... White-breasted Nuthatch
> ... Brown Creeper
> ... American Robin
> ... Gray Catbird
> ... Northern Mockingbird
> ... Brown Thrasher
> ... European Starling
> ... American Pipit
> ... Bohemian Waxwing
> ... Orange-crowned Warbler
> ... Pine Warbler
> ... Eastern Towhee
> ... American Tree Sparrow
> ... Lark Sparrow
> ... Fox Sparrow
> ... Song Sparrow
> ... Swamp Sparrow
> ... White-throated Sparrow
> ... White-crowned Sparrow
> ... Dark-eyed Junco
> ... Lapland Longspur
> ... Snow Bunting
> ... Northern Cardinal
> ... Dickcissel
> ... Baltimore Oriole
> ... Purple Finch
> ... House Finch
> ... White-winged Crossbill
> ... Common Redpoll
> ... Pine Siskin
> ... American Goldfinch
> ... Evening Grosbeak
> ... House Sparrow
>
> 98 species
>
>
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