[ValleyNature] Local birding last 24 hrs.

[James W. Wolford]

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> From: Richard Stern <sternrichard at gmail.com>
> Date: October 18, 2009 4:17:17 PM ADT
> To: NatureNS <naturens at chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: [NatureNS] Local birding last 24 hrs.
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> I'm back from a very pleasant vacation in Italy, and in the last 24  
> hrs.I checked out some of the local areas and ponds in E.Kings Co.  
> Birds of note are as follows --
>
> G-W Teal -- ~100 at Canard Pond
> N.Shoveller -- 1 F. at Canard Pond
> N.Pintail -- 4 or 5 males at Canard Pond
> Hooded mergansers -- About 30 at Silver Lake, Lakeville, but no  
> Canada geese with them this morning
> Red-tails and Bald Eagles - the usual few soaring around the area
> Shorebirds -  8 species at Grand Pre this afternoon, including ~  
> 100 Dunlin, ~30 White-rumped sandpipers, 5-6 Am.Golden Plover in a  
> field, and another together with a Black-bellied on the rocks, 2  
> Hudsonian Godwits
> LBB Gulls - 1 in a field on Middle Dyke Rd., 1 at Grand Pre
> Passerines - The usual Blue Jays, W-B Nuthatches, B-C Chickadees  
> etc., and large numbers of Am. Robins everywhere. 2-3 Y-R Warblers  
> in my yard.
>
>
>
> -- 
> #################
>
>
> Richard Stern,
> 317 Middle Dyke Rd.
> Port Williams, NS, Canada
> B0P 1T0
>
> sternrichard at gmail.com
> ###################

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