[ValleyNature] Valley Birding (Saturday)

[James W. Wolford]

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> From: Suzanne Borkowski <suzanneborkowski at yahoo.ca>
> Date: February 28, 2010 1:46:57 PM AST
> To: naturens <naturens at chebucto.ns.ca>, Rare Bird Sightings NS-RBA  
> <ns-rba at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [NatureNS] Valley Birding (Yesterday)
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
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> Hi Everyone;
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> The NS Bird Society Field trip run yesterday by Bernard Forsythe  
> and myself was a great success.  We had no rain whatsoever, and no  
> wind.  The day was cloudy but mild - perfect birding weather!
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> We saw more than 30 eagles during the course of the day, and about  
> half as many Red-tailed Hawks, including great looks at the albino  
> red-tail.  We saw at least two Rough-legged Hawks, both light  
> phased, and had exceptionally good looks at a male adult Peregrine  
> Falcon.  It was perched on the cross bar of a lampost on the grand  
> Pre road and was comfortably sated after having eaten a meal.  We  
> assumed this because of the pellet it had just regurgitated, and  
> because it seemed quite happy to let us stare at it with binocs and  
> scopes.  It was still there as we slowly drove past it.
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> Other birds of interest were a Red-throated Loon off Evangeline  
> Beach, and the Mockingbird on Front Street in Wolfville.  We had a  
> Red-breasted Merganser at Kingsport, which Bernie said was unusual  
> for the area.  Except for some Horned Larks, and a White-breasted  
> Nuthatch, land birds, especially finches, were few and far between.
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> Cheers;
> Suzanne
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