[ValleyNature] re Catbird and white-crowned sparrow, and other obs.

[James W. Wolford]

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> From: Richard Stern <sternrichard at gmail.com>
> Date: May 13, 2010 10:14:43 PM ADT
> To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Catbird and white-crowned sparrow, and  
> other obs.
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Hi,
>
> There was a catbird that nested in those bushes for several years,  
> but I didn't see it last year. I wonder if it's the same one, or  
> one of its descendants.
>
> There was a breeding-plumaged Red-throated Loon off Harborville  
> this morning. There were also a number of Least Flycatchers, as  
> well as the common and expected Warblers, in the woods along the  
> Harborville Road (I was atlassing there before work).
>
> Heard a B.Oriole singing in our yard at dawn this morning. Pair of  
> Cardinals still visiting.
>
> My contact who has the Mockingbird nest up the road tells me that  
> she found 1 egg on the ground, but the parents still seem to be  
> tending the nest.
>
>
> Richard
>
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:02 PM, andy dean  
> <aadean at ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> A gray catbird was present in the bushes on the north side of the  
> Evergreen Care home parking lot in Kentville this morning.....I was  
> bale to get an image and a sound recording.
> A white-crowned sparrow has been attending a feeder at Pat Dix's  
> apartment in Wolfville for three days now.
>
> Andy and Lelia Dean
> 86 Baden Powell Drive
> Kentville, N.S.
> (902) 678-6243
>
>
>
> -- 
> #################
> Richard Stern,
> 317 Middle Dyke Rd.
> Port Williams, NS, Canada
> B0P 1T0
>
> sternrichard at gmail.com
> ###################

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