Grand Manan Birds - Oct 5 - 6, 2009

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Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:05:10 -0300
From: Roger Burrows: NatureNB
Subject: Grand Manan birds, inc. EASTERN PHOEBE, vireos, wood-warblers, CLAY-COLORED & LARK SPARROWS

October 4
Ingalls Head all day in rain
2 Red-eyed Vireos, Red-breasted Nuthatch, 12+ Yellow-rumped Warblers

October 5

Ingalls Head Road 09:50-10:25
35 Cedar Waxwings, 2 Swamp Sparrows

Grand Harbour 10:25-11:25
133 Canada Geese, 85 American Black Ducks, 141 Black-bellied Plovers, 2+ American Golden-Plovers, Dunlin, Winter Wren, 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers, Common Yellowthroat, first immature CLAYCOLORED SPARROW of fall, immature LARK SPARROW, 5 Swamp Sparrows

Thoroughfare 11:40-12:05
16 Common Eiders, 5 American Golden-Plovers flying over calling, 8 Swamp Sparrows

Shore Road 12:10-13:00
23 Double-crested Cormorants, Peregrine Falcon, EASTERN PHOEBE, Red-eyed & 2 Blue-headed Vireos, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Nashville, 2 Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green & Blackpoll Warblers, 2 Common Yellowthroats, 2 Swamp Sparrows

I also found a very late LUPIN in full bloom along Ingalls Head Road (my
first in October).

Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan




Photo Credit Red-breasted Nuthatch: wikipedia.com