tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14220401899377114912024-03-06T12:00:39.110-08:00The Bruce Mactavish Newfoundland Birding BlogThe aim of this blog is to promote birding activity in Newfoundland and Labrador.Bruce Mactavishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354860540379635005noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422040189937711491.post-48120102446068509802021-03-23T17:53:00.000-07:002021-03-23T17:53:13.886-07:00Winter 2020/2021 Rare Birds<p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br />The winter of 2020/2021 was good with a liberal sprinkling of important rarities. It was a mild winter from December to mid February. Mid February through March was closer to average but still a little warmer than average. The following shows only the rarest bird that I saw over the winter. There were other major rarities around such as a Gray Heron on the Burin Peninsula which we looked for but did not see.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WogWwREq8D7ftevh8an7XKRQNBpUx9QKi3NRCnLZewqFggzaqGZYYkB8sqClaEtKVXB_frHDkDj204WyxwZIoS77EPMRFjSzxtFIXJPyKOWw1IxxFbr9fa_b5z6LShYYW8EdWEZoPqw/s1100/YBCH+VA+River+14+Dec+2020+c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6WogWwREq8D7ftevh8an7XKRQNBpUx9QKi3NRCnLZewqFggzaqGZYYkB8sqClaEtKVXB_frHDkDj204WyxwZIoS77EPMRFjSzxtFIXJPyKOWw1IxxFbr9fa_b5z6LShYYW8EdWEZoPqw/s320/YBCH+VA+River+14+Dec+2020+c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Yellow-breasted Chat is a regular fall vagrant with a few lingering late into the fall and early winter. This bird at Virginia River, St John's (behind The Legion) was extraordinary because it lasted almost for the entire winter. It was well fed on berries and enriched suet but it was not seen beyond 10 March. Close but no cigar. There was a Sharp-shinned Hawk in the area</span></i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcveUT02zprHCLssWny1TQFxDx-AeiC73ob4-L39h_PamOM8FCOKA7SB9b56aWsOfwtLONRwuIXbOmPk_m65gQYTOE9gm5jwE4OdMonteTGkrxzfaAZScEUAdl8JU3t_AG5hfb0qN7OU/s1100/TEWA+Kellys+Brook+1+Jan+2020+b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcveUT02zprHCLssWny1TQFxDx-AeiC73ob4-L39h_PamOM8FCOKA7SB9b56aWsOfwtLONRwuIXbOmPk_m65gQYTOE9gm5jwE4OdMonteTGkrxzfaAZScEUAdl8JU3t_AG5hfb0qN7OU/s320/TEWA+Kellys+Brook+1+Jan+2020+b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>This Tennessee Warbler is a super hero. It was discovered at Kelly Brook, St John's in November and officially survived the winter. It was seen today 23 March. Thanks to the super human caretaking efforts of Gerard Hickey it had plenty of quality food. Other warblers that he had coming to a mealworm feeder did not make it. A Yellow Warbler lasted well into January while two Black and white Warblers stuck it out to mid February. The relatively mild weather aided in allowing this to happen. This picture was taken 1 Jan 2021.</i></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqDD-jW1PQ0GtHtcCRAohqmEQnuH692_i45eAR534Y6YR25QsxfmV2AACunlLGKRI_lreSy3WFDhSVrKt12agfJH_P03SzMkiZG5gOxye-jCHHHnQdcN3rHZRweHeOATpL4P58Tmw-ns/s1124/COGA++Mundy+Pond+2+Feb+2021+ajpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqDD-jW1PQ0GtHtcCRAohqmEQnuH692_i45eAR534Y6YR25QsxfmV2AACunlLGKRI_lreSy3WFDhSVrKt12agfJH_P03SzMkiZG5gOxye-jCHHHnQdcN3rHZRweHeOATpL4P58Tmw-ns/s320/COGA++Mundy+Pond+2+Feb+2021+ajpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Common Gallinule is quite rare in Newfoundland and Labrador with one individual every 3 or 4 years. This one arrived in St. John's at Virginia Lake in June 2020. It moved to Mundy Pond in August where it remained into the winter. It was last seen in mid February when all the water froze. This picture taken 1 Feb 2021.</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaqbecn1ey826JcrVCzFSO_yz5MKJ_JaRLXGJsg1oH9UoOotrEGx2qbiRhTANmkC3IqF5Xq5fDew8HqBKZVbRIYaOKDfMWFztgnWBuQJubSAQfFwq2tOLOBQTUasGzczvSET4F2W7Gso/s1100/Redwing+Pine+Bud+ave+30+Jan+2021+G.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaqbecn1ey826JcrVCzFSO_yz5MKJ_JaRLXGJsg1oH9UoOotrEGx2qbiRhTANmkC3IqF5Xq5fDew8HqBKZVbRIYaOKDfMWFztgnWBuQJubSAQfFwq2tOLOBQTUasGzczvSET4F2W7Gso/s320/Redwing+Pine+Bud+ave+30+Jan+2021+G.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Redwing is a transatlantic vagrant. There was an unprecedented number of sightings in Northeast North American this winter with I am guessing close to ten individuals. Newfoundland had three, maybe four. This bird that John Brattey found on his street in St. John's on 23 Jan was a real crowd pleaser. It was seen regularly for a week then became irregular but started accepting berries at John's feeder. It was last seen in early March. This photo taken 30 January 2021.</span></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KO3EZ2tbVrFImCnMO7Z9cApKDJOdp6Vf2JqMceDZ4rBxyid3JILxAzYwzds9ssANDYipsy5sl9fivdE_5fVZIIqd9Z6S0w2ovyNBodthwg3dWzi_PfRhfMwqFSmsICY_m67n75RWMro/s1000/SBGU++QV+16+Feb+2021+H.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KO3EZ2tbVrFImCnMO7Z9cApKDJOdp6Vf2JqMceDZ4rBxyid3JILxAzYwzds9ssANDYipsy5sl9fivdE_5fVZIIqd9Z6S0w2ovyNBodthwg3dWzi_PfRhfMwqFSmsICY_m67n75RWMro/s320/SBGU++QV+16+Feb+2021+H.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">This Slaty-backed Gull found at Quidi Vidi Lake, St John's by Lancy Cheng on 12 February kept birders on their toes. It was seen several times until 24 February. It was thought to be the same individual present last year in February based on identical wing tip pattern. Can we count on seeing it in Feb 2022? These pictures taken on 16 February.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3h3o6KIxkQFEGVVja0z51sYNaIBa7HWqQyoQL7GRmg6W4sYoKdHE-CMsZDNyLxoxIJgij2CES49cjXnomYcrhqQxrsGDrqrFAQ-3jFAZetUKINmvLGdeEv7CFwE2NouEzoefIqenBLl8/s1000/SBGU++QV+16+Feb+2021+KK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3h3o6KIxkQFEGVVja0z51sYNaIBa7HWqQyoQL7GRmg6W4sYoKdHE-CMsZDNyLxoxIJgij2CES49cjXnomYcrhqQxrsGDrqrFAQ-3jFAZetUKINmvLGdeEv7CFwE2NouEzoefIqenBLl8/s320/SBGU++QV+16+Feb+2021+KK.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uVb616f7Zo2Cy0KS_e7yK6sLn5w5psdHV_dTVh438HjORYwxveeP4dBc5V91L0HISIqclZyOhYXtk0ujj2Xd2-m79VzurrkhGEwp7gTl4R8dIw8UcyvzZJKVASVrDaBjLmPntGE8GEY/s1100/SPTO+Little+Bay+4+March+2021+aA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uVb616f7Zo2Cy0KS_e7yK6sLn5w5psdHV_dTVh438HjORYwxveeP4dBc5V91L0HISIqclZyOhYXtk0ujj2Xd2-m79VzurrkhGEwp7gTl4R8dIw8UcyvzZJKVASVrDaBjLmPntGE8GEY/s320/SPTO+Little+Bay+4+March+2021+aA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Bird of the Winter for some. This Spotted Towhee turned up at a bird feeder near Marystown, Burin Peninsula in late February. The two previous provincial records were from the 1990s and seen by very few people. This bird was more obliging for the provincial listers and new for all. Presumably it had been hanging out with juncos since the fall of 2020. This photo taken on 4 March 2021.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4EWGHF7mD7I_bXcNsi9oMmkwZu6eNl0-I1kSliDhu4Fi8EW1og3h6MEMTtbg5q-rQWqUeM220a7sq0DwKjpAJbxgk8MfnKvz4xNHkd5hH10DwNy0xq0apMPjA0g5FRI4ODXaWS4-PLg/s1400/Fieldfare+BP+5+March+2021+DdD+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4EWGHF7mD7I_bXcNsi9oMmkwZu6eNl0-I1kSliDhu4Fi8EW1og3h6MEMTtbg5q-rQWqUeM220a7sq0DwKjpAJbxgk8MfnKvz4xNHkd5hH10DwNy0xq0apMPjA0g5FRI4ODXaWS4-PLg/s320/Fieldfare+BP+5+March+2021+DdD+9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Still high on the Spotted Towhee (320 km from home) when Blair Fleming found this fabulous Fieldfare (3 minutes from home) at Bowring Park, St John's the next day on 5 March. There were enough berries to hold it for a day and a half. It was rather shy and elusive but many birders got to see this gem that has become a huge rarity with one every 4-5 years after being more regular in the 1980s and 1990s. This picture taken on 5 March 2021.</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Spring has just started in Newfoundland with the first Ring-billed Gulls arriving. A half dozen Northern Gannets were at Cape St. Mary's two days. ago. As we go into April we start paying extra close attention to the weather maps hoping for a wind tunnel from Iceland to Newfoundland that could bring us some European Golden Plovers and allies. We bird on....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Bruce Mactavishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354860540379635005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422040189937711491.post-85524863981468908552020-12-25T15:21:00.003-08:002020-12-25T15:21:59.616-08:00Waiting for the Christmas Turkey<p style="text-align: justify;">Went out for a couple hours between Christmas present opening and the cooking of the Christmas turkey. The warm fall like weather continues in earnest. Christmas morning in St. John's reminded me of winter in Ireland - cool but above freezing, green lawns, sunny and no wind. I went to Quidi Vidi lake to take pictures of the local wildlife. No rush to do this since the same birds will be at Quidi Vidi lake until April. Actually there will be more birds once all city ponds freeze up. I sat on a shoreline rock and let the tame birds come to me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAy5R3w5wRdU-55wDrZB51CYU3gavXps3glErOiTgNuy2euQNwU9D8CHPUbcLTis5-OWNyrokDrpQHufePVsuA_1Be9UwtZAw7Fb4yo5H6s5LKdQqdZ8jdCo-jHNxiScZ9wtoyDCrstF4/s1100/QV+25+Dec+2020+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAy5R3w5wRdU-55wDrZB51CYU3gavXps3glErOiTgNuy2euQNwU9D8CHPUbcLTis5-OWNyrokDrpQHufePVsuA_1Be9UwtZAw7Fb4yo5H6s5LKdQqdZ8jdCo-jHNxiScZ9wtoyDCrstF4/s320/QV+25+Dec+2020+a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Gulls loafing in the warm Christmas Day weather at the west end of Quidi Vidi Lake.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UbWZPSj3Z0jLONu_BkXoVxy_uHAEKN6kR6iGnE6vGEklyXPOLjwMKZXveyMgswAi1XlNgEfZexsZJSZeQybayND-i40e_33EhVWrA1vwyjbYE-hxb8wOgc4Xor-lgXf9jttQx3niQV0/s1100/NOPI+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UbWZPSj3Z0jLONu_BkXoVxy_uHAEKN6kR6iGnE6vGEklyXPOLjwMKZXveyMgswAi1XlNgEfZexsZJSZeQybayND-i40e_33EhVWrA1vwyjbYE-hxb8wOgc4Xor-lgXf9jttQx3niQV0/s320/NOPI+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A drake Northern Pintail touching up a few scapulars.</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4vZa3ZQ3QOP9WwBK62O4HNmFzW8wXqd0lpOdsrcJ8JKT2-VppK17t4sIqVADkwI9_YSsAbXwSdrbgU0Yi-8XM4fZKZESJtTWDewmj-c5YF_rMsFn49B128mKrA6E7c_r9v6MSWy_W7E/s1100/EUWI+QV+25+Dec+2020b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4vZa3ZQ3QOP9WwBK62O4HNmFzW8wXqd0lpOdsrcJ8JKT2-VppK17t4sIqVADkwI9_YSsAbXwSdrbgU0Yi-8XM4fZKZESJtTWDewmj-c5YF_rMsFn49B128mKrA6E7c_r9v6MSWy_W7E/s320/EUWI+QV+25+Dec+2020b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The reddish tinge to the head of the female wigeon means it is a Eurasian Wigeon.</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyy53kA9n6myEdg_ZOzfZBAu5kHmpzSLKshegMZWVrlCj9uOSLkes2cPBkkT3i2TeK6FyQsu6hEPq3qwFaDO6Ua8HmNVSC-kX-5cbaBiMJ2w3WfiyqKVcAEPD2rKGN79sVxl_LA9JQk4c/s1100/EUWI+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyy53kA9n6myEdg_ZOzfZBAu5kHmpzSLKshegMZWVrlCj9uOSLkes2cPBkkT3i2TeK6FyQsu6hEPq3qwFaDO6Ua8HmNVSC-kX-5cbaBiMJ2w3WfiyqKVcAEPD2rKGN79sVxl_LA9JQk4c/s320/EUWI+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>There was only one male Eurasian Wigeon at the west end of the lake. When the ponds are open the Eurasians prefer Kenny's Pond and Neville's Pond.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDe3iskcZItHzBgu3x2Uso2SgGP-pf43yn8fB1lVarlx8KtV-BlS3IdEvEaf8MucC06bBgEMYOhjdHRiZHBFC2l_KH-n2RqV6qPYkdx6Sln5cno_ejON4c4IDv0-eQl0GEk0Iuwu2LM0/s1100/AMWI+male+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDe3iskcZItHzBgu3x2Uso2SgGP-pf43yn8fB1lVarlx8KtV-BlS3IdEvEaf8MucC06bBgEMYOhjdHRiZHBFC2l_KH-n2RqV6qPYkdx6Sln5cno_ejON4c4IDv0-eQl0GEk0Iuwu2LM0/s320/AMWI+male+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Male American Wigeons are a beautiful duck.</i></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7S-lVjdRT_rKzTI5j-PZm0N5OUR4JJwVTfegyxFE5NwTszYuA7a8zfKup1azU0EWJZeeRBQ9p06nwUMq77kgIx3oQtPvaNxq3-MBgwrViDE1HheTTEp-EwpvSFn5m3D1khnqORMHBBIs/s1100/AMWI+female+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7S-lVjdRT_rKzTI5j-PZm0N5OUR4JJwVTfegyxFE5NwTszYuA7a8zfKup1azU0EWJZeeRBQ9p06nwUMq77kgIx3oQtPvaNxq3-MBgwrViDE1HheTTEp-EwpvSFn5m3D1khnqORMHBBIs/s320/AMWI+female+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>The ashy gray head of the female American Wigeon usually stands out.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLaZ6Jhp70F0TSmB8Z1FVNoQzrHHqUUt2-BRzQzmMY7Rm-o_u5a4Unl0pGH8OUHlae06XlENlu8MK1cCBYKcw-VFSAsxKC_w5oqAOuEY1fbN3fZYdWThGAeuHCooVtwKoSMN9aM1muozM/s1100/AMCO+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLaZ6Jhp70F0TSmB8Z1FVNoQzrHHqUUt2-BRzQzmMY7Rm-o_u5a4Unl0pGH8OUHlae06XlENlu8MK1cCBYKcw-VFSAsxKC_w5oqAOuEY1fbN3fZYdWThGAeuHCooVtwKoSMN9aM1muozM/s320/AMCO+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">An American Coot pushes water as it steams across a corner of the pond. This is one of four coots in town at present.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhstaOLWWysemez8qmgdSo75MZ6lB5maTuHWFuG_xcyXsiZHBP6hBs3DkZGH0tj4a7xFQC5HG11Rr-Zp3hOwR0YmoPJctRErRGBohgBOxTZrdAac4G4xdyGRYl0iK2Jf6ges0OX3pntQ/s1100/BHGU+QV+25+Dec+2020+aA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhstaOLWWysemez8qmgdSo75MZ6lB5maTuHWFuG_xcyXsiZHBP6hBs3DkZGH0tj4a7xFQC5HG11Rr-Zp3hOwR0YmoPJctRErRGBohgBOxTZrdAac4G4xdyGRYl0iK2Jf6ges0OX3pntQ/s320/BHGU+QV+25+Dec+2020+aA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>With the closing of the Pier 17 sewer outlet about 6 years ago the Black-headed Gull has become uncommon. 75-100 Black-headeds wintered in St. John's but today there are just three individuals in town. This one has learned to accept handouts of food from people.</i></span><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRJ8p3QmGZBp7pFSYeVyAZDle7qcRbQPRPaMMrurJNLYyU6FcJytP51_OpKay8fplor3Hk5dPKEDO_vWrxK-s10sPmqXi3IxYxl1IF1sk_qdttNg238V59Ep9G-huWoc3a-Wbozd1zLE/s1100/BHGU+QV+25+Dec+2020+b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRJ8p3QmGZBp7pFSYeVyAZDle7qcRbQPRPaMMrurJNLYyU6FcJytP51_OpKay8fplor3Hk5dPKEDO_vWrxK-s10sPmqXi3IxYxl1IF1sk_qdttNg238V59Ep9G-huWoc3a-Wbozd1zLE/s320/BHGU+QV+25+Dec+2020+b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7KJ8niX7peICoDIOtpDz3P-czEDdaPQZdQYtF6yqxXv5tjJxbaoPWeQRGjoct3jgW6uinEYDaeQ3a3gfnX0g-2TdfrLfezbC4tgONV43PoIGqLPM1JHKR-Wqnhuy24AUYk7xV6fWYWo/s1100/BHGU+QV+25+Dec+2020+bb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7KJ8niX7peICoDIOtpDz3P-czEDdaPQZdQYtF6yqxXv5tjJxbaoPWeQRGjoct3jgW6uinEYDaeQ3a3gfnX0g-2TdfrLfezbC4tgONV43PoIGqLPM1JHKR-Wqnhuy24AUYk7xV6fWYWo/s320/BHGU+QV+25+Dec+2020+bb.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5jWapW64IEb9Rodw-CPjwGzbf3IhaVKiBDJXqzPtnNqiJ_LTtKaSOsJ_0h87G_XGYItJzxxit9KSY5DQRatR6j2H2IuA1p5rIKlymYLFhKFv8bud1bJpw9t-MgxrWwphv8NsbvUGNAw/s1100/BHGU+QV+25+Dec+2020+c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5jWapW64IEb9Rodw-CPjwGzbf3IhaVKiBDJXqzPtnNqiJ_LTtKaSOsJ_0h87G_XGYItJzxxit9KSY5DQRatR6j2H2IuA1p5rIKlymYLFhKFv8bud1bJpw9t-MgxrWwphv8NsbvUGNAw/s320/BHGU+QV+25+Dec+2020+c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhdXfewf5H9TziMXd_wGyS0LJff7x_lYAFgfqY_Yjcz9dQZ1rsknAjJlJuxc9O-Ri0mZJbixdDIl_d2suZowQKHFtY-93x2k32dGlDad39uSQYDuedPlaOzIBdsnhcD2xWbizfb82rs0/s1100/ICGU+1st+w+QV+25+Dec+2020+b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhdXfewf5H9TziMXd_wGyS0LJff7x_lYAFgfqY_Yjcz9dQZ1rsknAjJlJuxc9O-Ri0mZJbixdDIl_d2suZowQKHFtY-93x2k32dGlDad39uSQYDuedPlaOzIBdsnhcD2xWbizfb82rs0/s320/ICGU+1st+w+QV+25+Dec+2020+b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Some Iceland Gulls take up street begging. They learn fast. There are a few dozen 1st winter birds among the gull gang currently going after bread if anyone dares throw out any.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9b-8QUJtrkNR6W4mUMGQ1v8YuOIF9W4rQTx-ibD0C0vhj0OUP2OGKwG6upd2I0eC_4y7hZud2toKUw0TPyLwwWhxio_z1L57kW-nyQwtFw_MXtNy-tE42-EBOeGwCv9ygZX3n9MKoy8E/s1100/ICGU+1st+w+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9b-8QUJtrkNR6W4mUMGQ1v8YuOIF9W4rQTx-ibD0C0vhj0OUP2OGKwG6upd2I0eC_4y7hZud2toKUw0TPyLwwWhxio_z1L57kW-nyQwtFw_MXtNy-tE42-EBOeGwCv9ygZX3n9MKoy8E/s320/ICGU+1st+w+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UYp9UqSdX0L6X7uXuRHmh0NjoF9-c5O1bHi2oSKNNyROPjLl5DiKYfNOK0NC1BJberIVnSXrMvOnT__eRfiniGn34niFoJza3ABcOryZOd3wf-bPjEqwRRCVyZ1wShbUcuLMtF7Kryo/s1100/ICGU+ad+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UYp9UqSdX0L6X7uXuRHmh0NjoF9-c5O1bHi2oSKNNyROPjLl5DiKYfNOK0NC1BJberIVnSXrMvOnT__eRfiniGn34niFoJza3ABcOryZOd3wf-bPjEqwRRCVyZ1wShbUcuLMtF7Kryo/s320/ICGU+ad+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg..jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;"><i>Adult Iceland Gull</i></span></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbxe3Muh4iIkPWCkowwEHE6bE7fEPNz2jUOtQsQn9drrl5gNdjmdnrct3bcKDRvkSc3SVABBHxUKRzb7mRVrXDzZZD4q_OavohfWvZBmp25oUylg1TBetYgsQ5ui1xDeIEFcfS92360o/s1100/IVGU+1st+w+QV+25+Dec+2020+c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbxe3Muh4iIkPWCkowwEHE6bE7fEPNz2jUOtQsQn9drrl5gNdjmdnrct3bcKDRvkSc3SVABBHxUKRzb7mRVrXDzZZD4q_OavohfWvZBmp25oUylg1TBetYgsQ5ui1xDeIEFcfS92360o/s320/IVGU+1st+w+QV+25+Dec+2020+c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">2nd winter Iceland Gull</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5y_47dP8omMAnktXp4anImgw_wnsLbFyekmP4In-mlxXNkTk_MKRBOJPb8xwf2QkZDBg9bzJ1vWrj42CutdYLhNQF8FZiJWvnDLNyaQGzD-MTYy0LMEXs0FKlbC5JMQPs29aQL9DrXjI/s1100/LBBG+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5y_47dP8omMAnktXp4anImgw_wnsLbFyekmP4In-mlxXNkTk_MKRBOJPb8xwf2QkZDBg9bzJ1vWrj42CutdYLhNQF8FZiJWvnDLNyaQGzD-MTYy0LMEXs0FKlbC5JMQPs29aQL9DrXjI/s320/LBBG+QV+25+Dec+2020a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>There are four or five bread trained Lesser Black-backed Gulls at the west end of Quidi Vidi lake including two returning adults.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Merry Christmas and Happy New Year</span></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Bruce Mactavishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354860540379635005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422040189937711491.post-69067093916101434492020-11-03T16:02:00.002-08:002020-11-03T16:02:46.790-08:00Pictorial highlights of Oct 2020October is an exciting month to be birding on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland. Being at the end of the road for vagrants flying west they have to stop here or face endless Atlantic Ocean. Weather systems are all important for making it happen. The shortage of SW winds in September and October had a negative impact on the number of vagrants, especially southern warblers. However, the show went on. Vagrants did happen. And there was a significant fast moving weather system with powerful far reaching SW winds that did bring a mini wave of goodies 2-5 Oct. A couple of clear nights with calm winds took care of most of those birds. We presume they try to correct their navigational error and attempt to go back to where they should be on that date in time. In chronological order here are some highlights by photos.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRraFStyZt2xhU-uoGg-_v69Q1BRcWSwGDH6PkNn6Tnl6_jE_BttdByNddeP_Q9jb3FtMjUq1nWpzPPgZiWe4M1HO3yQ5lsF7bs6ekliiCHH2PVfoG8FCJV-u5_8QOU3n0oTng8zxx77A/s1100/BLGR+wet+2+Oct+2020+D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRraFStyZt2xhU-uoGg-_v69Q1BRcWSwGDH6PkNn6Tnl6_jE_BttdByNddeP_Q9jb3FtMjUq1nWpzPPgZiWe4M1HO3yQ5lsF7bs6ekliiCHH2PVfoG8FCJV-u5_8QOU3n0oTng8zxx77A/s320/BLGR+wet+2+Oct+2020+D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">This wet Blue Grosbeak at Cape Spear on 2 Oct was the first sign that something had happened after a 1 October weather system. It stayed and week and was viewed by all.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvolxzDElGU3iFs6gBSXPYXB5AOkmLra8cz5zitNZetis8cQ8X7Y6P-h5sHF4jf2mtid_OZheUcoNVWcGqh1ZdSN1DXmor-8xqqXn7qSs2d49jrwbG5qyBQEzdY-d43anYvOJlngUad8/s1100/Dickcissel+Cape+Race+4Oct2020a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvolxzDElGU3iFs6gBSXPYXB5AOkmLra8cz5zitNZetis8cQ8X7Y6P-h5sHF4jf2mtid_OZheUcoNVWcGqh1ZdSN1DXmor-8xqqXn7qSs2d49jrwbG5qyBQEzdY-d43anYvOJlngUad8/s320/Dickcissel+Cape+Race+4Oct2020a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Dickcissels are a part of every fall on the Avalon Peninsula. This one was at Cape Race on 4 Oct.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0BwWpVqLewLTptmEAG6Wzgmh-NpF6apUs8jGn4MtfEjscG_hA4vh5iKIjkOVSdNQ8-hjIfODa99TIF76zkiQ5ROP6QENL6h1IqzXdQoRKRq-cnuwxHpqKg-ENbjhR5y7k9GbhKaGlCA/s1100/Great+Crested+Flycatcher+Cappahyaden+5+Oct+2020+K.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0BwWpVqLewLTptmEAG6Wzgmh-NpF6apUs8jGn4MtfEjscG_hA4vh5iKIjkOVSdNQ8-hjIfODa99TIF76zkiQ5ROP6QENL6h1IqzXdQoRKRq-cnuwxHpqKg-ENbjhR5y7k9GbhKaGlCA/s320/Great+Crested+Flycatcher+Cappahyaden+5+Oct+2020+K.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>The species of the month was Great Crested Flycatcher. One on 4 October at Cappahayden turned into THREE the next day. It occurs about once every three or four years in the province. I had seen only two previously and those being late 1980s and early 1990s. It was the headliner of the early October event.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQu0yRqI3tYMp7dGQWBL41etmVotBeT2DIBsom_3F4JwPMv2Ohpg9kAd-HidbO_9x_fAghFABDPhVg_y8Ba7wHRPQD5a5nfdCtqES4hQHx2pEdsy0oEVvNjiCr87VzTUzKNdHMuBnx_9I/s1100/INBU+BCP+5+Oct+2020+A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQu0yRqI3tYMp7dGQWBL41etmVotBeT2DIBsom_3F4JwPMv2Ohpg9kAd-HidbO_9x_fAghFABDPhVg_y8Ba7wHRPQD5a5nfdCtqES4hQHx2pEdsy0oEVvNjiCr87VzTUzKNdHMuBnx_9I/s320/INBU+BCP+5+Oct+2020+A.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>A few Indigo Buntings are a standard part of each October. This tame bird was on Bear Cover Point road on 5 October.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWNpGtGpOeL1eLfSgrQGDRNmhOuNtsRqKrqqR0mWfhwM3iyr_59E9zwcq6f3hyXtkzb2feaJE3nxc01nGPsYvvrmSdi4rpkYYAfNd0xHF_NFWMWcCF-ljGq3J-kjBK2NEoEjI_AbKXyM/s1100/YBCU+BCP+5+Oct+2020+I.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWNpGtGpOeL1eLfSgrQGDRNmhOuNtsRqKrqqR0mWfhwM3iyr_59E9zwcq6f3hyXtkzb2feaJE3nxc01nGPsYvvrmSdi4rpkYYAfNd0xHF_NFWMWcCF-ljGq3J-kjBK2NEoEjI_AbKXyM/s320/YBCU+BCP+5+Oct+2020+I.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A handful of Yellow-billed Cuckoos were part of the early October event. Seeing two together was an unusual event on Bear Cover Point road on 5 October. </span></i></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBy7ljCrxyQQQ_Sr6n8ntY4Dm-d3geRAyv-mvtWpNvaLmVvyiuA3tgaFp34KWb5rTJ6TcpXGwgk7UVUI6YDq61sB8EcrQCUOZcoPdDaJcrCRXd85F2UtqhAV-alIcW3u5rYiyhXQkrEQ/s1100/WCSP+Cape+Spear+11+Oct+2020+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBy7ljCrxyQQQ_Sr6n8ntY4Dm-d3geRAyv-mvtWpNvaLmVvyiuA3tgaFp34KWb5rTJ6TcpXGwgk7UVUI6YDq61sB8EcrQCUOZcoPdDaJcrCRXd85F2UtqhAV-alIcW3u5rYiyhXQkrEQ/s320/WCSP+Cape+Spear+11+Oct+2020+a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>This immature White-crowned Sparrow that spent a week at Cape Spear shows a yellow bill and pale lores, characteristics of the gambelli race. A high proportion of the very few White-crowned Sparrows that show up on the Avalon Peninsula in fall of this race.</i></span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ds5JbPkKORNjOgG1DIj9MbFifk84QBPDGAoufFabQznhFoOlqOO4cbyNdfUPwqNgJGkGEpKucobpykYmqKexewweu4fQrgl7ZKMiNVEkCMKqjqPdnaXdBVRcr__MRA22AwbVJJrufr0/s1100/BTBlue+chase+11+Oct+2020+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ds5JbPkKORNjOgG1DIj9MbFifk84QBPDGAoufFabQznhFoOlqOO4cbyNdfUPwqNgJGkGEpKucobpykYmqKexewweu4fQrgl7ZKMiNVEkCMKqjqPdnaXdBVRcr__MRA22AwbVJJrufr0/s320/BTBlue+chase+11+Oct+2020+a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>A group of patient birders waiting for a rare male Black-throated Blue Warbler to show itself at Kelly's Brook in St John's.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_yi5bpil6drJbmnQD9pwFSSS2nZm2940G2Fozp1H0k4Ju6YQ6uAPvX2HX9GFYhUyKOkd_9jD56Jg4zVwgglyVY4xSpuMmN440-P_w2gAjW-ofJJMzn0vTPFyklD0Z4roX6qPuknKyDU/s1100/COGA+Mundy+Pond+16Oct2020a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_yi5bpil6drJbmnQD9pwFSSS2nZm2940G2Fozp1H0k4Ju6YQ6uAPvX2HX9GFYhUyKOkd_9jD56Jg4zVwgglyVY4xSpuMmN440-P_w2gAjW-ofJJMzn0vTPFyklD0Z4roX6qPuknKyDU/s320/COGA+Mundy+Pond+16Oct2020a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Common Gallinule is a pretty rare bird in the province. This bird showed up at Mundy Pond, St John's a week after a long staying individual at Virginia Lake (5 km away) disappeared. Coincidence? Probably not.</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnp_ROxrq2nvhhXTLO_Bod6fODrSjbZ2WNNvZfhQGmTFRj_5S5KYCmPcBDXxNSJ9ZDIn-n2UHYzOQUtAXyY0UCCsqfpfHhZh5txUaBWZgSdJ4du0iZUoAqHDyQRlXNC0q5bei0h5ZNwUs/s1100/GLIB+Cape+Race+17+Oct+2020+d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnp_ROxrq2nvhhXTLO_Bod6fODrSjbZ2WNNvZfhQGmTFRj_5S5KYCmPcBDXxNSJ9ZDIn-n2UHYzOQUtAXyY0UCCsqfpfHhZh5txUaBWZgSdJ4du0iZUoAqHDyQRlXNC0q5bei0h5ZNwUs/s320/GLIB+Cape+Race+17+Oct+2020+d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i> Somewhere between three and five different Glossy Ibis circuited the Avalon Peninsula during October. This one was at Cape Race on 17 October.</i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWQdwl9bC8fkJJSw6zKA403w09-XO8cSTBB-bLVkV3D6xipEFqs6VvxSAjlMIcD7kjDw4LnQsBC5Q2HeUchrfgOrFZWotWnt2GOmuhj-OXMVlcwYz7I3XiunAaRrhn6TEYhCJi9oYFXE/s1100/Eastern+Kingbird+Renews+22+Oct+2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWQdwl9bC8fkJJSw6zKA403w09-XO8cSTBB-bLVkV3D6xipEFqs6VvxSAjlMIcD7kjDw4LnQsBC5Q2HeUchrfgOrFZWotWnt2GOmuhj-OXMVlcwYz7I3XiunAaRrhn6TEYhCJi9oYFXE/s320/Eastern+Kingbird+Renews+22+Oct+2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>A kingbird on the 23rd October at Renews had to be a record late Eastern Kingbird. Of all the other possible kingbirds out there straying around eastern North America at the time!</i></span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3FYlvbZ3kID8_E7K3iwTEUizTjEJy_H5HtcwZP44VvNvxSMHAhDSCOk8iRiNS12YSOrAxNNuGN1T-Pm7lb4FP_FK3Zv6KHPnkI2IvS7sMTzMA7WfY4UGtFSuAU5vrK3uEHHOuxXDcsM/s1100/Hooded+Merganser+Kennys+Pd+23+Oct+2020+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3FYlvbZ3kID8_E7K3iwTEUizTjEJy_H5HtcwZP44VvNvxSMHAhDSCOk8iRiNS12YSOrAxNNuGN1T-Pm7lb4FP_FK3Zv6KHPnkI2IvS7sMTzMA7WfY4UGtFSuAU5vrK3uEHHOuxXDcsM/s320/Hooded+Merganser+Kennys+Pd+23+Oct+2020+blog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Hooded Merganser is not rare but scarce. Most Avalon birds are females. These two males attracted a lot of attention while feeding at Kenny's Pond St. John's.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTKOBZQwyaVgMTkqqcaadPFsYWfi9ibL1AOPONoUlsqYOyxDo3ryWfHZuSkubiRIATMBRM4RvPxIHzpuPxIJOvRjYcYU0thl6MS3yrSt4VNWl8s07tGo13a5tXxn-WjVKzdUOIfkSgl8/s1100/Pine+Siskins+Renews+22+Oct+2020++c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTKOBZQwyaVgMTkqqcaadPFsYWfi9ibL1AOPONoUlsqYOyxDo3ryWfHZuSkubiRIATMBRM4RvPxIHzpuPxIJOvRjYcYU0thl6MS3yrSt4VNWl8s07tGo13a5tXxn-WjVKzdUOIfkSgl8/s320/Pine+Siskins+Renews+22+Oct+2020++c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Pine Siskin migrating on the coast of the Avalon were but part of a massive eastern North American event.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPz1tafO5tB54De8TWTMnODfMRTlyqvqHGpwRAiDx8Jopd2lQ4x9DdQJRJHRVfnbS_jju_O5FdhyEfups6yFGx8v_e5vXN4wLoiAIESdajf7xugwyNL_YePpAs9ADqPh021flZ2SfRy04/s1100/Pine+Warbler+Renews+31+Oct+2020a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPz1tafO5tB54De8TWTMnODfMRTlyqvqHGpwRAiDx8Jopd2lQ4x9DdQJRJHRVfnbS_jju_O5FdhyEfups6yFGx8v_e5vXN4wLoiAIESdajf7xugwyNL_YePpAs9ADqPh021flZ2SfRy04/s320/Pine+Warbler+Renews+31+Oct+2020a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>A Pine Warbler on 31 October at Renews was only the second individual of the autumn up to that point.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is 3 November as I type. I might be waiting for a certain epic event to unfold on American TV! What ever happens in THAT event it won't affect the vagrants that await us during November when the really rare ones can happen.</div></div><br /><div><br /></div>Bruce Mactavishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354860540379635005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422040189937711491.post-33622011701300759472020-09-29T16:53:00.007-07:002020-09-30T05:15:29.922-07:00CORN CRAKE at Cape Race, Newfoundland - 26 SeptemberCORN CRAKE - 26 Sept 2020 at Cape Race, Newfoundland. It 11:45 am on a bright
breezy day on the Cape Race barrens. Jared Clarke and I were completing our full
coverage walk around the grass at Cape Race lighthouse area. It is habit to walk
the grass looking for vagrant warblers and sparrows. Today there was zero. We
were walking toward each other when a bird flew up in front of Jared. I couldn't
hear what he yelled out in the wind. But I saw the bird flushing out of the
grass. It was a heavy bodied broad winged bird. Initial thought was European
Woodcock because of its bulky body and broad wings. This idea gave away in a
microsecond as the brain added up the parts = CORN CRAKE. It flew forward of
Jared but perhaps seeing and hearing me scream it circled back behind Jared in a
broad far carrying circle and disappeared over the cliff edge. I had my
binoculars on it for the whole time. Realizing it was a Corn Crake I had time to
purposely look for the rufous upper wing coverts which were obviously present on
a generally buff coloured bird. The bill was short. The wind appeared broadest
in the area of the secondaries and tapered somewhat out through the primaries.
It picked up speed and bit of altitude on the flight over the rise and
presumably cliff edge. Jared and I congratulated each other on what had just
happened and went to look for it again. I was guessing it flew over the cliff
edge and took refuge on the steep grassy slopes. I scanned the cliff face hoping
to see its head sticking out of the grass or maybe see the bird exposed on a
bare rock. Meanwhile Jared was tramping the level grassy land on the other side
of the little inlet. And he flushed it again. My look was rather distant but the
beige body of the rail stood out in the bright sun light as it went over the
next rise.
It was time to make the calls. Being out of cell service range we had
to drive 5 km down the road to get One Bar of service. A feeble but successful
WhatsApp alert went out. We knew there were a number of birders birding in the
southeast Avalon Peninsula at the time. We waited an hour for 10 people arrived.
We began the search walking in a line where we thought the bird might have went.
After one sweep the organization broke up and people walked about randomly
throughout the general area. No luck. It was not found the next morning either.
Not surprising for a super secretive species. There was no picture of the bird.
The 2020 Corn Crake was somewhat less of a cosmic mind F---k than the one Ken
Knowles and I saw at Cape Race on 2 November 2002. Since 2002 there have been
two other birds flushed by birders in the southeast Avalon in late fall that
could very well have been Corn Crakes. Also an amazing photo of a Corn Crake
walking across a trail at a lighthouse at Twillingate, Newfoundland taken by the
lighthouse keeper in fall 2009 came to light some years later. And a Corn Crake
was present at St Pierre et Miquelon 10-22 Jan 2012 but was misidentified as a
immature Sora until photos reached the outside world. The bird died and specimen
preserved.
It is possible Corn Crake is semi regular in Newfoundland but very
rarely found because of its extremely secretive nature. Recently through radio
telemetry it was discovered that some European Whimbrel fly non stop from
African wintering grounds to breeding grounds in Iceland totally over water the
whole way. They don't stop anywhere along the route unless they have to due to
weather. This could explain the seemingly random occurrences European Whimbrel
in May and July/early August in Newfoundland. These occurrence are unrelated to
the storms that bring other Icelandic shorebirds to Newfoundland in spring. A
slight deviation caused by a prolonged head wind over the open Atlantic could
bring these Whimbrel to within sight of NF. It might be the same kind of
migration some of the Corn Crakes undertake . Maybe some of them are flying
non-stop from northern Europe to wintering grounds in Africa. I was noticing for
a period in mid September 2020 there was a pretty good air flow from
France/Spain area toward NF in a hockey stick shaped route. This continued for
days. Don't have the details in front of me now but a Yellow-legged Gull
appeared in St. John's during this time.
Bruce Mactavishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354860540379635005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422040189937711491.post-84991090339890427622020-09-16T07:11:00.001-07:002020-09-16T07:11:31.275-07:00Juvenile COMMON RINGED PLOVER -12 Sep 2020<p style="text-align: justify;"> On September 12 I went to Chance Cove Provincial Park (southeast Avalon Peninsula) for general birding and possible shorebird photography. I'd heard there were good numbers of shorebirds present there a couple of days earlier. When I arrived there was a good swarm of 300 shorebirds frantically feeding in a bed of fermenting kelp above the daily reach of high tide. Most of the birds were Sanderlings with moderate numbers of Semipalmated Sandpipers & Semipalmated Plovers plus various odds and ends. The mid morning sun was already high and perfectly back lighting the shorebirds with an added powerful of glare reflecting off the water. An impossible situation unless I got behind the birds on the waters edge. There were so many birds present I decided to give it a shot. Water was washing around my feet as I set up the tripod and got the big lens ready. I was hurrying a little because naked eye I noticed a robust looking juvenile Semipalmated Plover emitting a host of alarming vibes. It was the first bird I put the camera on. Whoa! This looks good. Then tried binoculars. Then returned to the camera aimed at nothing but this bird for the next 30-40 minutes.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It looked big, strong, long back, more oblong shaped head The broad dark band through the lores covered the gape and a little below. This was a juvenile COMMON RINGED PLOVER. (CRPL) The juvenile Semipalmated Plovers (SEPL) in comparison were like little wind up toys with cute little rounded heads, like teenage plovers not fully developed physically . </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The bird was defending a feeding area close to where I was set up. In the end it vanished. I think the less confrontational Semipalmated Plovers won out on patience by standing their ground. In the end. several SEPL fed in the area that the CRPL wanted for itself.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMFWQuXEvL7grpGAfrVlFGqJYdOjqT_HrK_QelIRazxESRyxGKDLv_uq65ZFuArY_Ss7xEAay5Y1tGmdi-O45ZSjBBznkhiSNRSYBAgOsEfjC2fSsolnC7U1aXRWBTFp0WWlEEKis8Bw/s1100/CRPL+juv+Chance+Cove+12Sep+2020+S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMFWQuXEvL7grpGAfrVlFGqJYdOjqT_HrK_QelIRazxESRyxGKDLv_uq65ZFuArY_Ss7xEAay5Y1tGmdi-O45ZSjBBznkhiSNRSYBAgOsEfjC2fSsolnC7U1aXRWBTFp0WWlEEKis8Bw/s320/CRPL+juv+Chance+Cove+12Sep+2020+S.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Classic Common Ringed Plover features to note in this and the following pictures are a) wide lore band with a lower border reaching below the gape of bill, b) no colour to orbital ring, c) fairly long bill, d) reasonable wide breast band. Except for the width of lore patch all of the above features can be matched by juvenile Semipalmated Plover. 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Between middle toe an inner toe CRPL has no webbing, SEPL have a small amount of webbing. Between middle toe and outer toe CRPL have a very rudimentary tiny webbing, SEPL has a large area of webbing. Tons of caution should be used even in photos when judging the presence or lack of webbing. SEPL with slightly relaxed toes can lose the appearance of webbing as the loose web aligns with the toes. 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Most notable features in this picture are the differences in lores and t the orbital ring.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">NOTE: Common Ringed Plover is now found annually (1-3+ per year) during southbound migration on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland. Nearly all are the rather conspicuous adults. Juveniles are far more like to go undetected among the ubiquitous Semipalmated Plover. </div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Bruce Mactavishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354860540379635005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422040189937711491.post-73209537837028482232020-07-21T07:48:00.000-07:002020-07-21T07:51:01.454-07:00Because they are Arctic Terns....<div style="text-align: justify;">
Arctic Terns in adult breeding plumage are a beautiful bird. Nature has finely cropped the Arctic Tern providing it maximum lift with minimal effort allowing to spent most of its life on the wing at sea communing between the top and bottom of the earth. We are lucky to have it as fairly common as a nester on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland. It is often with the more numerous Common Tern. While the two species are so similar that they require a good view to identify, the subtle differences between the finely sculpted Arctic Tern and the chunky Common Tern are obvious when experienced closely.</div>
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On the weekend I was at Ferryland beach watching a small swarm of kittiwakes, gulls, puffins and terns attracted to the spawning capelin. With the west wind the terns were approaching the beach riding along the edge of a small bluff. A potential set up for photography of one of my favourite photo targets - terns but especially Arctic Terns. It worked out so well on 18th July that I went back for some more on the 20th. I got so many satisfying shots of the Arctics that I couldn't chose a few favourites so I am posting an abundance of favs here. With Arctic Terns you can do that just because of who they are...</div>
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Below is a short poem I corrupted from a ZZ Top song.</div>
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<strong>Sharp Dressed Tern</strong></div>
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</strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><strong> <span style="color: orange;">Long tail, short bill<br />
And I know I am goin' to capelin beach<br />
Silk wings, black cap,<br />
I know the reason why<br />
They come runnin' ‘til their leg’s real burn<br />
'Cause every birder’s crazy 'bout a sharp dressed tern</span></strong></span></div>
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Summer is a good time to be a birder on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. The capelin arrive in enormous volumes to spawn on the beaches and near shore. Great Shearwaters and Sooty Shearwaters from the Southern Hemisphere depend on the summer capelin crop in Newfoundland waters to gorge on while going through a quick moult. </div>
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Getting out in a boat among the shearwaters is a photographer's dream. It not as easy as ABC. Ian Jones has been a source in recent years. He owns a high tech watercraft, perhaps meant more for freshwater ponds than the open Atlantic, but still is quite functional on the ocean in relatively civil conditions. I was fortunate to get out with Ian and Jeannine Winkel on 4 July 2020 off St. Vincent's Beach and St Shotts.</div>
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Shearwaters numbers had dropped over night and those we found were more in resting mode than feeding. The most action was in choppy waters off St Shotts. Overall the nearly 2,000 shearwaters, mainly Sooty with <10% Greats made for an OK trip. Below are some photos from the trip. Most of the Sootys were in heavy moult. The few in pristine condition were birds hatched in the most recent nesting season, during our winter.</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>The neat and complete feathering in the wings shows this is a Sooty Shearwater fledged this past winter in the Southern Hemisphere nesting area.</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Most of the Sooty Shearwaters showed heavy wing moult. These would be the adults.</span></i></div>
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Newfoundland's 4th RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was present at Renews, Avalon Peninsula for 36 hours 27-29 June 2020. Clara Dunne saw it around her feeder late on the 27 June. She suspected it was different than the female Ruby-throated Hummingbirds that she had seen at her feeder over the last five years. It was not until the following morning that she was able to secure some half decent photos. The photos confirmed her suspicion that it was a different looking hummingbird. She tentatively identified it as a Rufous Hummingbird. She texted me photographs for confirmation. The rest is history. </div>
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The bird visited the feeder regularly on the 28 June and up to 9 am on 29 June and then suddenly no more. A number of people got to see the and photograph the bird. The June date is early for this rare vagrant in the east.</div>
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The previous records of Rufous Hummingbird for Newfoundland are:</div>
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<b>1) 1985 4-15 August. One adult male at MUN Botanical Park feeding on flowers (photos)</b></div>
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<b> 2) 1988 13-15 August. One adult male visiting flowers at St. Anthony (photos)</b></div>
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<b> 3) 2011 18-20 August. One adult female at bird feeder, Middle Pond, near Goulds (photos)</b></div>
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In addition there was a female Rufous type hummingbird was observed over several days at in a residential garden in St. John's in early September 1983. </div>
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All except the last picture were taken on 28 June 2020 at Renews. The last picture was taken on 29 June. The dark triangle in throat indicates adult female.</div>
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Bruce Mactavishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354860540379635005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422040189937711491.post-5563352069472672222020-06-19T16:33:00.000-07:002020-06-19T16:33:41.203-07:00Codroy Trip 13-16 June - Royal Success<div style="text-align: justify;">
The Codroy Valley at the southwest corner of Newfoundland is our Point Pelee, our High Island our .... well it is not really like any of those places except that nothing beats it in Newfoundland for lush birding and numerous specialties that are common just across the way in Nova Scotia but have gained a toe hold in Newfoundland here. It is a different world for the Avalon Peninsula birders that are used to looking eye level at tree top warblers. The Codroy Valley has proper forest and it is saturated with breeding birds.</div>
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This year where everyone's spring vacations to a birding destination were cancelled due to C-19, the obvious consolation vacation was the Codroy Valley. A full 900 km drive one way from St. John's, the travel time makes it a journey.</div>
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The majority of birders were present sometime in the period of late May to 12 June. Being tied up with a car problem my departure was well delayed. Alison Mews also with a car situation was delayed. The pain of hearing about the good birding that our friends were having caused Alison's car to be freed up and on short notice we were both streaming down the TCH toward Codroy Valley.</div>
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We had four full days 13-16 June. The weather was pretty good every day. Most importantly the winds were near calm each morning making for good dawn choruses. It turned out to be one of the best four day trips ever by anyone over the last 20+ years. We got all the regular Codroy specialties such as 5 Blackburnian Warblers, 9 Bay-breasted Warblers, 3 Cape May Warblers, 8 Northern Parulas, 18 Blue-headed Vireos,1 Philadelphia Vireo, 9 Red-eyed Vireos, 2 Eastern Wood Pewees, 4 Eastern Kingbirds, 2 Sora and 2 Pied-billed Grebes. </div>
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Rarities are actually rarely found on Codroy trips but we had three. The first was the best. A NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW at Loch Lomond on 13 June. This near mythical bird has been reported nearly a handful of times in the province. This includes an individual accidentally caught in a mist net set up for snipe by the Great Legend himself - Dr. Les Tuck sometime in the 1960s and during June in the Codroy Valley. I held the study skin in my hand. It gave me faith that the species could really occur in NF. It did happen and we photos to prove it.</div>
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A singing Scarlet Tanager on Brooms Brook would have been a bigger surprise if an earlier Codroy team hadn't already had one. Ours was quite far away from the first sighting so was likely a different bird. Still a major rarity to hear the species singing in Newfoundland. We get a few in the autumn. No photos. Good sounds recordings.</div>
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The biggest surprise of the trip was a singing YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at Red Rocks Road on 15 June. Occurring once every two or three years during fall vagrant hunting season there were no spring records for the province. Alison and I spent two hours with the bird. I never saw it. Alison glimpsed it and got a just barely acceptable record shot. It was well sound recorded. Tried just about everything legal to see the bird. I walked across the brook to get into the thick woods where it was. I was under it singing. In desperation I pished quietly and the bird came down to me calling with its irritated call. It was clearly angry with me. So close I should have been able to touch it. But I could not see it. The record is documented with recordings of the song and one record shot photo. Sure would have been nice to have seen that bird.</div>
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After a long long long hard winter of major snow and a very very very laborious opening to spring, May was like an opening of every birders heart. Those first Yellow-rumped Warblers were Godsends. Every new returnee had its own little pleasure. It was not a spring for Icelandic vagrants. It is a rare spring when not a single European Golden Plover was seen. Though a Northern Lapwing at Bonavista in late May was out of pattern for spring weather and for the species' history of occurrence in the province. We figured it was a bird that must have arrived in the fall of 2019 and over wintered somewhere in North America and was on its way back home. Good luck to that bird. </div>
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This blog is only about the birds that I saw in May. There were other good birds that I would have like to have seen, especially the Little Egret on the Burin Peninsula, just four hours drive one way, but we've had great encounters with that species in recent years. </div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Adult Laughing Gull at Tim Horton's on Ropewalk Lane, St John's on 8 May, 2020.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Adult Laughing Gull at St Mary's, St. Mary's Bay on 10 May, 2020.</span></i></div>
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A Laughing Gull never gets more praise when it is an adult in high breeding plumage landing in a place where birders are recovering from Severe Winter Weather Weariness and Lack of Avian Novelty (SWWWLAN). The first bird was begging for doughnuts around cars parked out behind a Tim Horton's outlet providing excellent views. The second bird was waiting for more of my chicken sandwich. Nice when the gulls come to Newfoundland already trained.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">This Northern Wheatear (a 1st spring male?) found on the kelp bed at Bear Cove, Avalon Peninsula on 12 May by Alison Mews was one of about six wheatears reported during May in Newfoundland, On my second visit to the bird I had a lucky 15 minutes when it came to me while I had the beasty lens (840mm) attached to the camera while on tripod and standing over my ankles in a ravine among rotting kelp bed. The angle of the sun was far from ideal but the end result is some of my best wheatear pictures ever and</span></i> <span style="color: red;">The Photo Session of May 2020 Award</span>.</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>On 15 May disaster struck. Over night my car parked in front of the house was the victim of a hit and run. Insurance saved a $$ disaster but there was set back in mobility. I did get a rental car from the insurance but lost a three weekend while waiting for that to happen. And now on 9 June as I type I still don't have the car back which is upsetting early June plans to be part of the birding blitz currently taking place in the Codroy Valley. As you can tell I drive a Corvette - not! --- just a Honda Civic but equipped with Turbo crucial for passing painfully slow cars on winding, hilly Newfoundland roads.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">My Favourite Record of May 2020</span>. <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>I was the only person to see this bird on Powles Head Road, Trepassey area on 29 May 2020. It was unexpected being a first spring record for the province, but the roof blew off the theater when it started to sing!! And it sang and it sang. </i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">All swallows, but the Tree Swallow, are rare on the Avalon Sensualist. Barn Swallows stray with some volume in May. Up to 20 were seen at one location during this May. Purple Martins are royalty among the spring swallows. Two were present at the end of may at Bidgoods Park, Goulds. Here is one landing next to a surprised looking Tree Swallow.</span></i></div>
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Bruce Mactavishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354860540379635005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422040189937711491.post-63141665381951728292020-05-26T17:49:00.000-07:002020-05-26T17:49:56.088-07:00A Reeve on Display - 26 May 2020No excuses for lack of Blog posts. There have been birds I could have posted about. Actually the blog had been violated for more six weeks so that is some of the reasoning. I'll get back into it face first with these pictures of a female Ruff at a pool on Back Line, Goulds, Newfoundland today - 26 May 2020. We get a couple or more Ruffs per year April-October in Newfoundland. Even though they look like a common generic shorebird they are unique in their way make them interesting every time.<br />
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What do you think about Ruffs now even if it is a female? The Ruff is not closely related to any other species in the shorebird group. As the phalaropes are a distinct group among the shorebirds, I think Ruff deserves to be in its own group.</div>
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Bruce Mactavishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354860540379635005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422040189937711491.post-26953239225944187492020-04-13T08:20:00.000-07:002020-04-13T10:28:38.462-07:00Another Pacific Eider in Newfoundland - 12 April 2020<div style="text-align: justify;">
The Pacific Eider (<i>Somateria mollissima v-nigrum</i>) is the race of Common Eider breeding in the western Canadian Arctic, Alaska and eastern Russia. They winter in Alaska and eastern Russia. It's near mythical occurrence in the North Atlantic has change considerable in the last five years or so. It has now become just about annual in winter where eiders are scrutinized on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland. There have been one or two highly suspected or confirmed records of Pacific Eider in each of the last five years. The commonly accepted speculation is that they are making it through the central Arctic island because of less ice during the summer in recent years. Some are reaching the Atlantic side and coming south to Newfoundland to winter. This could be just the tip of the iceberg as there are many thousands of Common Eiders wintering north of the Avalon Peninsula off the coast of Labrador and even Baffin Island. Who knows what percentage of those might be Pacific Eiders? I posted much better photos of a Pacific Eider at Cape Spear, Avalon Peninsula, NF in March 2018 blog. <a href="https://brucemactavish1.blogspot.com/2018/03/carrot-billed-eider-at-cape-spear.html">https://brucemactavish1.blogspot.com/2018/03/carrot-billed-eider-at-cape-spear.html</a></div>
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It is still important to document the occurrences of Pacific Eider in the Atlantic. On 12 April 2020 I came across one on the Cape Race road, about 1 km east of Portugal Cove South, Avalon Peninsula. In the bright early morning sunlight its orange bill stood out like a beacon among a group of ten <i>borealis</i> Common Eiders feeding 150 m off shore or 225 m from the car. For the next hour I tried to get as many pictures as I could to document the record. It wasn't close and a shimmer in the air over the cold water was increasing as the sun rose higher preventing tact sharp pictures. All these pictures are 100% crops.</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>The orange bill glows like a neon carrot in the sunlight. Note the curved black cap (straight on borealis, our regular wintering eider). Black border of bill starts out broad at the top and comes to a point. It is more uniformly narrow on borealis. Pacific Eiders show a diffusion of green along the border of the cap. It was hard to see on this bird. It was mostly blown out in the bright sunny whites in the photos, but was there. It could be seen through the scope and appears in some of the following photos. There is also a more pronounced forehead bump.</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> Pacific Eider is a bigger bird than borealis. Note the obvious difference in the shape of the lower edge of the black cap being strongly concave on the Pacific and quite straight on borealis. And that bill colour!</span></i></div>
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Diane Collins posted a photograph of an unfamiliar bird she saw in her home town of Elliston, Bonavista Peninsula on the Newfoundland Birding Facebook page. The striking black and white bird with a carrot for a bill immediately caught the attention of knowledgeable birders. It was a EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER. Just the fifth record for Newfoundland. The other four records are listed below.</div>
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<b><span lang="EN">1) Tors Cove, Avalon Peninsula, 22-25 May 1995, </span><span lang="EN"> </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN">2) </span><span lang="EN">Eastport, Bonavista Bay, 3 </span></b><b><span lang="EN">April-2 May 199</span><span lang="EN">9,</span></b></div>
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It was just last spring that we all enjoyed a Eurasian Oystercatcher at Lushes Bight. Details and pictures on this blog posting http://brucemactavish1.blogspot.com/2019/05/euro-oyc-on-20-may-2019-4-for.html </div>
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Winds during the week leading up to the discovery of the Elliston bird were right for a European vagrant in being moderate in a direct line from southern England & France area to Newfoundland. The best winds for European shorebirds migrating from Ireland to Iceland are strong NE. Some of us were already thinking that if anything came out of this it would be a strong flier like an oystercatcher or Gray Heron. We are still waiting for the latter to be reported.</div>
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In times of the covid-19 maelstrom a rare bird chase was not an automatic reaction. Some people thought it best to follow the advice of the Prime Minister of Canada and stay home. While others weighed in the realistic side of making human contact on such an adventure and were in the car before dawn the next morning for the 320 km ride from St. John's to Elliston. I was a first responder. I won't say who else might have been there but it was strange to all be driving in our own cars. </div>
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The bird was easy to find, though could disappear for periods of time.</div>
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Dolphin Gull was seen on the Falklands and during single day visits to Ushuaia, Argentina and Punta Arenas, Chile. The encounters were short lived but total indulgence. Gray Gull was but a four hour visit to the beach area on the south side of the main port at San Antonio, Chile, a port for the inland capital of Santiago.<br />
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Classic adult Dolphin Gull 1 Feb 2002, Ushuaia, Argentina </div>
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A 2nd summer (gray head) Dolphin Gull surrounded by adults</div>
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Adult Dolphin Gull standing above a nesting colony of Imperial Shags.</div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">The Brown-hooded Gull</span></h2>
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The Brown-headed Gull of South America is very similar to the Black-headed Gull from Eurasian. The adult shows more extensive black on the underside of the primaries with a white wedge across the ends of P7-10. The upper surface of the wing is similar to a Black-headed. </div>
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This adult Brown-hooded Gull is so much like a Common Black-headed Gull. 6 Feb 2020, San Antonio, Chile</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">This bird was the exception in having in still having a dark hood and intact primaries. 2 Feb 2020,</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i> <span style="text-align: start;">Punta Arenas, Chile.</span> </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">Adult Brown-hooded Gull. </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">6 Feb 2020, San Antonio, Chile.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">Adult Brown-hooded Gull. </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">6 Feb 2020, San Antonio, Chile.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">Adult Brown-hooded Gull. </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">6 Feb 2020, San Antonio, Chile.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">Adult Brown-hooded Gull. </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">6 Feb 2020, San Antonio, Chile.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">Adult Brown-hooded Gull. </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">2 Feb 2020, </span><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="text-align: start;">Punta Arenas, Chile.</span> </i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Two juveniles on left, adult on right. </span></i> <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">2 Feb 2020, </span><i style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="text-align: start;">Punta Arenas, Chile.</span> </i></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Juvenile Brown-hooded Gull, Note the conspicuous white tips to the primaries. This is lacking on Black-headed Gulls of the same age.</i></span> <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic;">2 Feb 2020, </span><i style="color: #3d85c6;">Punta Arenas, Chile.</i></div>
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The Gray Gull is a beautiful bird. It has a restricted range for a gull. It nests on inland lakes of the Atacama Desert inland in northern Chile. Sub-adults and adults in the non breeding season occur along the coast of Peru and Chile. My four hour encounter with the species on a beach just south of the port of San Antonio, Chile on 6 Feb 2020 reminded me of seeing Laughing Gulls on the beaches of the east coast of the USA.</div>
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Well you'd think after being back seven weeks from a trip I would have more Blog postings from said trip. I did have 8500 photos to sort through. The main excuse for being blogless is not knowing where to start so I'll start with a subject I like. The Gulls. The purpose of the cruise 25 Jan to 6 Feb 2020 from Buenos Aries, Argentina to Santiago, Chile was mainly for the seabirds and an opportunity to see some of the Antarctic. Any gulls were gravy. </div>
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Gull diversity was actually low with only five species on the trip. Only Kelp Gull was widespread and common. Dolphin Gull and Brown-hooded Gull were numerous within their range. On the last day of the trip at San Antonio, Chile (near Santiago) there were plenty of wintering Franklin's Gulls and a few of the beautiful Gray Gull. Kelp Gull was the gull of most interest. It is a bird we need to know in Newfoundland. An adult kelp Gull did happen in St. John's 23 & 25 December 2016 [see the posting with pictures here <a href="http://brucemactavish1.blogspot.com/2016/">http://brucemactavish1.blogspot.com/2016/</a>. ]It could happen again. First impressions were about Herring Gull size and identical in behavior. Darker black than Great Black-backed Gull. A broad white trailing edge to secondaries while not as obvious as Slaty-backed Gull was still easily noticeable among our local gulls. The legs were greenish, sometimes with a yellowish tinge. </div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Note those greenish legs. This was typical leg colour of the Kelp Gulls that I saw during the period of observation late Jan/early Feb. Descriptions/photos of Kelp Gull usually say/show the legs are yellowish with a greenish tint. I think this probably true during height of breeding display in spring and early breeding season. I was present at the end of the nesting season. Chicks were large in the nests and in San Antonio, Chile there were many recently fledged juveniles. The St. John's, Newfoundland Kelp Gull had dull greenish legs in late December which should have been height of breeding season for Kelp Gulls in the Southern Hemisphere. However, the St. John's bird was still growing P10 indicating it had adjusted to the Northern Hemisphere seasons and was going into winter plumage. </i></span><i style="color: #3d85c6;">photo: 1 Feb 2020, Ushuaia, Argentina</i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The dump at Ushuaia, Argentina, Cape Horn is the most southern dump in the world and about ten minutes via taxi from the dock in case you are ever there. Not the first destination for the average traveler. While Richard Crossley and I were there on foot the dump operators and dump dog allowed us in no problem but motioned for us to stand off to the side. No English. Views were pretty good but short of ideal</span></i></div>
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<i style="color: #3d85c6;">1st cycle Kelp Gull - 1 Feb 2020, Ushuaia, Argentina</i></div>
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The colour of those Feet!! Stamp of approval for Kelp Gull.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The reddish orbital ring and shaded olive-coloured iris were typical of the Kelp Gulls at this southern latitude. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">This bird was one of maybe two I saw with a mirror on P9. it was in fact photographed on The Falkland Island on 25 Jan 2020.</span></i></div>
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I have a few juvenile Kelp Gull photos from San Antonio, Chile that I was going to add to this post but I seem to have met the limit for number of photos. The end of the day update on C-19 makes me wonder when the next time mankind will even care about the identification of Kelp Gull. </div>
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<span style="color: red;">Birders will carry on after the crumbling of civilization as we know it now. The genes have been sown.</span></h3>
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B Mactavish, (19:00) 29 March 2020, St. John's, Newfoundland.</div>
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The Southern Ocean cruise on the Coral Princess that I was present for from 25 Jan-6 Feb 2020 covered a lot of territory from The Falkland Islands to San Antonio, Chile. Being an albatross virgin before the cruise I was happy to come with 8 species of albatrosses during the trip. The first species was Black-browed Albatross. This as expected was the most numerous and universally present albatross of the cruise. This was a good albatross to get to know because it is the most likely species to occur in Atlantic Canada waters. This is the only species confirmed for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador with three photographic records. Being a relatively tame bird that was not shy of the huge cruise ship it often came close providing many photo opportunities. Nearly all were adults. I noticed far fewer than 1% being dark billed immatures. That is fine since at least two of the Newfoundland and Labrador records were bright billed adults.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Almost patterned like an adult Great Black-backed Gull, the black tail with a bright white rump about equal to the size of the bright white head distinguishes it from any gull, if the size and shape was not immediately obvious. The same clean cut colour pattern also distinguishes it from a sub-adult Northern Gannet.</span></i></div>
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Starting backwards on reporting on my 16 day trip Southern Ocean cruise, here are some snaps from the end of the adventure. </div>
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With somewhat vague directions embedded on Richard Crossley's cell phone we were not exactly sure where to look for the Diademed Sandpiper-Plover after we left Santiago, Chile. We drove up and up and up into the clear blue dawn sky, on roads sometimes carved into steep mountainsides where avalanche warnings were prevalent. There were lots of interesting birds in the arid scrub. Wish I could find the Guide to Birds of Chile that Holly Hogan lent me to look them up, as the memory of some of the birds are getting vague, but most I photographed for identification later. The road eventually ran out and you are forced to look for the hint of a track across vast gravel flats and a meandering river <span class="ng" data-ddnwab="1581469752568" data-wpkgv="true" zeum4c0="1581469752568">which</span> was just passable with a car.</div>
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Yah - it took some time and effort on foot at 12,000+ ft elevation without finding our target. Time was not on our side. We had to give up. On the drive out of the valley we looked back on where we had just been and realize there was a green patch in the arid landscape that we had not noticed. That had to be the location. We turned around for one last shot. But there were no sandpiper-plovers in this last green spot either. We were out of time and options. With airports on out minds we turned the car around but saw a van load of birders with their scopes out looking at something in the drainage stream from the hot springs. It was a Wings Inc birding tour. They were on a Diademed Sandpiper-Plover at the very spot we had driven through in the car!! Our limited knowledge of the species told us to expect this bizarre species in the green oasis caused by springs pouring out of the mountain sides. Ah -such are the bonuses of local help.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The habitat. Lush green patches of green are an oasis among the vast gray arid scenes of the Chilean Andes. This what the Diademed Sandpiper-Plover nests in. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The ugly duckling of shorebird chicks, this precious chick ensures the continuation of the species.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Among shorebird clan, the Diademed Sandpiper- Plover is a unique bird.</span></i></div>
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As outrageous as that sounds, it is fact. On 7 December Alison Mews and Ethel Dempsey found a Hermit Warbler in St. John's, Newfoundland on the site of the former school for the deaf on Topsail Road. The groves of imported jack pines seemed an ideal pocket of habitat for this western warbler. It was difficult to locate among the pines over the following days but most searchers eventually got their views. Alison put out a home made suet/peanut butter blog in the pines in the hopes that it would find it. IT WORKED! On the 17 December Hermit Warbler was observed feeding on the suet block along with juncos and Boreal Chickadees. </div>
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The rest is history up to the date of this writing on 7 Jan 2020. The HEWA is visiting the now several suet blocks put up for the bird daily. There is lots of snow. Between Christmas Eve and 7 Jan 100 cm of snow has fallen on St. John's with 69 cm depth of snow currently on the ground. But the temperatures have been relatively mild hovering in the -3C to +1C range. The Hermit Warbler looks reasonably healthy. Its plumage is looking less sleek and more ruffled if not a little puffed out. It sometimes looks wet around the face. Perhaps a combination of the greasy food source and the wet pines. Will it survive until spring? It would be a miracle for a species that rarely experiences below freezing temperature or ever sees snow. It should be in a Central American pine forest in January.</div>
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This represents the fourth record of Hermit Warbler for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Blackhead, Avalon Peninsula, 11-13 November 1989</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Mobile, Avalon Peninsula, 11 November to 1 December 2016</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Cape Broyle, Avalon Peninsula, 23 October 2017</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">St. John's, Avalon Peninsula, 7 December 2019 to present 7 January 2020</li>
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It should be noted the fall of 2019 saw an unprecedented influx of Townsend's Warblers to the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. There was a staggering total of 18 different individual Townsend's discovered (all photographed). Most were discovered during November but the earliest was on 23 September. Whether this was related to the occurrence of the Hermit Warbler is not known.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">These three pictures above from 21 December after it had found the feeder but before winter had set in. It was still spending considerable time foraging in the pines and only occasionally visiting the suet/peanut butter feeders.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Boreal Chickadees at first chased the Hermit Warbler </span></i><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">off </span></i><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">the feeder station but later on accepted its presence as any other local bird.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Hermit Warbler in the pines near the suet feeders after a 23 December snow fall.</span></i></div>
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The Hermit Warbler wintering in Newfoundland is an ongoing story. At this point we don't know the outcome but very few warblers have ever made it through the winter in St. John's Those that have were a few hardy Pine Warblers, once a Yellow-rumped Warbler and couple of Yellow-breasted Chats. Yellow-throated Warblers have made it to late January and early February a few times. We will continue to feed it.</div>
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My brother Andrew and I went to Saskatchewan in search of Whooping Cranes. The Saskatoon area is well known stop over area in October. We gave ourselves a full week to find and enjoy the cranes with extra time to enjoy the other birds migrating through the prairies in October. An area 75 minutes drive north of Saskatoon, near Marcelin, was the place to go in 2019 A good number (50!) of Whooping Crane had been reported here a few days before our arrival.</div>
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It was a royal success. On the first day we counted 110 and second day 112 Whooping Cranes. We had up to 64 in sight at one time. The huge birds with perhaps the loudest call of any bird in North America was the most wary species I had ever encountered. Even at 500 m a car stopping on a little traveled road was enough to spook them. They were spectacular in flight. Huge birds. Photos were mainly of birds in flight. They would not fly over a human being either so even flight shots were all distant.</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>The spectacularly conspicuous Whooping Cranes needs a lot of space to feel comfortable. It can find these requirements in parts of sparsely populated Saskatchewan. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Note the rusty bird in between the two white birds. the rusty bird is a juvenile. We saw only about ten juvs.</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Whooping Cranes feeding in comfort a long way from people and in a wide open terrain so it can spot potential predators (coyote) from a safe distance. </span></i></div>
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See Part II below for the Geese of Saskatchewan.</h3>
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The geese in Saskatchewan are amazing. The sheer volume is incomprehensible. Yah! so you come across 50,000 Snow Geese in a roadside lake. No big deal. No one rushes out to see such, for such events are commonplace scattered about the southern half of the province. They feed in the cut wheat fields in the morning and evening and rest by day in the larger ponds/lakes. Snow Geese were the most numerous species. Among the Snows there were always some Ross's. White-fronted Geese seemed more local. However, we came across 25,000 resting by day at a lake that also hosted 100,000 Snow Geese. A local farmer said he'd never seen so many geese as this fall. Canada Geese were abundant but often formed their own concentrations separate from the Snow Goose throngs. Among them it was fun to see the Cackling Geese. Sometimes there were sizable flocks of Cacklers with a few large Canada Geese sticking out like ugly ducklings among the flock. I am a non-believer in giving Cackling Goose full species status. The experience in Sask did nothing to change my mind. There are lots of in betweens. Even among the Cacklers there were differences, some with white breast some with dark breasts, a few with white rings around the neck. There is no doubt that Cacklers are a cute form of the Canada Goose but best left as a subspecies if I could change the rules back to the way they were.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">One Bald Eagle fly over caused a mass flush of 30-40,000 Snow Geese feeding in a recently cut wheat field. The sound of that many panicked geese nearly lifted us off the ground.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Within the flocks this is what it looks like.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #45818e;">One Ross's, One Snow.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Speckle-bellies is a secondary name for the White-fronted Goose.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Who Made Who? Three Cacklers with two larger Canada Geese.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Mixture of Cacklers and other Canada Geese</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A parade of Cacklers.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Not a goose but related. Tundra Swans were commonly present in low hundreds compared to tens of thousands of geese.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Tundra Swans, gray immatures with white adults.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A sub adult Trumpeter Swan on the right with an adult Tundra Swan. Fairly easy to see the differences in the bill size and shape of feathering around bill in this photo. It was the only Trumpeter Swan we noticed. Not sure of its status in Saskatchewan.</span></i></div>
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September 16-22 was a good week for rarities on the Avalon. Nothing mind boggling just a varied selection minor rarities and these four nice birds. First was a COMMON NIGHTHAWK found by Andrea Dicks while she was walking her dog at dusk at Kent's Pond in St. John's. Those from out of the province reading this blog will be surprised to know that nighthawk was the rarest of the four species shown here. For most St. John's birders it was to be a new bird for their provincial list. Thinking back I could remember only three other nighthawks I had seen on the island of Newfoundland and none in more than twenty years. The bird performed well each evening for at least a week. Everyone got to see it. It was fun trying to photograph it in the dusk. ISO 6400 was the only hope.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Common Nighthawk 18 Sept 2019 at Kent's Pond, St. John's, Newfoundland.</span></i></div>
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Next was a juvenile Ruff. It was at the Cochrane Pond manure pile. I visited the location before work on a very dark rainy Tuesday morning and saw this medium size brown shorebird fly in. I was expecting it be a Pectoral Sandpiper. It didn't land but as it turned around to go away I was sure I caught a flash of a white 'U' shaped rump patch. I knew that meant Ruff. Also the bird had a very fluid flight unlike a Pectoral Sandpiper. I knew it had to be a Ruff but it happened in a flash when a mind has little chance to register all the real facts. I got out of the car and there it was - a Ruff standing next to a Lesser Yellowlegs by a pool of ripe water. A brightly coloured juvenile Ruff. Newfoundland gets a couple or so Ruffs every year, mostly between May and September. Fall juveniles are the least common plumage to see. It stayed for about three days and was viewed by many others.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The juvenile Ruff with a Lesser Yellowlegs in the Goulds on 17 September 2019.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Note the unique 'U' shaped white rump band. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The bright wing underwings and clear buffy breast and head have quite a resemblance to the Buff-breasted Sandpiper.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The oddly small head of the Ruff with a Lesser Yellowlegs and Semipalmated Sandpiper.</span></i></div>
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While I was looking at the Ruff, Dave Brown was finding two Northern Wheatears at Ferryland. Everyone loves a Wheatear. They were bouncing around on the rock walls at the archaeological dig. Luckily one stayed until the weekend giving me a chance to see it.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A fan favourite always - a juvenile Northern Wheatear at Ferryland on 22 September 2019</span></i></div>
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Brown Boobies started moving north well beyond their normal subtropical 28C waters only a dozen or so years ago. The first in Newfoundland was on 18 July 2012 all the way north at St. Anthony. That more or less fit into the unfathomable, yet still unexplained pattern emerging of Brown Boobies straying well north of the norm. In the coming years other Brown Boobies were photographed by fisherman on their boats well offshore. On 4 August 2015 Richard Thomas with friends from the mainland lucked into an adult Brown Booby resting on the rocks at Long Beach near Cape Race. A chance for a chase. A small gang of us hoped it would reappear the next day - but NOPE. Over the next summers without a break more Brown Boobies were phone-snapped with smartphones adding to the annual agony.</div>
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2019 was an above average year of Brown Booby reports landing on boats in the offshore and also the ferry between NS and Newfoundland They were all in the warmer waters on the southern edge of Newfoundland but that was still under the 20 C. </div>
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This morning I was pishing in the alders on the southern edge of the Avalon Peninsula at Trepassey. Was hoping to duplicate something along the lines of the male Prothonotary Warbler present on nearby Powle''s Head. The phone rang. It was Cliff. When Cliff phones it means something. He said "someone on Facebook posted about a strange bird sitting on the mast of a boat at Pier 7. It looks like one of them Brown Boobies". I was only 5 minutes from Cliffs house in Trepassey. Cliff showed me the picture on computer. It was indeed a Brown Booby! It was at Pier 7 in St.John's, right behind Jack Astor's and it was NOW. I posted the news to the local Whatsapp group.</div>
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I'd like to thanks the stars above for allowing me to drive the twisting 120 km from Trepassey to St. John's with an adrenaline drip to the jugular, in a smooth and orderly manner below the speed of sound, in the lane of least resistance and getting to Pier 7 in St John's harbour five minutes before the Brown Booby lifted its wings, flew, circled twice and departed. What a bird..... What rush....Turbo Civics are made for coastal road bird chases.</div>
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Instinct was to take pictures first. I was just starting to do that when it flew. I feel a little robbed. Sure I saw the bird but I hardly looked at it. The few pictures on my camera ensure happiness. A Brown Booby flying around St. John's harbour is surreal. It really did happen. </div>
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It took a while. It was getting to the tail end of the migration of adult COMMON RINGED PLOVERS. One finally showed up on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland. Richard Thomas first noticed this bird of interest at Trepassey on 28 August but did not get a satisfying enough view to convince himself. His grainy pictures showed an intriguing bird. So much so that Dave Brown went down to Trepassey the next day to look for it but after six hours no go, but got a small consolation in the form of a Baird's Sandpiper. Two days later I was at Trepassey with Alison Mews and Ethel Dempsey looking for the Baird's Sandpiper. It was not on the outer beach but there was a Semipalmated-like Plover with a very nice looking white band over the eye. This had to be the bird that Richard had seen. Finally after reaching the end of the beach it turned around and started running back toward us. The black mask highlighted by the distinct even, broad white supercilium screamed out Common Ringed Plover.</div>
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Photography conditions were challenging. It was very warm with tropical humidity with fog blowing in off the ocean and burning up when it reached 100 m inland. The sun was high creating heat shimmer off the beach sand. The following are some of the pictures. Dave Brown appeared on the scene as well.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The first picture. The bold white line over the rear ear coverts is often the first clue that you have a Common Ringed Plover in your midst. Caution: female Semipalmated Plover can have an extensive white supercilium but they lack the bold black head markings of a Common Ringed Plover</span></i>.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">There is a formula starting off with that prominent, sharply defined white supercilium. The black ear covert patch shaved off along the bottom edge is accented by the white supercilium. This impression is lacking with the Semipalmated Plover.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The breast band width is flexible on the little plover. With this view one could easily overlook the rarity staring you in the face.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The breast band on this bird is narrower than the average adult Common Ringed Plover in August in Newfoundland. Is it a female?</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">This the more typical Common Ringed Plover we are used to seeing on the Avalon Peninsula in August. This was photographed at Renews 26 August 2018. The breast band is much wider than the Trepassey bird. This must be a male?</span></i></div>
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Below are pictures of adult Common Ringed Plovers taken in Northern Ireland on 7 Feb 2019. This is a different race than the birds that nest in the Canadian Arctic. The Canadian birds are part of the subspecies <i>psammodramus </i> which includes the birds nesting in Greenland and Iceland. The birds I saw wintering in Northern Ireland could have been <i>hiaticula </i>(British breeders) or <i>tundrae </i>(northern Eurasian breeders). Both of these races are smaller and darker than <i>psammodramus. </i>I think the Canadian breeding are the largest and palest of all Common Ringed Plovers which make them more distinct from Semipalmated Plover than the other two races. The Irish Common Ringed Plovers are a different beast.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The wintering Common Ringed Plovers in Northern Ireland had the distinct black head markings but the breast bands were very similar to the width of Semipalmated Plovers.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Don't look too close or you will see a pale orbital ring. Don't you know the lack of orbital ring colour is a good clue for Common Ringed Plover and the presence of such means it can't be one! I saw several with light yellowish orbital rings out of maybe 200 Irish individuals seen close enough.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">This is an allowable amount of webbing between the middle and outer toe for Common Ringed Plover. Pretty difficult to judge the extent of webbing on these plovers. I consider it a very shaky field character at best.</span></i></div>
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Yah there are endless great Buff-breasted Sandpiper photos out there in the world. They are highly photogenic being on the tame side and always attract attention being a universal fan favorite among birders. In a bit of hurry to elaborate at this time (lots of birding ahead on this long weekend) but there were three Buff-breasted Sandpipers at the abandoned runways at Argentia, Newfoundland on 30 August. Here are some of the pictures I took. They were always actively feeding finding insects in the patches of grass growing up through cracks in the asphalt. </div>
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A trip to Pt Pelee, Ontario in May 2018 changed brother Andrew's life. Already a skilled photographer with a better than "average Joe" knowledge of birds, the two interests came together that spring at Pelee and ignited. It has been non-stop looking for targets to photograph and birds to get to know for Andrew ever since. Together we visited Pelee in May 2019. We chanced upon a spring when Pelee was at its best for a whole week. It confirmed my impressions that Andrew would benefit greatly from a simple summer trip to Newfoundland. It was arranged. Andrew's visit was <br />
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timed to met the capelin spawning season when the Avalon Peninsula seabirding magic was at its peak. I picked 20-28 July. In 2018 that week was quite amazing with a nice selection of rare gulls and sub-adult jaegers of all species and various rare terns. </div>
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First things first. The Witless Bay and Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserves are musts for landlubber bird photographers not to mention your average visitor. <b>Day 1</b> was a visit to Witless Bay. There are several tour companies offering several trips daily during the peak summer season. I picked a company that I thought didn't try to entertain the visitors with singsongs and weak jokes. But I guess the need for that has spread to all the boats. </div>
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There were vast numbers of Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres and Atlantic Puffins to see on the way out to Gull Island and you get a few minutes of intimacy with cliff nesters as the boat passes close to the breeding sites. </div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Atlantic Puffin thrive on the three main islands in the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve with some 350,000 nesting pairs. Missing puffin is impossible. </i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Razorbills are relatively uncommon but with a little diligence they are easy to spot on the cliffs, in the air and on the water.</span></i></div>
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During the capelin spawning season St Vincents Beach is Thee Place to go - usually. It was excellent in 2018. It was pretty good in 2019. Sub adults jaegers were putting on a half decent show. There were a few stray Laughing Gulls. Swarms of feeding gannets and gulls and at times masses of Sooty and Great Shearwaters coming in near the beach looking to cash in their meal vouchers. The peak was waning fast. </div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">By the time Andrew and I arrived on 22 July the whales had left and the shearwater were hanging a km offshore but the gannets were still in close feeding. An impressive swam was diving at changeable locations along the beach just off the gravel. This was the kind of thing Andrew was hoping for. There was lots of clicking.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">It was gentle shallow diving. No spectacular dives required when there is a mass of living fish just below the surface. The gannets were coming up with a beak full of capelin. We could see the dark bodies of millions of moving capelin swimming just off the gravel shore.</span></i></div>
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Visibility dictates birding on the southern Avalon Peninsula in summer. The warm summer air blowing up from the southwest creates fog when it meets the cold waters of the Labrador Current. Oh the fog! The shorebirds migrating south from Arctic duties are a diversion from the mid summer seabird watching. The Whimbrel is a high arctic nester. They, and no doubt the (former?) Eskimo Curlew, fuel their journey with berries which they stock up on during a visit to Newfoundland and Labrador before heading out over the Atlantic nonstop to South America. The old runways at the abandoned air force base at Argentia offer some prime habitat for migrating Whimbrel. The wide open areas of flat ground, sparse grass and crowberry mats provide ideal habitat. We stopped here on our way to Cape St. Mary's. We counted with a staggering 300 Whimbrel. They were all adults so extremely wary. Impossible to photograph on the ground we did out best with flight shots.</div>
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Cape St. Mary's is a spectacular seabird colony in a spectacular setting. First timers go ballistic with the camera with so many close up targets. My few pictures don't do the place justice. Andrew claimed he got almost <i>too many</i> good pictures.</div>
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Day 4 was the only rain day of the tour. It was only a light sporadic rain. For some car birding we drove around Conception Bay to try for some shorebirds. Andrew was happy with his first encounters with Ruddy Turnstones still in high breeding plumage. We checked out a few places finding the standard species. To use up a bit of time we visited a new craft brewery at Dildo, Trinity Bay. We had a plate of wings in their restaurant and sampled a pint of their IPA. It was good enough that we bought a 4-pack to bring home. In case you don't believe the name, here is a picture of the can. You can check out the community of Dildo on the map. It is in Trinity Bay just south of Hearts Desire and Hearts Delight and not too far from Come by Chance. Truth is stranger than fiction.</div>
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On the way back to St. John's an incoming text reported lots of shearwaters in close at Cape Spear. This was only 15 minutes past home so we aimed to hit Cape Spear before going home. Andrew was still looking for shearwaters close enough to land to photograph. By the time we arrived the shearwater flight had moved 500-1000 m offshore. But there were lots of local nesting alcids flying by fairly close in not-too-bad light. While Andrew entertained himself trying to freeze gannets diving into the water , I emptied a 64 gig memory card on mixed alcid flight shots.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The birds were heading to the nearest source of capelin to catch and bring back to the Witless Bay nesting colony to feed their young. There is a constant flyby of puffins and murres at Cape Spear during the summer months. </span></i></div>
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Andrew had a desire for shorebird photography. It was time for a visit to Renews. With the car parked on the beach, the shorebirds were forced in close by the rising tide. Lots more Ruddy Turnstone photos and a few other odds and ends from within the car. </div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Moose are everyone's concern when driving on Newfoundland roads, especially at night and early morning. We saw this bull with two buddies just out of the frame near the entrance to Renew</span></i>s. </div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">After shorebirding we visited Clara Dunne's feeder in Renews where Andrew saw his first Red Crossbills - a group of six or eight. Clara with her endless hospitality to birders gave us some bakeapple tarts with cream toppings and a cup of coffee.</span></i></div>
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Still without any real effort put into the landbirds we ventured over to Bear Cove Point road. Boreal birds we take for granted fell into place like Pine Grosbeak, Boreal Chickadees, a family of Canada Jays and a lucky Black-backed Woodpecker. And different for an Ontario birder was the selection of breeding warblers that came to every pish. Wilson's Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler and Northern Waterthrush were the commonest species. </div>
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It was a drive to Cape Race hoping for good shearwater action. We saw a few thousands shearwaters but not close enough for meaningful photos. We watched humpback whales breaching while having lighthouse keeper Cliff's famous cake and coffee. Long Beach, Portugal Cove South beach and Trepassey beach disappointed for shorebirds.</div>
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The last day was based around St. John's tackling the woodland birds again. We went to some old back roads in the Goulds. A pleasant diversion at the start of the day was at a stinking manure pile that had attracted a number of shorebirds including 15+ Wilson's snipe and a locally scarce Solitary Sandpiper. Mourning Warbler was a prime target. I knew where several had been singing in the spring. Pishing got them going. Their distinctive alarm call told us they were close but seeing them in the open let alone locking the camera's AF on one was a challenge.</div>
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The hunt for Mourning Warblers was called off when the local RBA sounded on the phone. It was a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Virginia Lake in east St. John's. Almost every summer one or two show up. Always fresh immatures, one wonders if any ever get back to the east coast of the US where they belong. We saw the heron. It was a long scope view across the lake. Too far to photograph. By late morning it was getting hot under the sun. Yes hot can happen in Newfoundland. It was 29C in the afternoon under a blazing sun with no wind. We drove along the coast mostly for the drive and then called it off and started early on the farewell to Newfoundland BBQ.</div>
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