The Bruce Mactavish Newfoundland Birding Blog

The aim of this blog is to promote birding activity in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Record Shots of Yellow-throated Vireo in Desperate Conditions

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On 25 Sept 2013 Dave Brown and I relocated a Yellow-throated Vireo found five days earlier by Dave and Jared Clarke in an alder lined gra...
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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Just a Buff-breasted Sandpiper.

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One of the most photographed shorebirds in North America has to be the Buff-breasted Sandpiper.  It is not common anywhere but occurs over...
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Friday, 20 September 2013

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (juv) photo shoot at Torbay, Newfoundland

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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron is pretty much annual in Newfoundland. In recent years it has been a more than once per year. Nearly all are ...
Monday, 9 September 2013

INCREDIBLE RARITIES Out of Reach

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On the evening of 4 Sept 2013 I was sitting in my room on a seismic ship far off the coast of Labrador.  A co-worker Sarah Penney on anothe...
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Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Sabine's Gull among Kittiwakes

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Sabine's Gull is a rare in Atlantic Canada.  Migration routes take eastern Canadian Arctic breeders to the European/African side of the...
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Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Birding on the Labrador Sea

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Currently early in a month long stint on a seismic ship working in the Labrador Sea. It is nice to be in a place other than the usual North...
Sunday, 18 August 2013

Common Ringed Plover at Renews, Newfoundland 16-18 Aug 2013

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On 16 Aug 2013 Ken Knowles picked out a suspicious plover at Renews beach, Avalon Peninsula .  His photos were circulated among local birde...
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