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The Spring Season March 1-May 28, 1993 STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE REGIONAL REPORTS Abbreviationsused in place names: In mostregions, place names given in italictype are counties. Other abbreviations: THE Cr Creek Ft. Fort SPRING Hwy Highway I. Island or Isle Is. Islands or Isles SEASON Jct. Junction km kilometer(s) March-May z8, 993 L. Lake mi mile(s) Mt. Mountain or Mount Mts. Mountains N.F. National Forest N.M. National Monument N.P. National Park N.W.R. NationalWildlife Refuge Atlantic ProvincesRegion 389 NorthernGreat Plains Region 425 P.P. Provincial Park BlakeMaybank Ron Martin Pen. Peninsula Pt. Point (not Port) QuebecRegion 391 SouthernGreat Plains Region 426 R. River YvesAubry and Richard Yank JosephA. Grzybowski Ref. Refuge New EnglandRegion 393 TexasRegion 429 Res. Reservoir(not Reservation) Simon Perkins GregW. Lasleyand Chuck Sexton S.P. State Park Hudson-DelawareRegion 397 Idaho-Western Montana 434 W.M.A. WildlifeManagement Area WilliamJ. Boyle,Jr., ThomasH. Rogers Robert O. Paxton, Abbreviations used in the names of birds: and David A. Cutler MountainWest Region 435 Am. American HughE. Kingery 401 Com. Common Middle Atlantic Coast Region Eirik Blom, Michael O'Brien SouthwestRegion 438 E. Eastern Brian Patteson,and Arizona:Gary H. Rosenberg Eur. Europeanor Eurasian EugeneJ. Scarpulla andDavid Stejskal Mt. Mountain New Mexico: Sartor O. Williams III SouthernAtlantic Coast Region 403 N. Northern RickyDavis Alaska Region 443 S. Southern T. G. Tobish,Jr. W. Western FloridaRegion 406 H.P. Langridge BritishColumbia/Yukon Region 445 Other abbreviationsand symbols ChrisSiddle and Jack Bowling 408 referring to birds: Ontario Region Ron Ridout Oregon/WashingtonRegion 447 ad. adult BillTweit and Jeff Gilligan •mm. immature AppalachianRegion 412 juv. juvenalor juvenile GeorgeA. Hall Middle PacificCoast Region 449 DavidG. Yee,Stephen F. Bailey, sp. species WesternGreat Lakes Region 415 and Bruce E. Deuel ? means that written details JamesGranlund were submitted for a SouthernPacific CoastRegion 452 MiddlewesternPrairie Region 417 sighting GuyMcCaskie KennethJ. Brock * meansthat a specimenwas HawaiianIslands Region 455 collected CentralSouthern Region 421 RobertL. Pyle c5' male David E Muth West Indies Region 457 5? female Prairie ProvincesRegion 423 Robert L. Norton CBC Christmas Bird Count RudolfF. Koes and Peter Taylor 388 American B•rds,Fall 1993 of Wood Ducks in Nova Scotia in- ATLANTIC dicate a continuingexpansion. ---o>% Alsoexpanding on the mainland PROVINCES were N. Shovelersand Gadwalls, with New Brunswick and Nova REGION Scotiaeach reporting •5 pairs of the BlakeMaybank former, zo of the latter. Three ad. d' Eur.Wigeons were seen in New Brunswick,at Cape Jourimain Apr.zS; Gagetown I., May •4; and Springoffered modest relief from G.M., May •4 (BD), for the znd oneof theworst winters in memo- local record. ry.The weather became unremark- After the identification difficulties able once interminable March of theoverwintering imm. 9 Tuft- ended,except in Newfoundland, ed Duck at Halifax, NS, it was a whichwas still looking for spring pleasuretoview an ad. male at Wa- in July.Among frequent storms, verly,NS, Mar.zI-Apr. I4 (C. Cor- the only memorable"blow" was nell et al., ph.).Away from their the "Winter Storm-of-the-Centu- burgeoning New Brunswick ry"in March(see S.A.). Fortunate- stronghold(50+ pairs this spring) ly (for the birds),migration was werethree Lesser Seaup in Nova largelyuneventful and simply abit Scotia and one each in S.P.M. and behind schedule until the second Newfoundland. weekof May.Fortunately (for the Uncharacteristically,NewBruns- birders),there were many rarities wick dominatedthe King Eider to brightena dull day,at leaston sightings,•z total,all in Apriland May.These induded •o d' birdsin Reportingwas good from Nova the Acadianpen., six with 6000 theScotia,mainland. New Brunswick, and Saint- Commons at Val-Comeau (RD). Pierreet Michelon and spotty from ß Theother Regional report (and the Newfoundland.Only a fewsight- onlyfemale) was at CapeSable I., ingswere received from PrinceEdward Is- NS, Mar. •5 (BMy,JT). The endangerede. land. New Brunswick now has a Birds populationof HarlequinDucks was encour- RecordsCommittee, a welcome addition to aginglyreported, with •8 birdsfrom 3 loca- theRegion. Nova Scotia, regrettably, lacks a T!•ev•t• S.tprm•of-the•Cgnturyarrive d tionsin NovaScotia, and 6 reportsof z7birds reviewcommittee, even a repositoryfor rare Ma?., -uVthe nay 0f from New Brunswick,including •6 at The bird reports.Most raritiesreported to the qdi•zm•e•d, T0•he ½•t pfthe t=ck was, WolvesMar. 28 (fideJE). NovaScotia Bird Society are undocumented •, to •, •n0w•Th• i i6?m••hldh ha• anddo not maketheir way into thisreport, mov•qui•up •omtheC•olih•, RAPTORS TO SHOREBIRDS unlessunequivocal. •ver• waifs;Bm• Peli• (•orpm), TurkeyVultures are holdingtheir own in MeteOan•Ng•Gr'•Eg•i; ifi •pori• •s NovaScotia. A fewapparently overwintered Abbreviations:G.M. ( Grand Manan archi- (Mar.zS, reco• •rly forthe prodhce), G;M, on BrierI.; elsewherein the province,there pelago,New Brunswick); S.EM. (Saint-Pierre were 4 reportsof a total of nine birds. etMiquelon). ,T• Swansin •. N0• Seotia,bn O.M:; Confirmationof localbreeding cannot be far off. New Brunswickhad 5 observations of sin- LOONS TO HERONS gle birds.The Black Vulturecaptured in Miraculous, but well documented,was an ad. an•ano•er in 'th• •napolis V•l•y, NS• NovaScotia last winter died in earlyMarch of Yellow-nosedAlbatross circling a trafficcir- •hre'e•MgG•ls in•;& N0v•g60tia ('• unknown causes.The first documented Mis- cle(where else?) for ]5 min., May 24 at a mall •ive, on•d•ad) • < db<• at•6nd sissippiKite forthe Region was an adult on in Dieppe/Moncton,NB (ST, R. Mallet, •o Bhc• S•mm•s in NovaS•fia, one BrierI., May •5-2o(RS, PM, ph.)--regret- ph.).The bigbird carried the znd provincial d•d • •gl•':I:•• bne•i•ke• •ve h• tablyuncooperative toward listers. Northern record, one of few documented for the Re- L9&kport•rehab{ilmted; :•d re!•from • Goshawkswere well reportedthis season, gion and also(naturally?) the first inland :,freii;r 6ff½ hum. with [o from Nova Scotia, five from New recordfor the Region. m{ngbi?3speci• ata fio•e in•e •nap01is Brunswick,and one (shot)on S.EM. (fide Southernherons enjoyed an excellent %{i•,•(•ov5ring •he•a. feede• h• in RE). springin April and May. NovaScotia and su•Me?;• ii•e Pu•leMa•lfiS Gyrfalconswere present at CapeSmokey, New Brunswick received the lions share: in New Br•swi&• •d ,NovaScot& Bbth iuccU%ed; NS NB PEI NF SP GreatEgret 5 Little Blue Heron z 8 SnowyEgret 7 3 I The Litde Egreton BonPortage I., NS, re- Tricolored Heron 6 turnedfor its 5th spring. CattleEgret WATERFOWL GlossyIbis 8 Green-backedHeron 5 Snow Geese escapedmention in New Brunswick,but Nova Scotia had a largetem- *Extra#mitaL poraryinflux, a Flockof too+ at Connors Adult LaughingGull at St. John's, BrookApr. t8 (P.Giffin), and a daylater22 at Newfoundland,May 1, 1993. PhotograplV Kingsport(K. Hobson).More than 35 reports Bruce Mactavish. Volume 47, Number 3 ß389 NS, Apr.9 (BD) andSlemon Park, PEI, Apr. BMt), anda birdseen in flighton S.P.M. (fide SableI., May 20 (MN etal.).New Brunswick 4 (J- te Raa).There were 3 April sightings RE). It wasa goodSnowy OM spring,with hadthe only Hooded Warbler, in Fredricton, from New Brunswick and _>IO in e. New- two birds in New Brunswick,IO in S.P.M., May19 (M. Acheson). foundland(fide BMO. andat least50 in e. Newfoundland. More remarkable than even the alba- A desperateextralimital Ruby-throated TANAGERS TO FINCHES tross record was a Corn Crake discovered on Hummingbirdwas photographed May 23in BrierI., May 4-5 (PM; detailsin NovaScotia the town ofSt.-Pierre, S.P.M., asit hoveredat Birds).This recordwas the firstfor N. Ameri- awindow, attracted by a display of silkflowers ca sinceI928 (that in Newfoundland),and inside (P. Dupont). Three Red-bellied onlythe 2ndin spring.The single-observerWoodpeckers were in theAnnapolis Valley of )kpersistent flowof Sand g•winds •turihg accountis reasonably convincing. NovaScotia this spring, including one that the3rd-week bfAp•il'br0ught.• •d of un- It wasan excellentspring for migrant overwinteredsuccessfull26 us• orearly birds to the.Re•0n..Thvphe- nonregionallybreeding shorebirds: nomenonwassin/ilar to •t describedin an SWALLOWS TO WAXWINGS SJLinthis col umn i years agol b•i• fallout NS NB PEI NF SP Tree Swallowsmay be recoveringon the •hi•time was mote widesi•read, w•th tuor• Black-bellied Plover zoo I2O mainlandafter severaldisastrous springs: s•eci•si•!ved. Theb•lk of • møVem•i L. Golden-Plover I3 800+were at Amherst,NS, Apr.24 (BMy,A. c•i•te•ed•nNew Engl•n4}with •e nutuBet LesserYellowlegs i 5 Covert).They remain scarce on S.P.M. and in anddiversity ofthe fallout gradually !•ssening RuddyTurnstone 5ø 5 Newfoundland.Four extralimital N. Rough- fro•'S• t• NE.'• b•fo•,:feede•Bi•s 'ar• Sanderling 300 25 wingedSwallows were split betweenNew colorfu•frugivoms.were •hemost readily ob: Red Knot Brunswickat HopewellCape May I5 (ST) •d;:•vithi/isecfi36res paikifig'mq•fly Semi.Sandpiper x3 •2 andBancroft Pt., May I 7 (BD) andNova Sco- seei%•xcept on SOmeof theislfindsi Some Wh.-rumpedSandpiper • 3 tia at AnnapolisRoyal May 20 (BMy) and irdsesq•ped •otike 9n first arrival bur were Sh.-billedDowitchcr 3 • SableI., May 29 (ZL). A Cliff Swallowon beqebl See'a they move SableI., NS, May 9-I2, hada chestnut-col- Somespeci• (e.g., Kil!d<er or Bar• S•ali øw) ored forehead,suggestive of the s.w. race iliatwere evidendy partof'the movement ih Threesingle Upland Sandpipers graced Nova (ZL). S,P.M,and Newfoundlandescaped noticeoo Scotialate April-earlyMay. A "Eurasian" A singingHouse Wren at Petite-Riviere- themainland,:mixei:l with regularmigrants• Whimbrelwas described on S.P.M.,May de-l'Ile,NB, May 26-28, providedthe first ThefonoWing i;ts <l ,eor hought I 7 2o (B. Letournel).Ruffs were reported recordfor the AcadianPen.
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