http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/ Nova Scotia Rare Bird Alert Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:17:33 GMT Donald MacLaughlin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6099 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6099 At 2:35 this afternoon Fulton found the Black-throated Grey in the shrubs in the driveway of 1440 Birchdale Ave. He pointed it out to Gavin and me at that Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:04:41 GMT Lois Codling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6098 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6098 Foraging along with a female N. (Baltimore) Oriole in our apple trees this a.m. was an un-IDed vireo or warbler. We had only a few quick looks at it, thus Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:52:19 GMT Hans Toom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6097 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6097 My website is acting up so I've provided links to my Pbase for today only. Here's two photos of Hatchet Lake's Spotted Towhee taken yesterday: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:28:27 GMT Hans Toom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6096 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6096 I revisited the home of Graham and Vicky Hawkins again this morning with his kind prior permission. I waited from 9AM until 9:45 AM when the Spotted Towhee Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:20:06 GMT joancz@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6095 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6095 Thanks to Blake for directions to the Spotted Towhee and to the kind folks who allowed access to their deck for viewing. I never expected it in NS! The bird Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:44:54 GMT Blake Maybank http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6094 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6094 08 November 2009 This is a reminder that we encourage members of the NS-RBA who chase birds reported to the group, to please send an e-mail to the group Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:34:30 GMT iamclar@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6093 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6093 All: Several observers, including myself,couldn't find the BLACK-THROATED WARBLER at the foot of Coburg, Halifax, in mid-morning. The flocks of chickadees were Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:57:00 GMT iamclar@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6092 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6092 All: Just rushed back to get my camera from a long-cut to the lab after seeing an adult male BLACK-THROATED GRAY warbler at the foot of Coburg, w. end Halifax. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:42:47 GMT David Currie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6091 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6091 Hi all... After invading Vicki and Graham Hawkins' property this morning and having great opportunities to see the Spotted Towhee (so much thanks goes out to Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:36:31 GMT David Currie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6090 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6090 Hi all Spent an hour or so later this afternoon looking for what I thought was a Yellow-throated Warbler earlier in the day without any luck seeing it again. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:43:17 GMT iamclar@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6089 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6089 All: After coming down from a towhee high, I wandered in W end Halifax, and came across a rather dishevelled Orange-crowned Warbler. It was gleaning something Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:36:25 GMT Blake Maybank http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6088 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6088 07 November 2009, Hatchet Lake, HRM Graham and Vicki Hawkins are hosting a Spotted Towhee at their Hatchet Lake, HRM, feeders. They first noticed the bird Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:46:19 GMT sfullert@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6087 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6087 This is a late report due to computer problems. A bright female Dickcissel spent the day here on Friday, Nov. 6, but there is no sign of it today. Otherwise Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:44:53 GMT David Currie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6086 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6086 Hi Exactly where we had a YTWA a couple of years ago, near 23 Brookdale Cres. Dartmouth, there was one there again at about noon today. I will go back in a few Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:13:36 GMT ghawkins_ca http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6085 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NS-RBA/message/6085 I thought that the bird coming into the feeder was a black headed grosbeak. The bird is now back and I got a pic of it. It's Rufous Sided Towhee, not the