Hi all:
One of the yellow-crowned night herons in the area was by house 144 in Mader's Cove this morning. I suspect that this is the bird originally found by Jason Dain awhile back. Likely it is the same bird tending at Hirtle's Cove Road at Oakland for the last two weeks. I did not have time to run over to Oakland to confirm this before work this morning though. It is just an assumption on my behalf as it is just across the bay as the bird flies.
James R. Hirtle
LaHave
Good morning,all.
Yesterday, while hiking along the Shearwater Flyer trail on Caldwell
Road in Eastern Passage, I saw what I thought might be Giant Hogweed.
Can anyone tell me if this dangerous and scary plant has been confirmed
there?
I can send pictures I took with my phone if anyone would like to check
them out, but I have no convenient way to post them with a link for you
all to see.
To reach this location, begin at the parking lot close to the
intersection of Caldwell Road and Hines Road, and proceed a short
distance east. These plants were seen in two separate spots here.
cheers,
Bob Lindsay
Dartmouth
Today was a Black-billed Cuckoo day for me here in E Dalhousie, Kings. I heard one back on Aug 1 along the main road, and two early this morning (30min and 5km apart) in the back country . I had not heard any in the area earlier this spring and summer so these are likely just passing through. NS has not had a lot of reports this year unlike some. But perhaps more people will be hearing their unique “cu-cu-cu” as migration begins. True to folklore, aka “rain birds”, it began to shower about 10min after the second bird stopped singing.
These were all distant but the cuckoo sound carries. The best of my recordings is this one from today doing a two note version. The other today was using four notes and the Aug 1 bird three. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/360569401
Nancy D
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First time I have come across this plant in my area (East Dalhousie, Kings). The photos were taken today at Peters Stillwater, on the edge of Annapolis Co. on a huge bouldered shoreline with big pines, one of which this plant was under near the trunk in a pocket of earth between granite. Wondering if those knowledgeable about NS Flora might comment on its distribution?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XoOmuCkFoAph2FubaDmO2w0iYFzpOOuN/view?usp=…https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ujwDd9s74LiJvzvo_3DecAe8ex-ZKlXm/view?usp=…
Actually had an immature N Harrier at this location last week which surprised me. But the wide low vegetation sides it was hunting over do remind me of coastal barrens where I’m used to seeing Harriers. Not there today so perhaps just passing through.
Thanks, Nancy D
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By now the young ospreys are either ready to fledge or have already left the nests. There is one at West LaHave though that is only 1/4 grown. The pair were very late when they started nesting.
Sincerely,
James R. Hirtle
LaHave
This past week we have walked on the W. end of the Sackville Lakes P.P.
(Hemlock Trail), just off Stokil Dr. at the end of Armcrest. We had
barely made it to the bottom of the first hill when we heard a wren
singing. We've been trying out the Merlin Sound ID App., and it ID'ed
the sound as Winter Wren. We love both the wren song and the new App.!
Lois Codling
L. Sackville
Hi all:
I have an email from a traveling birder from Ontario that will be in Cape Breton on the week of Aug. 28. She is asking if I know of any bird guides for that area. If anyone knows of any please let me know so that I can respond back to her. Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
James
Hi all:
The great egret found the other day by Diane LeBlanc and Sylvia Craig in Rose Bay was still present this morning. It is by Sand Dollar Beach. It was feeding on the flats in the water just up from the Rose Bay General Store when headed in the direction of Lunenburg.
James R. Hirtle
LaHave
