Newfoundland (Provincewide) RBA
February 22, 2004
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA - NEWFOUNDLAND (Canada) - February 22, 2004
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* RBA
* Newfoundland (Canada)
* February 22, 2004
* NFNF0402.22
- Birds mentioned:
Canada Geese
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
BUFFLEHEAD
Black-headed Gull
BONAPARTE'S GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
HERMIT THRUSH
American Robin
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
- Transcript
The main event this past week or so was the beginning migration of
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES. On Feb. 22 approximately 12, 000 were seen flying
north of Cape Spear in the space of an hour! The influx of AMERICAN ROBINS,
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and CEDAR WAXWINGS is now a mass exodus! This past week only
a handful of AMERICAN ROBINS have been seen, mostly as individual birds. A
small flock of 48 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and 18 CEDAR WAXWINGS were seen on Feb. 17
at Cape Spear, where they were scrounging for cranberries along the shoreline.
The HERMIT THRUSH is still surviving on fallen mountain-ash berries at Long Pond
in the City.
Besides St. John's, there appear to be small flocks of BLACK-HEADED GULLS
scattered along the Avalon Peninsula. On Feb. 21 there were BLACK-HEADED GULLS
seen in asrnold's Cove, Shoal Harbour and Bellevue Beach. A BONAPARTE'S GULL
was also seen at Arnold's Cove while a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at
Shoal Harbour.
There are still about 250 GREATER SCAUP overwintering at Shoal Harbour,
along with 83 CANADA GEESE. BARROW'S GOLDENEYE are a yearly occurance at
Traytown (NE Coast) again this year, with two birds seen there on Feb. 21.
There are also 23 BUFFLEHEAD in Traytown this winter. A pair of NORTHERN
PINTAIL at Arnold's Cove is very rare here for winter (with the exception of St.
John's were there are always 200 plus that overwinter).
There was a flock of about 350 GREATER SCAUP seen at Stephenville Crossing
(west coast) on Feb. 17. This species appears to be overwintering in the
Province in ever increasing numbers. Three BUFFLEHEAD were also seen in the
same area. Very unusual was a RUSTY BLACKBIRD seen in Kippens (west coast) on
Feb. 14. Even rarer was a single AMERICAN ROBIN seen in Goose Bay, Labrador on
Feb. 14.
Todd Boland
tboland@nfld.com
- End Transcript
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