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The Bruce Mactavish Newfoundland Birding Blog: September 2014
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Sunday, 28 September 2014. Anything but an Everyday Common Gull. On September 16 Alvan Buckley texted me while I was imprisoned on a ship 200 miles off the coast of Newfoundland asking if I'd heard about the possible Kamchatka Gull in St. John's. My response was 'get a life, it ain't gonna happen in Newfoundland'. Then he directed me to the photos which can be seen on his blog site http:/ alvanbuckley.blogspot.ca/2014/09/gull-help.html. It was sitting down on the newly plowed field. For a few seconds...
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The Bruce Mactavish Newfoundland Birding Blog: July 2015
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Sunday, 19 July 2015. Emergency Golden Plover Posting - re CSM Plover. A hasty post after word reach the masses this afternoon about a golden plover in high breeding plumage seen at Cape St. Mary's, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland on 16 July 2015 by a tour group lead by David Trently. A day or two later a Cape St. Mary's guide (Kyran) got the photos below of the bird. These photo surfaced today. I am on a ship and duty calls in ten minutes. Internet is sporadic and slow. I will post some photos of...When ...
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Long-tails: June 2012
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A view of the Wildlife around the Norwalk Islands. OK. Sometime's my Backyard and Beyond! Saturday, June 9, 2012. Flooded Cockenoe Island Nest Site. An 895ft high tide rises on the Cockenoe Island Sand Spit at 23:02, a few friends and I were there by boat to witness the event. Previous to this tide there were 600 plus Common Terns on this small sand spit with about 150-200 nest. The terns settle on whatever land is left, perhaps crushing the eggs that survived the tide? Click on the photo to enlarge it.
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Long-tails: February 2013
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A view of the Wildlife around the Norwalk Islands. OK. Sometime's my Backyard and Beyond! Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Sandy vs Norwalk Islands. Superstorm Sandy brought major damage to the Tri-State area, we have been well informed on that, but lets not forget the Norwalk Islands. This early 1900's stone shack that stood proudly on Goose Island has been shattered by Sandy. She saw many hurricanes and storms before, but could not bear the wrath of this incredible storm. This is the Heron Rookery Area.
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A view of the Wildlife around the Norwalk Islands. OK. Sometime's my Backyard and Beyond! Friday, February 6, 2015. Our backyard is very frozen, except for the tiny bit of Koi pond water that we keep open for birds and other wildlife throughout the winter. Of course all this bird food attracts bigger birds such as this Cooper's Hawk from a few days ago. But when night time rolls in, the day time birds and squirrels go to roost and other nocturnal species move in. It fed underneath this feeder for about t...
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Long-tails: February 2012
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A view of the Wildlife around the Norwalk Islands. OK. Sometime's my Backyard and Beyond! Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Norwalk Island Peregrine Falcons. I don't understand the vagrancy of Peregrine Falcons from the Norwalk Islands this past year, and to this day I am not sure what has happened or is happening. In past winters plus the other seasons, Peregrine Falcons have been a staple around the Norwalk Islands, this past year, from late spring on they have been missing. The first bird moving off. I mov...
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Long-tails: September 2011
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A view of the Wildlife around the Norwalk Islands. OK. Sometime's my Backyard and Beyond! Thursday, September 15, 2011. Cockenoe Is. vs Irene. The Cockenoe Island Sand Spit did not fare well in it's recent bout with Hurricane Irene. All of the islands vegetation is gone as well as a foot or so of the top of the spit. Above is an old metal post, one of many that was exposed with the removal of the vegetation. My guess is that these were part of a dune grass protection fence from a few decades ago. I'll le...
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The Bruce Mactavish Newfoundland Birding Blog: Rare Birds of North America - The Book
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Thursday, 16 July 2015. Rare Birds of North America - The Book. When jailed on a seismic vessel on the Grand Banks for the foggy month of July you have a lot of time to read. This month I’ve been digging into the new book Rare Birds of North America. But in nutshell this is why we Avaloners yearn for SW winds during September and October hoping for those strays originating from the eastern US. 27-28 June and 9-15 July 2007 (Trepassey). 6-8 June 2010 (Cape Race). 30 July-3 August 2011 (Bellevue Beach).
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The Bruce Mactavish Newfoundland Birding Blog: June 2015
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Tuesday, 23 June 2015. A Late June Glossy Ibis - Odd Date for this Rarity. The Glossy Ibis at the Ruby Line Duck Pond, Goulds, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland - 23 June 2015. Who knows how much it was finding to eat. It hardly stopped probing deep into the mud and water long enough for a breath. It was a bad hair day at times. Who is the ugly duckling here? Thursday, 18 June 2015. Two For the Price of One - Little Gulls at St Shotts. There are no Bonaparte's Gulls or other birds often associated with the ...
