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Re: Birding in Nova Scotia in August
by Joan Czapalay
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Consider Nova Scotia, Gordon. Late summer and fall is wonderful birding
here! We have an amazing number on our species list for such a small
province. Notice our geography stuck out from the North American
continent - latitude 45oN; Longitude 63oW; with 7 600 km. (4750 miles)
of coastline. Our human population is sparce - less than 940 000 people-
of which about 300 000 live in Halifax. (Our only other city is Sydney
on the northeast coast of Cape Breton Island.) We are almost separated
from the rest of Canada by the Bay of Fundy, and connected to New
Brunswick by the Isthmus of Chignecto. Most of the peninsula interior is
Acadian forest, with multiple lakes and rivers where the young warblers
will provide a challenge! There are extensive beaches, salt marshes and
mudflats along the coast, where shorebirds stage in great numbers on
their return from Arctic breeding grounds. You may have heard of the
Important Bird Area on Cape Sable Island? This is the only known nesting
site of the American Oystercatchers in Canada. We sometimes get birds
blown in from Europe, as well as the strays from the Caribbean after
tropical storms. Seabirds are best in August from the whale watching
outings (South Polar Skua eludes me, but many others have seen one off
Brier Island). There are lots of guides whom you may find through the NS
Bird Society website, Blake Maybank's Birding the Americas site, or
contact your Chatter friends for tips on where to stay and where to
bird. Have you a wish list? Have you considered a trip to an off shore
island? or hiking backpacking? Or a family holiday? Best wishes where
ever you go. Joan
Joan McCulley Czapalay
Cape to Cape Nature Tours
11 Balcome Drive, Halifax, Nova Scotia. B3N 1H9
summer: #8210 Port Greville, Nova Scotia. B0M 1T0
Gordon Bonnet wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a high school teacher, and have the summer off -- it looks like I
> will have some time to travel in August & I was wondering if anyone
> might have some recommendations. I know a lot of the local birding
> activity (I'm in upstate New York) has died down by August -- picks up
> again in mid-September with migration. So, I'm wondering if anyone
> has a recommendation for somewhere that might be good birding in late
> summer. I'd love to go somewhere exotic, but realistically (from a
> time & money perspective) I'm probably looking at US, Canada, or
> western Europe.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> thanks,
>
> Gordon Bonnet
> Trumansburg NY
>
> BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
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>
BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html
here! We have an amazing number on our species list for such a small
province. Notice our geography stuck out from the North American
continent - latitude 45oN; Longitude 63oW; with 7 600 km. (4750 miles)
of coastline. Our human population is sparce - less than 940 000 people-
of which about 300 000 live in Halifax. (Our only other city is Sydney
on the northeast coast of Cape Breton Island.) We are almost separated
from the rest of Canada by the Bay of Fundy, and connected to New
Brunswick by the Isthmus of Chignecto. Most of the peninsula interior is
Acadian forest, with multiple lakes and rivers where the young warblers
will provide a challenge! There are extensive beaches, salt marshes and
mudflats along the coast, where shorebirds stage in great numbers on
their return from Arctic breeding grounds. You may have heard of the
Important Bird Area on Cape Sable Island? This is the only known nesting
site of the American Oystercatchers in Canada. We sometimes get birds
blown in from Europe, as well as the strays from the Caribbean after
tropical storms. Seabirds are best in August from the whale watching
outings (South Polar Skua eludes me, but many others have seen one off
Brier Island). There are lots of guides whom you may find through the NS
Bird Society website, Blake Maybank's Birding the Americas site, or
contact your Chatter friends for tips on where to stay and where to
bird. Have you a wish list? Have you considered a trip to an off shore
island? or hiking backpacking? Or a family holiday? Best wishes where
ever you go. Joan
Joan McCulley Czapalay
Cape to Cape Nature Tours
11 Balcome Drive, Halifax, Nova Scotia. B3N 1H9
summer: #8210 Port Greville, Nova Scotia. B0M 1T0
Gordon Bonnet wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a high school teacher, and have the summer off -- it looks like I
> will have some time to travel in August & I was wondering if anyone
> might have some recommendations. I know a lot of the local birding
> activity (I'm in upstate New York) has died down by August -- picks up
> again in mid-September with migration. So, I'm wondering if anyone
> has a recommendation for somewhere that might be good birding in late
> summer. I'd love to go somewhere exotic, but realistically (from a
> time & money perspective) I'm probably looking at US, Canada, or
> western Europe.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> thanks,
>
> Gordon Bonnet
> Trumansburg NY
>
> BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
> Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html
>
BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html
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