willner@cfa.HARVARD.EDU (Steve Willner, OIR) (07/27/90)
Any advice for birding Nova Scotia in August (5-13th) would be appreciated. Locations, species, or anything else of interest. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Willner Phone 617-495-7123 Bitnet: willner@cfa Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Internet: willner@cfa.harvard.edu
dgraham@kean.ucs.mun.ca (David Graham) (07/28/90)
In article <405@cfa.HARVARD.EDU>, willner@cfa.HARVARD.EDU (Steve Willner, OIR) writes: > Any advice for birding Nova Scotia in August (5-13th) would be > appreciated. Locations, species, or anything else of interest. > Thanks. The ferries to Yarmouth (from Maine) and Digby (from New Brunswick) should turn up lots of shearwaters, storm petrels, alcids, gannets and so on. It may be early for phalarope migration, which is supposed to be spectacular in the Bay of Fundy in later summer/early fall. Head of the Bay (Minas Basin to Sackville, N.B.) has incredible shorebird migrations which should be in full swing by the time you get there. Tantramar Marsh (Sackville) is a super location. Sackville also has a wonderful inn, called the Marshlands (not the motel of the same name). Fundy N.P. (in N.B.) has the world's best tides and not bad birds, including B.B. Woodpecker and Three-toed Woodpecker, and many warblers. Kejimakujik N.P. (southern Nova Scotia) provided us with one of our great birding memories: a Barred Owl perched at head height a few metres away for what seemed like forever before it floated off over the lake at dusk (not to mention Snapping Turtles on the beach). Wonderful fresh scallops in Digby. Nice province, Nova Scotia. Hope you have a great trip. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Steve Willner Phone 617-495-7123 Bitnet: willner@cfa > Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Internet: willner@cfa.harvard.edu -- *************************************************************************** David Graham dgraham@kean.ucs.mun.ca ***************************************************************************
lawson@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (P Lawson) (07/30/90)
From article <108508@kean.ucs.mun.ca>, by dgraham@kean.ucs.mun.ca (David Graham): > Any advice for birding Nova Scotia in August (5-13th) would be > appreciated. Locations, species, or anything else of interest. > Thanks. > From the town of Big Brador (between Baddeck and Sydney just off the Trans Canada Highway near the Seal Island Bridge) there is a boat which does trips out around Bird Island. It's well worth the trip if it is done in the right season. It's the only place that I've seen Puffins and for that alone I'd recommend it. There are also Bald Eagles and Ospreys on Cape Breton, but there is no guarantee that you'll see either. Good luck, Peter.