2015 provided me with 22 lifers, down from 36 last year. The rarest birds that I saw this year were the two Ross's Geese provided the second and third records for the province, the Apple River Fieldfare was the eighth record and the Little Egret that represented the seventh record.
Here is the list. Self found birds are annotated with an asterisk (*).
1. Hoary Redpoll*
2. Fieldfare
3. Mew Gull
4. Scarlet Tanager
5. Caspian Tern*
6. Little Egret
7. Tennessee Warbler*
8. Cory's Shearwater
9. Parasitic Jaeger
10. Black-billed Cukcoo
11. Say's Phoebe
12. Long-billed Dowitcher*
13. Clay-colored Sparrow
14. Marbled Godwit
15. Lark Sparrow*
16. Red-headed Woodpecker
17. Redhead
18. Mountain Bluebird
19. Greater White-fronted Goose
20. Sandhill Crane
21. Cackling Goose
22. Ruff
Below are photos of some of the interesing birds that I photographed during the year.
The eighth ever Fieldfare in Nova Scotia. This one spent from Jan 31 to Apr 13 in Apple River, Cumberland County. |
Here is the list. Self found birds are annotated with an asterisk (*).
1. Hoary Redpoll*
2. Fieldfare
3. Mew Gull
4. Scarlet Tanager
5. Caspian Tern*
6. Little Egret
7. Tennessee Warbler*
8. Cory's Shearwater
9. Parasitic Jaeger
10. Black-billed Cukcoo
11. Say's Phoebe
12. Long-billed Dowitcher*
13. Clay-colored Sparrow
14. Marbled Godwit
15. Lark Sparrow*
16. Red-headed Woodpecker
17. Redhead
18. Mountain Bluebird
19. Greater White-fronted Goose
20. Sandhill Crane
21. Cackling Goose
22. Ruff
Below are photos of some of the interesing birds that I photographed during the year.
There has been no unanumous agreement on this gull, but most Europeans agree that it shows many Caspian Gull features (the yellow-legged white-headed gull) in Pubnico Jan 3 |
Eastern Towhee in Pubnico Jan 27. |
Hoary Redpoll in Pubnico Feb 4 |
Cooper's Hawk in Yarmouth Feb 7 |
Northern Mockingbird in Yarmouth Feb 7 |
Cooper's Hawk in Tusket Feb 9 |
Fieldfare in Apple River Feb 27 |
Mew (Common) Gull in Dartmouth Feb 27 |
Eurasian Wigeon in Dartmouth Feb 28 |
Ross's Geese at Mavilette Apr 5 |
Laughing Gull in Yarmouth Apr 15 |
Field Sparrow in Argyle Apr 23 |
Indigo Bunting in Argyle Apr 23 |
Purple Martin at Cape Sable Island May 5 |
Scarlet Tanager at Cape Sable Island May 5 |
Orchard Oriole in Pubnico May 8 |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Pubnico May 13 |
Baltimore Oriole in Pubnico May 13 |
Brown Thrasher in Pubnico May 13 |
Scarlet Tanager in Pubnico May 14 |
Great-crested Flycatcher in Pubnico May 14 |
Little Egret at Cape Sable Island May 15 |
Summer Tanager at Bear Pt May 21 |
Tricolored Heron at Pinkneys Pt May 22 |
Purple Martin at Chebogue Point May 23 |
Little Blue Heron in Pubnico June 6 |
Eastern Bluebird in Kemptville Jul 4 |
Cory's Shearwater Offshore of Sambro Jul 11 |
Manx Shearwater Offshore of Sambro Jul 11 |
Black-billed Cuckoo at Cape Sable Island Jul 25 |
Cory's Shearwater at Brier Island Aug 1 |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron at Grey Island Aug 16 |
Cory's Shearwater at German Bank Aug 28 |
Manx Shearwater at German Bank Aug 28 |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Cape Sable Sep 5 |
Stilt Sandpiper at Cape Sable Island Sep 5 |
Say's Phoebe at Cape Sable Island Sep 5 |
Western Kingbird at Melbourne Sep 14 |
Baird's Sanpiper at Peases Island Sep 17 |
Hooded Warbler at Johns Island Sept 17 |
Clay-coloured Sparrow at Cape Sable Oct 4 |
Field Sparrow at Cape Forchu Oct 11 |
Lark Sparrow at Chebogue Oct 11 |
Blue Grosbeak at Cape Sable Island Oct 11 |
Red-headed Woodpecker at Atwoods Brook Oct 16 |
Yellow-throated Warbler at Arcadia Oct 25 |
Long-billed Dowitcher at Pinkney's Point Nov 8 |
Female Redhead at Annapolis Nov 15 |
Western Kingbird at Salmon River Nov 22 |
Mountain Bluebird at Mavillette Nov 22 |
Greater White-fronted Goose at Shubenacadie Dec 5 |
Sandhill Cranes at near Shubenacadie Dec 5 |
Cackling Goose at Shubenacadie Dec 5 |
TWO Mountain Bluebirds at Cape Sable Island Dec 6 |
TWO American White-Pelicans in Pubnico Harbour Dec 7 |
Barrow's Goldeneye in Yarmouth Harbour Dec 8 |
Black-headed Gull at Pinkneys Point Dec 12 |
Short-eared Owl at The Cape Dec 26 |
Red-shouldered Hawk at Pleasant Lake Dec 30 |