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Glaucous Gull- Louisbourg Harbour
Lesser Black-backed Gull-Louisbourg Harbour
Dovekie-Louisbourg Lighthouse Trail
American Wigeon - 165 American Wigeon and 7 Eurasian Wigeon at Glace Bay Harbour. The photo below shows some of the flock.
Baltimore Oriole - Sand Lake
Black Scoter - Glace Bay Harbour
Cattle Egret- MacIntosh's Farm, Long Beach reported by Art Gillard fide George Thomas
Lesser Black-backed Gull- EDS Parking area, Sydney
Eurasian Wigeon- Sonny's Pizza parking area, Glace Bay
Pine Warbler- Schooner Pond
Eastern Towhee- Schooner Pond
Scarlet Tanager - Schooner Pond
Rose-breasted Grosbeak- male-Schooner Pond
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -5- Schooner Pond
Indigo Bunting - Schooner Pond
Redhead- 2- Beacon St. Dam
American Coot- Beacon St. Dam
Iceland Gull- Beacon St. Dam
Baltimore Oriole- Schooner Pond
Fox Sparrow -Schooner Pond
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-Schooner Pond
Orange-crowned Warbler-Schooner Pond
Rose-breasted Grosbeak- male-Schooner Pond
Field Sparrow - Long Beach Road
Glaucous Gull- first sighting for fall and right on schedule at Beacon St. Dam
House Wren -Schooner Pond Reported by Monique Vassallo
Gray Catbird -Schooner Pond
Broad-winged Hawk - A kettle of 42 hawks. This photo captured 15 as they passed over us at Schooner Pond.
Common Ringed Plover - Found and photographed on Conrad Beach, mainland NS by Nick Honig but discovered in a Cape Breton restaurant when a group of photographer/birders met to view each others photos.
Redhead- Beacon St. Dam these photos are by Tuma Young
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron- Homeville
Ipswich Sparrow-Schooner Pond Beach
Cape May Warbler-Schooner Pond
Baltimore Oriole-Schooner Pond
Warbling Vireo-Schooner Pond
Prairie Warbler-Schooner Pond
Rose-breasted Grosbeak- female-Schooner Pond
Chimney Swift- 3- Sand Lake
Northern Wheatear- Schooner Pond Beach
Northern Waterthrush- Schooner Pond
Hooded Warbler - Schooner Pond
Buff-breasted Sandpiper- Schooner Pond Beach
Lark Sparrow- Schooner Pond
Baird's Sandpiper- Schooner Pond Beach
Caspian Tern- South St. Lookout Reported by Jr. and Geraldine Metcalfe
European Whimbrel- Sydney Airport
Western Willet- Schooner Pond Beach
Marbled Godwit- Morien Bar
Buff-breasted Sandpiper- 8 Sydney Airport
Western Kingbird- Homeville Bridge
Virginia Rail- Morien Bar
Atlantic Puffin- Bird Islands
Razorbill- Bird Islands
Dovekie - 1 at South Head Morien Bay, 5 at Bird Islands
Hudsonian Godwit- Morien Bar
Whimbrel- Morien Bar
Laughing Gull - North Head Morien Bay
Sanderling- Glace Bay Sanctuary
Piping Plover- Glace Bay Sanctuary
Snowy Egret -2- Dominion Beach
Brown-headed Cowbird - Sand Lake
Short-eared Owl - Glace Bay Sanctuary
Palm Warbler - Sand Lake
Eastern Phoebe - Port Morien
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Sand Lake
Great Egret -6 reported- Dominion-2-reported by Monique Vassallo, she also reports a female indigo bunting in Donkin and a male in the Gardiner. Sunday a report of 5 Great Egrets in Dominion from D. Boutilier 849-3057, also another report of a Great Egret at Homeville. Photo of Egrets in Dominion by Kevin Murrant
Summer Tanager - Big Pond- Photo and report from Pat Murphy fide Jack MacNeil
Indigo Bunting- 2 reports in Donkin 1st from Bev Crowell and 2nd from Monique Vassallo, a 3rd report from Monique Vassallo of a male in the Gardiner 849-8521
Northern Shrike- reported at Schooner Pond and Homeville
Ipswich Sparrow - Schooner Pond Beach
Northern Harrier - 2 males - Schooner Pond
Great Egret - Park St. entrance to Renwick Brook, Glace Bay below Jr. and Geraldine Metclafe House 849-5054 reported by Bev Crowell
Ring-necked Duck - Beacon St. Dam
Mink (not a bird), photographed at Glace Bay Sanctuary
Flock of White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Surf Scoter
American Herring X Great Black-backed Gull - Over wintering in the same area since being found 2002
Gray Jay - Donkin Peninsula
Black Vulture - Glace Bay Fishermen's Park
Red-bellied Woodpecker - at the feeder of Jack MacNeil, Big Pond
Long-tailed Duck- Ice conditions off the coast have made Glace Bay Harbour an excellent place for viewing ducks and photographing them.
Sanderling - Glace Bay Fishermen's Park and North Street
Common Merganser- females at Glace Bay Sanctuary
Bohemian Waxwing - A small flock remain in Lingan, and Lori McPhee reported a few in the Ashby Area of Sydney with an American Robin. Large flocks of Bohemian Waxwings reported in the area in fall have moved on after cleaning up on the berry crop.
Canvasback - Glace Bay Harbour
Red-headed Woodpecker - This red-headed woodpecker arrived in the fall and is visiting the feeders of Bernie and Donna VanDonick and Wayne and Joan Connors both of George St., New Waterford.
Lapland Longspur - South St., Glace Bay -18 C
American Robins have invaded Cape Breton- They will clean up on any mountain-ash berries, apples, crab apples and multi-flora rose hips they can find before moving on. Sick or injured birds my get left behind and feed on any fruit or berries left to them. We pick and freeze mountain-ash berries every fall. We put them out for any bird species that might need to feed on them during the winter months.
Varied Thrush, found at Frank and Peggy Edwards, Homeville.
Killdeer reported by John Crewe, found in Homeville.
Gray Jay - Donkin Peninsula
Horned Lark-Morien Bar
Belted Kingfisher-Sand Lake
Bat (not a bird)- Back Pit Road
Cape Breton, Rare Bird Report Archive
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