. The Canadian field-naturalist. The Canadian Field-Naturalist VOL. 57 KINGSTON, CANADA, JANUARY, 1943 No. 1 FURTHER BIRD NOTES FROM GASPE, QUEBEC By Stanley C. Ball 33 3V'2) Yale University IN the October and November numbers of this periodical in 1938 I reported upon 117 species of birds from the Gaspe Bay re- gion. Ninety-eight of these were seen on the Forillon during the summers of 1936 and 1937. Having spent the four succeeding summers and the autumns of 1940 and 1941 in ornitho- logical studies in this interesting region, I can record observations on 31 additional spe- cies. Nine of the
. The Canadian field-naturalist. The Canadian Field-Naturalist VOL. 57 KINGSTON, CANADA, JANUARY, 1943 No. 1 FURTHER BIRD NOTES FROM GASPE, QUEBEC By Stanley C. Ball 33 3V'2) Yale University IN the October and November numbers of this periodical in 1938 I reported upon 117 species of birds from the Gaspe Bay re- gion. Ninety-eight of these were seen on the Forillon during the summers of 1936 and 1937. Having spent the four succeeding summers and the autumns of 1940 and 1941 in ornitho- logical studies in this interesting region, I can record observations on 31 additional spe- cies. Nine of these records resulted from ex- tending the work into the autumn—until Octo- ber 28, 1940, and November 5, 1941. They may be regarded as normal to this season. Some of the others are more remarkable. Changes in the status of certain forms pre- viously recorded may also be noted. Through the hospitality of Mr. R. Charles Lindsay I was enabled to make frequent observations along the southern shore of the Bay, and on the tidal flats of the barachois at the mouth of the St. John River between Douglastown and Haldimand. In the annotated list an asterisk indicates a first record of the species for the Gaspe Bay region. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. — In 1938 it was learned by Mr. Lindsay that the herons often seen feeding around Gaspe Bay, especially on the mud flats at the mouths of the Dartmouth and St. John rivers, are mem- bers of a colony situated not far from the shore of the Bay. About 100 nests with young able to fly were examined on July 26th in a mixed growth of birches and conifers well hidden in a considerable tract of forest on a low flat-topped hill. Although no accurate counts of nests have been made, the number of herons to be seen on the feeding grounds has varied from season to season. In August 1938 it was not unusual at low tide to see be- tween 30 and 40 together on the Dartmouth flats. The numbers were much smaller in 1941, never more than 9 being seen. The
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