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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_5rZ+LexHzMcazHya2TOk7Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT The first of August is the beginning of our three month migration period with the early warblers leading the exodus. Since many birds arrived one to two weeks early this year they may well leave early as well. Others undeterred by early arrival may linger well into the fall possibly using the angle of the sun as their guide. August is also a good time to view young birds. At our place in Portuguese Cove the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds fledged about two weeks ago and are now engaged in their annual habit of chasing each other around the house and through the forest. I've posted one photo. The young Ring-necked Pheasants have been flying for about 6 weeks but still visit daily and stand atop the platform feeder to look about and to preen much like their mother did when she was on sentry duty. I've posted one photo with an inset of a young pheasant from earlier this spring. At Martinique Beach PP earlier this week I was the centre of attention for a very protective Common Tern parent as I walked along the beach even though the young tern being protected was a competent flier. Shortly thereafter a Bald Eagle drifted by pursued by a very annoyed gull. I've posted one photo of each. At Flying Point I found a Blackpoll Warbler family the young birds being quite non descript and would have been a challenge to ID except for their unique song. One photo is posted. At Lewis Lake PP I happened upon a damselfly at the bridge on the St. Margaret's Bay trail. This example is very similar to an Ebony Jewelwing except the body is not black but emerald green. The human eye can easily outperform the camera as the attached photo demonstrates because although I could see this colour the camera didn't successfully capture it. At Cow Bay, HRM, this morning I found a family of Spotted Sandpipers. This adults of this flightly bird are hard to photograph but this morning's bunch of youngsters didn't have a parent nearby so the usually present protective alarm calls were absent, allowing a slightly closer approach. I've posted two photos. I've also posted one photo of a young Willet from this morning. It seems most of the parents are gone now. Some reports from other parts of Canada indicate that the migration is early and well underway. Hans http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlight80.html __________________________________________________ Hans Toom Provincial Coordinator Nova Scotia's Migration Count e-mail: htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca NSMC website: http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html Nature website: http://hanstoom.com ___________________________________________________ --Boundary_(ID_5rZ+LexHzMcazHya2TOk7Q) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The first of August is the beginning of our three month migration period with the early warblers leading the exodus. Since many birds arrived one to two weeks early this year they may well leave early as well. Others undeterred by early arrival may linger well into the fall possibly using the angle of the sun as their guide. August is also a good time to view young birds.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At our place in Portuguese Cove the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds fledged about two weeks ago and are now engaged in their annual habit of chasing each other around the house and through the forest. I've posted one photo. The young Ring-necked Pheasants have been flying for about 6 weeks but still visit daily and stand atop the platform feeder to look about and to preen much like their mother did when she was on sentry duty. I've posted one photo with an inset of a young pheasant from earlier this spring. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At Martinique Beach PP earlier this week I was the centre of attention for a very protective Common Tern parent as I walked along the beach even though the young tern being protected was a competent flier. Shortly thereafter a Bald Eagle drifted by pursued by a very annoyed gull. I've posted one photo of each. At Flying Point I found a Blackpoll Warbler family the young birds being quite non descript and would have been a challenge to ID except for their unique song. One photo is posted.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At Lewis Lake PP I happened upon a damselfly at the bridge on the St. Margaret's Bay trail. This example is very similar to an Ebony Jewelwing except the body is not black but emerald green. The human eye can easily outperform the camera as the attached photo demonstrates because although I could see this colour the camera didn't successfully capture it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At Cow Bay, HRM, this morning I found a family of Spotted Sandpipers. This adults of this flightly bird are hard to photograph but this morning's bunch of youngsters didn't have a parent nearby so the usually present protective alarm calls were absent, allowing a slightly closer approach. I've posted two photos. I've also posted one photo of a young Willet from this morning. It seems most of the parents are gone now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some reports from other parts of Canada indicate that the migration is early and well underway.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hans</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlight80.html">http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlight80.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>__________________________________________________<BR>Hans Toom<BR>Provincial Coordinator<BR>Nova Scotia's Migration Count<BR>e-mail: </FONT><A href="mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca"><FONT face=Arial size=2>htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>NSM