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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_APoUHqrXFgLhjq3dDpxkww) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Here's a heterogeneous mix of recent sightings and photographs. First off is a Western Willet and White-rumped Sandpiper from Cape Sable Island yesterday. The blustery weather and high tide didn't help me find the shorebirds I was looking for but it's still always a delight to visit this place. Look for the white patch on the forehead and the white centre on the breast of the Western Willet. The willet photo is an extreme crop and blow-up. It's never easy to get close to willets. Last Friday on a walk at Crystal Crescent Beach I met an American Robin on the trail. What's interesting about this bird is that it's not fledged yet. It could only hop ahead of me on the trail quite nervously before disappearing into the bushes. One photo of this late bloomer is attached! I've also posted two dragonfly photos from this walk. I still don't have a reliable dragonfly ID reference,....don't ask. This walk also turned up yet another porcupine and a bunch of Palm Warblers, a species moving through this area in recent days. The American Copper has also appeared of late. The photo of the Great Spangled Fritillary was taken along our route in the McDonald Bog, Hants Co., the only eventful encounter on a unproductive blackberry quest a week ago yesterday. Our young family of Ring-necked Pheasants is growing up. The photo attached is of a young male who was just a white puff ball on stilts this spring. They still climb atop the platform feeder to preen, a habit they learned from their parents. Our adult Ruby-throated Hummingbirds left us mid August but the kids are still here. They normally leave after the Labour Day weekend although last year they lingered into October, a quite unusual stay for them. I've posted 11 photos with the American Copper closing off the series. Hans http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlights48.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_APoUHqrXFgLhjq3dDpxkww) 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 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here's a heterogeneous mix of recent sightings and photographs. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First off is a Western Willet and White-rumped Sandpiper from Cape Sable Island yesterday. The blustery weather and high tide didn't help me find the shorebirds I was looking for but it's still always a delight to visit this place. Look for the white patch on the forehead and the white centre on the breast of the Western Willet. The willet photo is an extreme crop and blow-up. It's never easy to get close to willets.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Last Friday on a walk at Crystal Crescent Beach I met an American Robin on the trail. What's interesting about this bird is that it's not fledged yet. It could only hop ahead of me on the trail quite nervously before disappearing into the bushes. One photo of this late bloomer is attached! I've also posted two dragonfly photos from this walk. I still don't have a reliable dragonfly ID reference,....don't ask. This walk also turned up yet another porcupine and a bunch of Palm Warblers, a species moving through this area in recent days. The American Copper has also appeared of late.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The photo of the Great Spangled Fritillary was taken along our route in the McDonald Bog, Hants Co., the only eventful encounter on a unproductive blackberry quest a week ago yesterday. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our young family of Ring-necked Pheasants is growing up. The photo attached is of a young male who was just a white puff ball on stilts this spring. They still climb atop the platform feeder to preen, a habit they learned from their parents.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our adult Ruby-throated Hummingbirds left us mid August but the kids are still here. They normally leave after the Labour Day weekend although last year they lingered into October, a quite unusual stay for them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've posted 11 photos with the American Copper closing off the series.</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/Highlights48.html">http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlights48.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: <A href="mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca">htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca</A><BR>NSMC website: <A href="http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html">http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html</A><BR>Nature website: <A href="http://hanstoom.com">http://hanstoom.com</A><BR>___________________________________________________</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_APoUHqrXFgLhjq3dDpxkww)--
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