[NatureNS] Loons and mystery bird

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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:51:16 -0300
From: "Richard Stern" <sternrichard@gmail.com>
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Hi,

Unlikely as this may sound, could it have been an Anhinga?

Richard

On 9/14/06, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I saw a group of 8 common loons on the LaHave River yesterday at Dayspring
> and a group of six today.  Also in Dayspring on the way to work this morning
>  I saw a bird which has me puzzled.  I could not stop otherwise I would
> have been late due to very slow drivers holding me up, 50 km below the speed
> limit.  Anyhow, thats not here or there.  The bird that I saw was perched on
> the electrical wires.  It was about half the size of a double-crested
> cormorant.  It was all black and had a long sharp pointy bill with a very
> thin tapered head.  The body was paper thin.  The thinnest that I have ever
> seen in a bird for that size and the tail was longish.  Any suggestions
> would be appreciated.  I'm at a loss.  I was definitely not a DCC.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> James R. Hirtle
> Lunenburg
>
>
>


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