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Yesterday morning I was checking out the Margaretville DU location which is heavily overgrown when a couple of grebes appeared. At first I didn't think much of it until I remembered that last week I had seen a pair of Horned Grebes there and these were obviously not the same birds. These were much larger, with sturdy long bills of yellow-orange with black tops. I was able to watch them for about 15 minutes, including a nice session when they exercised their wings, showing me their bellies and wing undersides. Neither was in the full rufous breeding colours. This is the first time I remember seeing them at this location and the earliest I have seen them in fall. Usually I pick them up on the Bay of Fundy in winter. I wonder if they could have bred locally? Also at the same location were 4 Wood Ducks and 16 Black Ducks. Last weeks Kestrels have moved on it seems. Both Song and Savannah Sparrows were quite active. At the Margaretville beach there was very little activity with only 3 DC Cormorants, a Common Loon and 12 Common Eiders to break up the monotony. Even the gulls seemed to be missing. PORT GEORGE earlier, 9:45 to 10:25 had more activity but is not busy yet. The tide was flooding in and the reef was half exposed when I arrived but vanishing quickly. One end was completely covered in seals, literally touching each other. I saw 27 in a tight grouping, 10 of which were Greys and the others Harbours. There were also two very small grey seal pups having a very hard time trying to crawl up onto the rocks, and several other seals in the water. Also on the rocks were 5 DC Cormorants and a single Great Cormorant. There were 41 Common Eiders close to shore, far fewer than last week. There were 7 Red Throated Loons and a single WW Scoter and another very distinctive Surf Scoter. The pair of Yellow Shafted Flickers are still frolicking about near the beach, they must be finding something interesting down there. John Belbin - Kingston
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