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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C6E3A3.7049D8A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wednesday and Thursday,(27/28 Sept.) Brier Island was loaded with = Monarch's. I've never seen so many. They were, where ever you looked, = always floating in through the corner of your eye.=20 I know birders from around the province will be headed down here for the = weekend. (N.S. Bird Society) To give you a heads up, there are lots of = migrants here. There are hundreds of Blue Jays about, lots of cedar = waxwings, kinglets, a good mix of raptors/falcons. (There have been a = few Cooper's Hawks and Perigrines, merlins, kestrels, harriers, = sharpies. A couple kettles of broadwings.) Some shorebirds scattered = around.(Willet's, godwits, plovers, sandpipers, l. yellowlegs, = turnstones.) Y.B. Sapsuckers. Flickers. Warblers. A late hummer. Blue = Herons. Osprey. Bald Eagle. Look for Catbirds, Kingbirds, flycatchers. A = weather front is moving through later today with rain, however the = weekend outlook is favorable (sun and cloud)with seasonal temp's. For = those of you going on the pelagic trip on Saturday, they are forecasting = fair weather with west winds at 15-20 knots and diminishing later in the = day. Pretty good marine forecast for this time of year. It might be = chilly and choppy to start but should get better throughout the day. No = fog. Good visibility. I'm still not sure If I can make the pelagic trip = but have a good time. Look for dark skuas and jaegers harassing whiter = gulls! It's the best way to pick them out. Also,look for an early pair = of horned Grebe in the harbor at high tide. Also check out the gulls as = you might see an imm. bonaparte's or kittiwake offshore(beautiful = markings) or ringed bill. AND keep an eye out for a Caspian tern along = the shoreline (even while crossing the harbor on the ferry). Best time = of year to catch them here. Thanks all I can think of... Carl Haycock Westport, Brier Island ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C6E3A3.7049D8A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wednesday and Thursday,(27/28 = Sept.) Brier=20 Island was loaded with Monarch's. I've never seen so many. They were, = where ever=20 you looked, always floating in through the corner of your eye.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I know birders from around the province = will be=20 headed down here for the weekend. (N.S. Bird Society) To give you a = heads up,=20 there are lots of migrants here. There are hundreds of Blue=20 Jays</FONT> <FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>about, lots of cedar = waxwings,=20 kinglets, a good mix of raptors/falcons. (There have been a few = Cooper's=20 Hawks and Perigrines, merlins, kestrels, harriers, sharpies. A = couple=20 kettles of broadwings.) Some shorebirds scattered around.(Willet's, = godwits,=20 plovers, sandpipers, l. yellowlegs, = turnstones.) Y.B. Sapsuckers.=20 Flickers. Warblers. A late hummer. Blue Herons. Osprey. Bald = Eagle.=20 Look for Catbirds, Kingbirds, flycatchers. A weather front is = moving=20 through later today with rain, however the weekend outlook is = favorable=20 (sun and cloud)with seasonal temp's. For those of you going on the = pelagic trip=20 on Saturday, they are forecasting fair weather with west winds at 15-20 = knots=20 and diminishing later in the day. Pretty good marine forecast for this = time of=20 year. It might be chilly and choppy to start but should get better = throughout the day. No fog. Good visibility. I'm still not sure If I can = make=20 the pelagic trip but have a good time. Look for dark skuas and jaegers = harassing=20 whiter gulls! It's the best way to pick them out. Also,look for an early = pair of=20 horned Grebe in the harbor at high tide. Also check out the gulls as you = might=20 see an imm. bonaparte's or kittiwake offshore(beautiful = markings) or=20 ringed bill. AND keep an eye out for a Caspian tern along the = shoreline=20 (even while crossing the harbor on the ferry). Best time of = year to=20 catch them here. Thanks all I can think of...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Carl Haycock</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Westport, Brier=20 Island</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C6E3A3.7049D8A0--
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