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Index of Subjects Hi, I went there at 2pm today and drove very slowly up to the building, and as soon as I could see the ponds, stopped but left the engine running, and stayed in the car. None of the ducks took flight and I could see them all. They were all Mallards. It was pouring with rain. Richard On 11/8/06, George Forsyth <g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca> wrote: > To see ducks on the pond, walk up the slope using the compressor house > as a blind, go to the south and peek around the edge of the house > slowly without actually walking around the corner, if the ducks are > distracted and don't sit up alertly take one step to the left and you > are standing with your back against the east facing brick wall, you > literally need to have your back to the wall! Raise your binoculars > very slowly to your eyes and you have a good chance to observe the > ducks. At this time of the year the south pond seems to attract bay and > diving ducks, such as goldeneyes, ringnecks, buffleheads and scaup, the > north pond in cold weather will have dabblers feeding above the in > flow, half way in on the west side of the pond. The dabblers are less > likely to flush so go to the south side first. > > Many years of practice, yet still not perfect!!! > > George > > > > > On 7, Nov 2006, at 08:38 PM, Jean Timpa wrote: > > > Brenda and Bill Thexton and I went out for about 2 and a half hours > > this > > afternoon. It was just too lovely to stay inside. > > Port Williams Sewage Ponds: 5 Barrow's Goldeneyes, 2 males in > > summer plumage, one female with its yellow bill, one bird which was > > either > > a molting male (into winter plumage) or an immature male, and one > > immature female with little yellow on its bill. They are quite > > skitterish and > > do not stay on the pond long but take off and go to the river, so you > > need to > > be as quiet and alert as possible, and if travelling in a group, go up > > the > > slope together, or some of you are apt to miss them. > > Canard Poultry Pond: Lots and lots of Mallards, Blacks, and Green > > winged Teal and one male Pintail. > > Saxon Street Pond: one immature Eagle sitting in a tree > > Saxon Street Pond marsh on the other side of the road: 5 Mallards > > and a male Hairy Woodpecker > > Silver Lake in Centreville: 25-30 Herring Gulls in the middle of the > > lake, surrounded by 4-500 Canada Geese on the outside, with 10 very > > pretty Bufflehead Ducks swimming and diving through their midst. Some > > of > > the males were still in summer plumage. Jean Timpa > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > George E. Forsyth ph. 902 681 4910 > c/o Evangeline Middle School fax. 902 681 4909 > 9387 Commercial St. > New Minas, N.S. > B4N 3G3 > > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd., RR#1 Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ###################
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