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--Apple-Mail-6-400666724 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hello everyone: I have just finished compiling a list of new species that I saw while =20= in Ireland in August and adding it to my life list. Considering that we =20= were not on a "birding expedition" it was nice to get so many while we =20= were doing out other activities. I was also able to get some good =20 pictures of some of the birds, There were 29 native species (including some of which are also found in =20= North America, but I had not yet seen them here) , 14 exotic species =20 (all at Castle Espie) and one new subspecies (barn swallow rustica =20 rustica). There were also a number of species that I have seen in North =20= America (bl/ackheaded gulls, winter wrens (quite common) oh yes, and =20 starlings also come to mind!). Castle Espie Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust =20 (http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/castleespie/) is in Northern Ireland, =20 southeast of Belfast and on Strangford Lough. If you ever get to that =20= area it is a wonderful place for native and exotic waterbirds. The =20 exotic species are kept inside a very large fenced area and have their =20= primaries clipped so that they cannot escape. Other than that they more =20= or less look after themselves. Some of these are species which are bred =20= there as they are endangered in their native lands. For example. over =20= the years, hundreds of Hawaiian geese (ne ne) have been sent back to =20 Hawaii where they are trying to be reintroduced. The biggest problem =20 with this area is that you feel like a kid in a candy store, trying to =20= figure out which birds are which, before they swam out of sight or =20 disappear into the bushes. There is a double-gated "air lock" that allows you out to the area =20 where the wild birds are found and there are several large =20 well-designed blinds, and there are also some woodland trails as well. There were a a number of birds that I was able to get photos of, but =20 was not able to confirm their identity. Fortunately, I had subscribed =20= to an Irish bird list well before going. A few of the people there =20 suggested posting them and quite a few people replied. With true Irish =20= wit, one identified, what turned out to be a hybrid graylag goose as =20 "Christmas dinner. Goes great with cranberry sauce"! There are only two birds that produced different answers from different =20= people with no consensus. If any one is curious about them, they are =20 at: http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Unknown/Ireland16.jpg Galway Bay on the ferry from Rossaveel and the Aran Islands Half of the people thought this was a black guillemot, while the other =20= half thought it was a guillemot. Sounds straight-forward until you =20 remember that in Europe the names aren't always the same as here: North America Europe Black Guillemot Black Guillemot Thin-billed Murre (Common) Guillemot Thick-billed Murre Br=FCnnich's Guillemot http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Unknown/Ireland20.jpg River Fergus, Ennis This was described variously a female mallard, a mallard hybird, or a =20= damned-if-I-know! For the birds that they could identify, it was just as amazing as =20 posting pictures here for help. There were two places where I had =20 pictures of birds that blended in so well, I had to put a red box =20 around them just to show where the birds were! In all cases, they all =20= came back with the same ID. It was a great trip, and it was nice to get that much birding in given =20= all of the other thing that we did. Pat =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D --Apple-Mail-6-400666724 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello everyone: I have just finished compiling a list of new species that I saw while in Ireland in August and adding it to my life list. Considering that we were not on a "birding expedition" it was nice to get so many while we were doing out other activities. I was also able to get some good pictures of some of the birds,=20 There were 29 native species (including some of which are also found in North America, but I had not yet seen them here) , 14 exotic species (all at Castle Espie) and one new subspecies (barn swallow <italic>rustica rustica</italic>). There were also a number of species that I have seen in North America (bl/ackheaded gulls, winter wrens (quite common) oh yes, and starlings also come to mind!). Castle Espie Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/castleespie/) is in Northern Ireland, southeast of Belfast and on Strangford Lough. If you ever get to that area it is a wonderful place for native and exotic waterbirds. The exotic species are kept inside a very large fenced area and have their primaries clipped so that they cannot escape. Other than that they more or less look after themselves. Some of these are species which are bred there as they are endangered in their native lands. For example. over the years, hundreds of Hawaiian geese (ne ne) have been sent back to Hawaii where they are trying to be reintroduced. The biggest problem with this area is that you feel like a kid in a candy store, trying to figure out which birds are which, before they swam out of sight or disappear into the bushes. There is a double-gated "air lock" that allows you out to the area where the wild birds are found and there are several large well-designed blinds, and there are also some woodland trails as well. There were a a number of birds that I was able to get photos of, but was not able to confirm their identity. Fortunately, I had subscribed to an Irish bird list well before going. A few of the people there suggested posting them and quite a few people replied. With true Irish wit, one identified, what turned out to be a hybrid graylag goose as "Christmas dinner. Goes great with cranberry sauce"! =20 There are only two birds that produced different answers from different people with no consensus. If any one is curious about them, they are at: http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Unknown/Ireland16.jpg Galway Bay on the ferry from Rossaveel and the Aran Islands Half of the people thought this was a black guillemot, while the other half thought it was a guillemot. Sounds straight-forward until you remember that in Europe the names aren't always the same as here: North America Europe Black Guillemot Black Guillemot Thin-billed Murre (Common) Guillemot Thick-billed Murre Br=FCnnich's Guillemot http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Unknown/Ireland20.jpg River Fergus, Ennis This was described variously a female mallard, a mallard hybird, or a damned-if-I-know! For the birds that they could identify, it was just as amazing as posting pictures here for help. There were two places where I had pictures of birds that blended in so well, I had to put a red box around them just to show where the birds were! In all cases, they all came back with the same ID.=20 It was a great trip, and it was nice to get that much birding in given all of the other thing that we did. Pat <fontfamily><param>Courier</param> = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 =20 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D </fontfamily>= --Apple-Mail-6-400666724--
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