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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0698_01C71D5E.DDC0A630 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 kenmcken@pchg.net =20 Hi all = =20 I sent the below message yesterday, but I don't see it on either = narturens or NS RBA. so I will repeat it below. Today ( Dec. 11) I = trekked though the MacLellan Marsh between along the East R. of Pictou = below the Aberdeen Hospital. I was hoping for a few regular late fall = birds such as common yellowthroat and swamp sparrow but no luck. I did = however see a PIED-BILLED GREBE, a nice uncommon Pictou County winter = bird. The Lark Sparrow was present in my driveway for a short period = just after dawn. In the warmer weather birds are spending less time in = the yard.=20 =20 Hi all = Dec. 10, 2006 =20 At 7:15 this morning ( Dec. 10) the Lark Sparrow was feeding on = some scattered seed on my driveway ( 4894 East River East Side Road in = Plymouth, Pictou Co) and was seen from time to time throughout the day. = It seemed much more perky than yesterday maybe as a result of the = constant feeding yesterday evening.=20 I did not see the Little Gull this afternoon as most of the small = gulls were not at Chance Harbour this afternoon. A good number of small = gulls (Bonaparte's) were at Powells Point Park and another large number = of gulls were present at Melmerby Beach Provincial Park where there were = in excess of "5000" Red-breasted Mergansers at the mouth of Merigomish = Harbour at dusk.=20 For the winter list, a small flock of 12 CEDAR WAXWINGS were = observed at Central Caribou this afternoon.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_0698_01C71D5E.DDC0A630 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 6.00.5730.11" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:kenmcken@pchg.net">kenmcken@pchg.net</A> = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi=20 all &nbs= p;  = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; &nbs= p; =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I sent the below message yesterday, but = I don't see=20 it on either narturens or NS RBA. so I will repeat it below. Today ( = Dec. 11) I=20 trekked though the MacLellan Marsh between along the East R. of Pictou = below the=20 Aberdeen Hospital. I was hoping for a few regular late fall birds = such as=20 common yellowthroat and swamp sparrow but no luck. I did however see a=20 PIED-BILLED GREBE, a nice uncommon Pictou County winter=20 bird. The Lark Sparrow was present in my driveway for a short = period just=20 after dawn. In the warmer weather birds are spending less time in the = yard.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi=20 all &nbs= p;  = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; Dec.=20 10,=20 2006 &nb= sp; &nbs= p; =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> At 7:15 this morning = ( Dec. 10)=20 the Lark Sparrow was feeding on some scattered seed on my = driveway (=20 4894 East River East Side Road in Plymouth, Pictou Co) and was seen = from=20 time to time throughout the day. It seemed much more perky than = yesterday=20 maybe as a result of the constant feeding yesterday = evening. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I did not see = the Little=20 Gull this afternoon as most of the small gulls were not at Chance = Harbour this=20 afternoon. A good number of small gulls (Bonaparte's) were at = Powells=20 Point Park and another large number of gulls were present at Melmerby = Beach=20 Provincial Park where there were in excess of "5000" Red-breasted = Mergansers at=20 the mouth of Merigomish Harbour at dusk. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> For the winter list, = a small=20 flock of 12 CEDAR WAXWINGS were observed at Central Caribou = this=20 afternoon. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT