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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_FocAHRsAYmrUDYk3Fv8P8Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I toured the south end of the Chebucto Peninsula briefly late this morning and found a lot of birders, and a few good birds too. As I drove towards Sambro Harbour the local Belted Kingfisher flew overhead, offshore at Sambro Head. Look for this bird between Sambro Head and the bridge at Sambro Basin. At Sambro Harbour at the parking lot below the Coast Guard base was a Glaucous Gull( four photos), probably a reliable bird in this area now for another month or two. From the pure white primary extension I'd say this is a light juvenile. Nearby an Iceland Gull and a Herring Gull rested quietly(one photo). The red mark behind the black mark on the lower mandible suggests California Gull in breeding plumage. I wish! Sambro ledge offshore between Chebucto Head and Pennant Point has been devastating for mariners over the years. The deep ocean bottom rises suddenly at this ledge to a depth of 10 to 20 metres creating the worst kind of trap for ships. Ships ride the crests of high waves over the leading edge of this ledge but then they are smashed against the bottom when they enter the trough between the waves and the newly discovered shallow water. There was a similar kind of killer circumstance on Lake Winnipeg, a relatively shallow Lake, where competent ships that could normally handle the storm with ease would be torn apart as they were crushed by smashing against the lake bottom between the wave troughs. I've attached four photos of the sea offshore in this area today. I've finished off this series of photos with our local Hairy Woodpecker. Hans http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlights17.html _______________________________________________________________ Hans Toom E-mail: htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca Migration Count: http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html Nature Website: http://hanstoom.com _____________________________________________________________ --Boundary_(ID_FocAHRsAYmrUDYk3Fv8P8Q) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I toured the south end of the Chebucto Peninsula briefly late this morning and found a lot of birders, and a few good birds too. As I drove towards Sambro Harbour the local Belted Kingfisher flew overhead, offshore at Sambro Head. Look for this bird between Sambro Head and the bridge at Sambro Basin. At Sambro Harbour at the parking lot below the Coast Guard base was a Glaucous Gull( four photos), probably a reliable bird in this area now for another month or two. From the pure white primary extension I'd say this is a light juvenile. Nearby an Iceland Gull and a Herring Gull rested quietly(one photo). The red mark behind the black mark on the lower mandible suggests California Gull in breeding plumage. I wish! <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sambro ledge offshore between Chebucto Head and Pennant Point has been devastating for mariners over the years. The deep ocean bottom rises suddenly at this ledge to a depth of 10 to 20 metres creating the worst kind of trap for ships. Ships ride the crests of high waves over the leading edge of this ledge but then they are smashed against the bottom when they enter the trough between the waves and the newly discovered shallow water. There was a similar kind of killer circumstance on Lake Winnipeg, a relatively shallow Lake, where competent ships that could normally handle the storm with ease would be torn apart as they were crushed by smashing against the lake bottom between the wave troughs. I've attached four photos of the sea offshore in this area today.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've finished off this series of photos with our local Hairy Woodpecker. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hans</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlights17.html">http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlights17.html</A></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>_______________________________________________________________<BR>Hans Toom<BR>E-mail: <A href="mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca">htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca</A><BR>Migration Count: <A href="http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html">http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html</A><BR>Nature Website: http://hanstoom.com <BR>_____________________________________________________________</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_FocAHRsAYmrUDYk3Fv8P8Q)--
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