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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-67-1022025017 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Don, My Modern World Dictionary shows "dills" as a synonym for "dulse" so =20 I suppose a Ring-dilled gull could be one sitting on the seashore =20 surrounded by dulse ...? ;-> Cheers, Chris On 2-Feb-07, at 4:57 PM, Don MacNeill wrote: > Regarding the Ring-dilled gull, what part of a bird is its dill... =20 > or do I > want to know? > > Don > > Don MacNeill > donmacneill@eastlink.ca > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Luke DeCicco" <akswallow@hotmail.com> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 3:43 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] Grand Pre birds > > > Hey, > I finally got out birding a bit this afternoon down around the =20 > wolfville > sewage ponds, the dykes and grand pre. Saw the following birds: =20 > Savannah > Sparrow (4), Song Sparrow (8-10), Ring-dilled Gull (50), Great =20 > Black-backed > Gull (5), Herring Gull (30-40), Iceland Gull (20-30, especially at the > sewage ponds), Black-Headed Gull (1, at the sewage ponds), Red-=20 > tailed Hawk > (4-6), Rough-legged Hawk (1) and a Peregrine Falcon (adult). It was > definitelly nice to get out and some decent birds. That's the second > Black-headed Gull I have seen in the area this year, first was in =20 > late fall, > otherwise I believe they are quite rare in the annapolis valley, =20 > correct me > if I am wrong though. Back to studying. > Bird on, > Luke DeCicco > > _________________________________________________________________ > Check out all that glitters with the MSN Entertainment Guide to the =20= > Academy > Awards=AE http://movies.msn.com/movies/oscars2007/?=20 > icid=3Dncoscartagline2 _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.=20= _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.=20= _. --Apple-Mail-67-1022025017 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Don,<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>My Modern World Dictionary = shows "dills" as a synonym for "dulse" so I suppose a=A0Ring-dilled gull = could be one sitting on the seashore surrounded by dulse ...? = ;-></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 2-Feb-07, = at 4:57 PM, Don MacNeill wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Regarding the Ring-dilled gull, what part of a bird = is its dill... or do I<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">want to = know?</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Don</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Don MacNeill</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@eastlink.ca">donmacneill@eastlink.ca</A></DIV><= DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">----- Original Message -----<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: = "Luke DeCicco" <<A = href=3D"mailto:akswallow@hotmail.com">akswallow@hotmail.com</A>></DIV><= DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">To: <<A = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>></D= IV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 3:43 PM</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: [NatureNS] Grand Pre birds</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Hey,</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I finally got out birding a bit = this afternoon down around the wolfville</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">sewage = ponds, the dykes and grand pre.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>Saw the following birds: Savannah</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sparrow = (4), Song Sparrow (8-10), Ring-dilled Gull (50), Great = Black-backed</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Gull (5), Herring Gull (30-40), = Iceland Gull (20-30, especially at the</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">sewage = ponds), Black-Headed Gull (1, at the sewage ponds), Red-tailed = Hawk</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(4-6), Rough-legged Hawk (1) and = a Peregrine Falcon (adult).<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>It was</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">definitelly nice to get out and = some decent birds.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0