[NatureNS] Grand Pre birds

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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
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<HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
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at 4:57 PM, Don MacNeill wrote:</DIV><BR =
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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 =
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0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">want to =
know?</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Don</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Don MacNeill</DIV><DIV =
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margin-left: 0px; "><A =
href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@eastlink.ca">donmacneill@eastlink.ca</A></DIV><=
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margin-left: 0px; ">----- Original Message -----<SPAN =
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0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: =
"Luke DeCicco" &lt;<A =
href=3D"mailto:akswallow@hotmail.com">akswallow@hotmail.com</A>&gt;</DIV><=
DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">To: &lt;<A =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>&gt;</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 =
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margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: [NatureNS] Grand Pre birds</DIV><DIV =
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">Hey,</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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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 =
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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; =
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Iceland Gull (20-30, especially at the</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
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ponds), Black-Headed Gull (1, at the sewage ponds), Red-tailed =
Hawk</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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</SPAN>It was</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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