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Hi All BB needed a walk and suggested Graves. A good choice. Very little snow there and the little ice on the shore made walking easy. The day was warm and sunny. Very pleasant. DND had boat #339 anchored off shore and helicopters were flying back and forth. No doubt learning how to fly the things. Noisy ducks and Grebes have moved on. There is still a few but only a small fraction of the Dec buildup. Red Breasted Mergansers are in pairs all around the island. Both males and females are now in full plumage. Both are gorgeous. Not wuch wonder the Mahone Bay carvers carved so many of them. Like all artists the price nowadays of their work would astonish these early carvers. Common mergs were not there. A few pairs of Blacks were feeding in the sea weed. There was a fine pair of Great cormorants out on the rocks of the northern point. A seal also. The male was really splendid. White patchs on his flank - with all the marks on the head and a ring of white feathers aroubd his neck. Mostly we think of cormorants as dull birds but not this fellow. As the sun was just right and it was close he would have made a great picture. His friend looked like a first year bird. Light on the belly, deeping to brown and then black on the top. Both fine birds. Much better than any of my bird books - a picture would have been. An Otter had walked along the shore leaving foot prints in a little snow that was there. A few squirrels also. A good day Enjoy the winter Paul ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know.
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