[NatureNS] Recent Dartmouth observations

From: "Bernard Burke" <blburke@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:26:54 -0300
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Hi all

Here are a few recent pics I have uploaded to my photo site, starting =
with an adult Glaucous Gull that dropped in to Sullivan's Pond on March =
13th:
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/45171340/Medium
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469453/Medium
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469460/Medium

On Wednesday March 21st I had viewed two different Bonaparte's Gulls. =
One was an adult on the small "island" at Sullivan's Pond with the =
lighthouse and totem pole on it. The other was a juvenile that made a =
brief, but very close appearance at the harbour outflow at the bottom of =
Jamieson St, as seen here:
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469465/Medium

Here are four distant images on a rather dull day from Thursday March =
22nd, put together as a collage, of one of a pair of Common Ravens that =
were removing eggs of the large resident domestic white geese of =
Sullivan's Pond, depositing  them elsewhere to attend to later. Although =
they don't look significant, these eggs are larger than a standard hens =
egg:
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469808/Medium

Here is another collage that shows that some man made objects can look =
quite edible to gulls. In this case, the gulls just couldn't seem to =
figure out why they were unable to crack this round "egg", and wasted a =
lot of time attempting to do so:
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469810/Medium

And finally a few brief notes.On Thursday both male and female cardinals =
where laying low beside Hawthorne St, across from Sullivan's. At least 2 =
of the 3 male Eurasian Wigeons in the Dartmouth area were at the Pond, =
and as of yesterday (Friday) there were still 7 American Coots.

Bernard Burke
blburke@ns.sympatico.ca
Dartmouth
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here are a few recent pics I have =
uploaded to my=20
photo site, starting with an adult Glaucous Gull that dropped in to =
Sullivan's=20
Pond on March 13th:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/45171340/Medium">http=
://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/45171340/Medium</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469453/Medium">http=
://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469453/Medium</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469460/Medium">http=
://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469460/Medium</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>On Wednesday March 21st I had viewed =
two different=20
Bonaparte's Gulls. One was an adult on the small "island" at Sullivan's =
Pond=20
with the lighthouse and totem pole on it. The other was a juvenile that =
made a=20
brief, but very close appearance at the harbour outflow at the bottom of =

Jamieson St, as seen here:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469465/Medium">http=
://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469465/Medium</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here are four distant images on a =
rather dull day=20
from Thursday March 22nd, put together as a collage, of one of a pair of =
Common=20
Ravens that&nbsp;were removing eggs&nbsp;of the large resident domestic =
white=20
geese of Sullivan's Pond, depositing&nbsp; them elsewhere to attend to =
later.=20
Although they don't look significant,&nbsp;these eggs are larger than a=20
standard&nbsp;hens egg:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469808/Medium">http=
://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469808/Medium</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here is another collage that shows that =
some man=20
made objects can look quite edible to gulls. In this case, the gulls =
just=20
couldn't seem to figure out why they&nbsp;were unable&nbsp;to crack this =
round=20
"egg", and wasted a lot of time attempting to do so:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469810/Medium">http=
://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/4/46469810/Medium</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And finally a few brief notes.On =
Thursday&nbsp;both=20
male and female cardinals where laying low beside Hawthorne St, across =
from=20
Sullivan's. At least 2 of the 3 male Eurasian Wigeons in the Dartmouth =
area were=20
at the Pond, and as of yesterday (Friday) there were still 7 American=20
Coots.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bernard Burke</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"mailto:blburke@ns.sympatico.ca">blburke@ns.sympatico.ca</A></FONT=
></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dartmouth</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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