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Index of Subjects With the promise of light winds on the Bay yesterday, I travelled to Port George in the afternoon to catch the rising high tide. It started off well enough with 18 Harlequins at Cottage Cove. Unfortunately with a long lens I was unable to frame all of them together. A few others were noted elsewhere. Other than that the only other highlight was a Razorbill which flew a long distance from east to west. Other waterbirds: - 100+ Common Eiders - possibly 200 or more scoters.Outside of a few Black Scoters the only others I could identify were Surfs. Oddly no White-winged, usually the most common scoter here. - 5+ Red-breasted Mergansers - 15+ Long-tailed Ducks - 6 Black Ducks which flew from the land and landed in the midst of eiders. The latter did not seem amused!! Although the water was relatively calm, most birds were at a distance and thus difficult/impossible to identify even with a scope. There were many draggers at work. Since there were no gulls following the boats, I presume they were scallop dragging but is the season open yet?? Angus
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