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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C770C7.839632D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning I was able to get a closer look at a Lesser Black-backed = Gull that I initially viewed on Sunday. Still at least 6 Coots, and one = Eurasian Wigeon at Sullivan's. The regular Gadwall Duck was taking his = turn trying to steal the food from a Coot that was removing plants from = the bottom. Usually the American Wigeons harass the Coots in this way. = Two Bonaparte's Gulls dropped in again in the morning, and for the first = time in a while I viewed a Peregrine Falcon pass on through, after a = failed attempt at a meal. At Dartmouth Cove there was a Common Loon = still with his winter plumage, and here at Red Bridge Pond I heard and = viewed my first Red-winged Blackbird of the season. Other visitors here = were a male and female Gadwall, American Wigeons along with one Eurasian = Wigeon, and about 5 Iceland Gulls in amongst the Herring and Ring-billed = Gulls, the most Icelands I've seen at Red Bridge Pond in one occasion. = They likely were attracted to the small ice patch that remained, as most = of it is gone in the immediate area. A short time after checking out = these Gulls, they took flight when an Eagle showed up. I was barely out = of the buildings parking lot in my car when I pulled off the road at the = nearby municipal hydrant before the Irving Garage and took photos as the = eagle singled out one of the young Herring Gulls and gave chase for a = good minute or two, right over Lake Mic Mac and beside the Waverly Road, = oblivious to the car traffic. For those who wish to view, here is the first of about 15 new photos, = the first two are by Rita in her backyard, and the rest mostly from what = I have just described: http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/5/46469815/Medium Bernard Burke blburke@ns.sympatico.ca Red Bridge Pond, Dartmouth ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C770C7.839632D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This morning I was able to get a closer = look at a=20 Lesser Black-backed Gull that I initially viewed on Sunday. Still at = least 6=20 Coots, and one Eurasian Wigeon at Sullivan's. The regular Gadwall Duck = was=20 taking his turn trying to steal the food from a Coot that was removing = plants=20 from the bottom. Usually the American Wigeons harass the Coots in = this=20 way. Two Bonaparte's Gulls dropped in again in the morning, and for = the=20 first time in a while I viewed a Peregrine Falcon pass on through, after = a=20 failed attempt at a meal. At Dartmouth Cove there was a Common Loon = still with=20 his winter plumage, and here at Red Bridge Pond I heard and viewed my = first=20 Red-winged Blackbird of the season. Other visitors here were = a male=20 and female Gadwall, American Wigeons along with one Eurasian Wigeon, and = about 5=20 Iceland Gulls in amongst the Herring and Ring-billed Gulls, the most = Icelands=20 I've seen at Red Bridge Pond in one occasion. They likely were attracted = to the=20 small ice patch that remained, as most of it is gone in the immediate=20 area. A short time after checking out these Gulls, they took = flight when=20 an Eagle showed up. I was barely out of the buildings parking lot in my = car when=20 I pulled off the road at the nearby municipal hydrant before the = Irving=20 Garage and took photos as the eagle singled out one of = the young=20 Herring Gulls and gave chase for a good minute or two, right over = Lake Mic=20 Mac and beside the Waverly Road, oblivious to the car = traffic.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For those who wish to view, here is the = first of=20 about 15 new photos, the first two are by Rita in her backyard, and the = rest=20 mostly from what I have just described:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/5/46469815/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/5/46469815/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </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>Red Bridge Pond, Dartmouth</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C770C7.839632D0--
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