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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_IseAe9L7p3FssoN3pk05Mw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT On Easter Friday near Stewiacke as Laura and I were motoring to our annual maple syrup breakfast we spotted an Osprey overhead. Cumberland County was loaded with American Robins that morning, often in groups of 8-12. On Tuesday I walked the beach at Martinique Beach PP, hoping for the return of Piping Plovers, but the wind was still strong so if they were present they were hunkered down in the dune grasses. Last year I found the first Piping Plovers here on April 7. I didn't encounter an Ipswich Sparrow either but I did see my first Yellow-rumped Warbler of the year. The plumage was drab so it might be an over wintering bird. The sunrise this morning at Crystal Crescent Beach PP was awesome. This place is a great motivator to get me up in the mornings. I found more Yellow-rumped Warblers along the way but little else except for the riotous singing of the Song Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. There continue to be several flotillas of Long-tailed Duck. At home in Portuguese Cove the Fox and Tree Sparrows are singly brightly. Interestingly, I didn't hear any Tree Sparrow song or chip notes at Crystal Crescent Beach PP this morning. They have either left the park already or "feeder" Tree Sparrows are simply more boisterous, linger longer, or are healthier. I've posted a bunch of photos, nothing rare or unusual, mostly yard birds and a few photos from sorties to the field in recent days. The last photo in this series is a Purple Finch tilting his head to the viewer's left. Hans http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlight88.html _______________________________________________________________ Hans Toom E-mail: htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca Migration Count: http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html Nature Website: http://hanstoom.com ____________________________________________________________ --Boundary_(ID_IseAe9L7p3FssoN3pk05Mw) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On Easter Friday near Stewiacke as Laura and I were motoring to our annual maple syrup breakfast we spotted an Osprey overhead. Cumberland County was loaded with American Robins that morning, often in groups of 8-12.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On Tuesday I walked the beach at Martinique Beach PP, hoping for the return of Piping Plovers, but the wind was still strong so if they were present they were hunkered down in the dune grasses. Last year I found the first Piping Plovers here on April 7. I didn't encounter an Ipswich Sparrow either but I did see my first Yellow-rumped Warbler of the year. The plumage was drab so it might be an over wintering bird.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The sunrise this morning at Crystal Crescent Beach PP was awesome. This place is a great motivator to get me up in the mornings. I found more Yellow-rumped Warblers along the way but little else except for the riotous singing of the Song Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. There continue to be several flotillas of Long-tailed Duck.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At home in Portuguese Cove the Fox and Tree Sparrows are singly brightly. Interestingly, I didn't hear any Tree Sparrow song or chip notes at Crystal Crescent Beach PP this morning. They have either left the park already or "feeder" Tree Sparrows are simply more boisterous, linger longer, or are healthier.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've posted a bunch of photos, nothing rare or unusual, mostly yard birds and a few photos from sorties to the field in recent days. The last photo in this series is a Purple Finch tilting his head to the viewer's left.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hans</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlight88.html">http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/Highlight88.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>_______________________________________________________________<BR>Hans Toom<BR>E-mail: <A href="mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca">htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca</A><BR>Migration Count: <A href="http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html">http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html</A><BR>Nature Website: http://hanstoom.com <BR>____________________________________________________________</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_IseAe9L7p3FssoN3pk05Mw)--
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