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Hi there, I did the "circuit" along Highway 207 last Friday afternoon, 6 April. Notable were Common Grackles, noisy and present in good numbers everywhere. Two Red-winged Blackbirds were the first I've seen this year. The first of these was near West Lawrencetown, and both were at feeders. The cattail marshes still look pretty empty. A lovely male Northern Harrier patrolled the shoreline of the West Lawrencetown Marsh, where I carefully counted about thirty American Wigeon. There was also a single male Eurasian Wigeon and one male Gadwall. Then an immature Bald Eagle flew over, and a cloud of ducks rose up, circling in agitation, revealing that there were nearly sixty American Wigeon! and probably other birds I missed. A small flock of a dozen or so Canada Geese flew over from the ocean towards Conrad's Beach. Red-breasted Mergansers were present in small numbers at many places, and at Conrad's the males were exhibiting courtship behaviour, always fun to watch. Cheers, Patricia L. Chalmers Halifax
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