[NatureNS] Dartmouth today

From: "Bernard Burke" <blburke@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: "NS RBA" <ns-rba@yahoogroups.com>,
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:13:16 -0300
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 As it tends to be the case, inclimate weather for regular birds brings =
out more of birds that are associated with water. I started the day with =
Darlene telling me there was a different duck in front of my deck trying =
to get to the cracked corn being jealously guarded by the regular =
Mallard pair I get here at Red Bridge Pond. It turned out to be a =
Gadwall, likely the very same one I've been observing for years, 2 1/2 =
kilometers down the road at Sullivans Pond being that it was nervous, =
but did not take flight. Here's a  photo through my window: =
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431095/Medium
 At the playing field near Tufts Cove this morning, I counted 54 =
Black-headed Gulls in the fairly extensive Gull population considering =
it was around low tide. Only about 3 didn't seem to have the complete =
dark brown head of the breeding season. I didn't see any Bonapartes =
Gulls. Here's a portion of the group:
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431097/Medium
 My highlight of the day occured after 4:00 p.m. when I stopped by =
Sullivan's Pond for one more look before heading home. I observed a gull =
sitting in the water from my car that I very nearly wrote off a just =
another Great Black-backed Gull. The problem though, was its size. It =
was similiar to a Herring Gull and obviously smaller than a younger =
Great Black-backed Gull nearby. I concluded that it had to be a breeding =
plumaged Lesser Black-backed Gull, and after getting a few photos, I =
waited patiently for about 10 minutes in my car in the hopes that it =
would jump out of the water on to the wooden lawn supports with the =
other gulls and reveal a bright pair of yellow legs before some innocent =
bystander walking their dog could potentially scare it off. I got my =
wish and here are the results:
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431100/Medium

http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431104/Medium

Bernard Burke
blburke@ns.sympatico.ca
Dartmouth
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inclimate weather=20
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started the day with Darlene telling me there was a different duck in =
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of&nbsp;my deck trying to get to the cracked corn being jealously =
guarded by the=20
regular Mallard pair I get here at Red Bridge Pond. It turned out to be =
a=20
Gadwall, likely the very same one I've been observing for years, 2 1/2=20
kilometers down the road at Sullivans Pond being that it was nervous, =
but did=20
not take flight. Here's a&nbsp; photo through my window: <A=20
href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431095/Medium">http=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;At the playing field near Tufts =
Cove this=20
morning, I counted 54 Black-headed Gulls in the fairly extensive=20
Gull&nbsp;population considering it was around low tide. Only about 3 =
didn't=20
seem to have&nbsp;the complete dark brown head of the breeding season. I =
didn't=20
see any Bonapartes Gulls. Here's a portion of the group:</FONT></DIV>
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href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431097/Medium">http=
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observed a gull sitting in the water from my car that I very nearly =
wrote off a=20
just another Great Black-backed Gull. The problem though, was its size. =
It was=20
similiar to a Herring Gull and obviously smaller than a younger Great=20
Black-backed Gull nearby. I concluded that it had to be a breeding =
plumaged=20
Lesser Black-backed Gull, and after getting a few photos, I waited =
patiently for=20
about 10 minutes in my car in the hopes that it would jump out of the =
water on=20
to the wooden&nbsp;lawn supports with the other gulls&nbsp;and reveal=20
a&nbsp;bright pair of&nbsp;yellow legs before some innocent bystander =
walking=20
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results:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431100/Medium">http=
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<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=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dartmouth</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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