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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C77DFF.CA6D4640 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C77DFF.CA6D4640 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> As it tends to be the case, = inclimate weather=20 for regular birds brings out more of birds that are associated with = water. I=20 started the day with Darlene telling me there was a different duck in = front=20 of 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 photo through my window: <A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431095/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431095/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> At the playing field near Tufts = Cove this=20 morning, I counted 54 Black-headed Gulls in the fairly extensive=20 Gull population considering it was around low tide. Only about 3 = didn't=20 seem to have 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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431097/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431097/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> My highlight of the day occured = after 4:00=20 p.m. when I stopped by Sullivan's Pond for one more look before heading = home. I=20 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 lawn supports with the other gulls and reveal=20 a bright pair of yellow legs before some innocent bystander = walking=20 their dog could potentially scare it off. I got my wish and here are the = results:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431100/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431100/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431104/Medium">http= ://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/6/50431104/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>Dartmouth</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C77DFF.CA6D4640--
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