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<html> <body> <u>May 2<br> </u>In a field along Saxon St. there was one Lesser Black-backed Gull (typical mantle shade) & another possible one which hunkered down before I could assess it. The latter mantle was quite dark approaching the dark end of the spectrum for LLBG.<br><br> There were few ducks in the various ponds from Canning to New Minas. At Canard Pond a Bonaparte's Gull (very rare in the Anna. Valley) was spinning (a la Wilson's Phalarope), daintily picking tidbits off the surface. It's only the second I have seen in King Co. Of equal interest was ~ 20 Ring-billed Gulls among the 100 or so gulls on the pond. The Ring-bills were all <b>second year</b> with no adults. Rather strange!!<br><br> Since the (Maple Leaf) poultry processing plant at Canard Pond will soon close, the gulls will have to find another food source. There were ~1500 gulls there today but considerably more most winters.<br> <br> <u>May 3</u> Palmeter Woods:<br> No swarms of warblers as yet. Most of the following were heard only.<br> - 2 Winter Wrens (singing in same area)<br> - 4 Hermit Thrushes<br> - one flock of Evening Grosbeaks + several singles.<br> - 1 Brown Creeper<br> - 1 Swamp Sparrow (1st I've heard here this spring)<br> - 1 R/C Kinglet (having difficulty with full song so resorted to practicing parts of it)<br> - 1 Snipe<br> - ++ Y/R Warblers (widely dispersed and singing)<br> - 3-4 W/T Sparrows<br><br> In (or alongside) one small pool 3 or more "frogs" calling. No clue but it was the best frog song I've heard yet. It may have been an American Toad with the call slowed by cool weather but certainly not the typical trill. Will have to return and tape it. <br> Angus</body> </html>
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