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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_IaMdZkNRlMhJilyPjtikVQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi Bernard Nice shots. I have seen several of these beetles lately in the New Glasgow area. I assisted Rick Ferguson this morning to do a dozen point counts in his New Glasgow square 20NR24. At point count # 21 ( Campbells Lane., Westville) we heard a Black-billed Cuckoo singing- my first for this spring and a new bird for Rick. The cuckoo was singing from the vicinity of the marsh on Campbells Rd. There were a nice numer of cuckoos around in various squares in the Antigonish-Pictou Co. areas last year. cheers Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Bernard Burke To: nature ns Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 8:40 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Eagles, White-tailed Deer etc. My sister Rita and her husband Mike just sent me some great photos of a Bald Eagle and a White-tailed Deer they took in Cape Breton, and also a Lady Bug type beetle that was hitching a ride on their vehicle near New Glasgow. Following those three pics, I've added a Spotted Sandpiper and a younger Eagle that I took but didn't include in my last posting. Here is Mike's photo of the Eagle, #165, and continue on through to #169: http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/10/110598075/Medium Speaking of Eagles, I've been trying to view and photograph a Bald Eagle capturing a fish for years, particulary from my deck here at Red Bridge Pond Dartmouth. The problem is that, unlike Ospreys usually, they tend to sit in the same tree for hours so their patience usually far exceeds my own. Yesterday I had a glimpse of one flying to my right just beyond the parking lot with Common Grackles in hot pursuit. I wasn't sure but it appeared to be landing in some trees just beyond my viewpoint. I found out about 5 minutes later when I happened to look outside through my deck door, only to watch helplessly as the Eagle skimmed just above the water, grab a fish, and keep on trucking out of sight. All I could do was marvel as to how effortlessly he was able to spot his target from a fair distance and then grab it and run without me capturing it with a photo...maybe next time... Cheers Bernard Burke blburke@ns.sympatico.ca Dartmouth --Boundary_(ID_IaMdZkNRlMhJilyPjtikVQ) 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 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</DIV> <DIV>Hi Bernard</DIV> <DIV>Nice shots. I have seen several of these beetles lately in the New Glasgow area.</DIV> <DIV>I assisted Rick Ferguson this morning to do a dozen point counts in his New Glasgow square 20NR24. At point count # 21 ( Campbells Lane., Westville) we heard a Black-billed Cuckoo singing- my first for this spring and a new bird for Rick. The cuckoo was singing from the vicinity of the marsh on Campbells Rd. There were a nice numer of cuckoos around in various squares in the Antigonish-Pictou Co. areas last year. </DIV> <DIV>cheers</DIV> <DIV>Ken<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=blburke@ns.sympatico.ca href="mailto:blburke@ns.sympatico.ca">Bernard Burke</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">nature ns</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 17, 2007 8:40 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Eagles, White-tailed Deer etc.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My sister Rita and her husband Mike just sent me some great photos of a Bald Eagle and a White-tailed Deer they took in Cape Breton, and also a Lady Bug type beetle that was hitching a ride on their vehicle near New Glasgow. Following those three pics, I've added a Spotted Sandpiper and a younger Eagle that I took but didn't include in my last posting. Here is Mike's photo of the Eagle, #165, and continue on through to #169:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/10/110598075/Medium">http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/10/110598075/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Speaking of Eagles, I've been trying to view and photograph a Bald Eagle capturing a fish for years, particulary from my deck here at Red Bridge Pond Dartmouth. The problem is that, unlike Ospreys usually, they tend to sit in the same tree for hours so their patience usually far exceeds my own. Yesterday I had a glimpse of one flying to my right just beyond the parking lot with Common Grackles in hot pursuit. I wasn't sure but it appeared to be landing in some trees just beyond my viewpoint. I found out about 5 minutes later when I happened to look outside through my deck door, only to watch helplessly as the Eagle skimmed just above the water, grab a fish, and keep on trucking out of sight. All I could do was marvel as to how effortlessly he was able to spot his target from a fair distance and then grab it and run without me capturing it with a photo...maybe next time...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bernard Burke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:blburke@ns.sympatico.ca">blburke@ns.sympatico.ca</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dartmouth</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_IaMdZkNRlMhJilyPjtikVQ)--
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