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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_vcVau3fxbH3QSSSPXC7/OA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I thought this note from Cliff Miles may be of interest. Cheers, Joan --Boundary_(ID_vcVau3fxbH3QSSSPXC7/OA) Content-type: message/rfc822; name="Re: [BIRDCHAT] Western Reef Heron" Content-disposition: inline; filename="Re: [BIRDCHAT] Western Reef Heron" Return-path: <Clifford.A.Miles@aphis.usda.gov> Received: from simip3-ac.bellnexxia.net ([206.47.199.66]) by simmts1-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070710125931.KFQ15196.simmts1-srv.bellnexxia.net@simip3-ac.bellnexxia.net> for <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca>; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:59:31 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO mail02.aphis.usda.gov) ([168.68.1.5]) by simip3-ac.bellnexxia.net with ESMTP; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:59:31 -0400 Received: from (unknown [168.68.1.5]) by DA32USMDGW1_AVS01.usda.gov with smtp id 02ac_66239530_2ee5_11dc_aafa_001143d36648; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:59:31 +0000 Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:59:23 -0400 From: Clifford.A.Miles@aphis.usda.gov Subject: Re: [BIRDCHAT] Western Reef Heron In-reply-to: <46929232.4080203@ns.sympatico.ca> To: Joan Czapalay <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca> Message-id: <OFFC7AB70F.3E28E934-ON85257314.00467890-85257314.00473A72@aphis.usda.gov> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.5 November 30, 2005 Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Boundary_(ID_cA1NT6B6USVsl2M2wdg0eQ)" X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on Mail02/INT/APHIS/USDA(Release 6.5.5|November 30, 2005) at 07/10/2007 08:59:31, Serialize complete at 07/10/2007 08:59:31 X-Account-Key: account1 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAADQfk0aoRAEFi2dsb2JhbACCLDaMVQEBEQ0I X-Antivirus: AVG for E-mail 7.5.476 [269.10.2/893] --Boundary_(ID_cA1NT6B6USVsl2M2wdg0eQ) Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_CTPGGMorEjHYobFoAjk4pg)" --Boundary_(ID_CTPGGMorEjHYobFoAjk4pg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Joan, I think it is quite possible that this is the same bird that summered in NS last year. It doesn't seem possible that the first North American record from Nantucket would still be alive, so this may be the second bird to make it across the Atlantic. This bird may indeed summer in Brooklyn. It seems late for northward migration back to the maritimes, and early for southward migration. I don't think northward dispersal even comes into play with this bird. It was feeding with a Snowy Egret yesterday, and I wonder if they might be paired. There is some literature alluding to Little Egret and Western Reef Heron being conspecific, and I believe there is a record of Snowy/Little Egret hybrids. Could be interesting if someone is able to prove they are a pair. Cliff Miles Mountain Lakes, NJ clifford.a.miles@usda.gov --Boundary_(ID_CTPGGMorEjHYobFoAjk4pg) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Joan, I think it is quite possible that this is the same bird that summered in NS last year. It doesn't seem possible that the first North American record from Nantucket would still be alive, so this may be the second bird to make it across the Atlantic. This bird may indeed summer in Brooklyn. It seems late for northward migration back to the maritimes, and early for southward migration. I don't think northward dispersal even comes into play with this bird. </font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It was feeding with a Snowy Egret yesterday, and I wonder if they might be paired. There is some literature alluding to Little Egret and Western Reef Heron being conspecific, and I believe there is a record of Snowy/Little Egret hybrids. Could be interesting if someone is able to prove they are a pair.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Cliff Miles</font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Mountain Lakes, NJ</font> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">clifford.a.miles@usda.gov</font> --Boundary_(ID_CTPGGMorEjHYobFoAjk4pg)-- --Boundary_(ID_cA1NT6B6USVsl2M2wdg0eQ) Content-type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Content-description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/893 - Release Date: 7/9/2007 5:22 PM --Boundary_(ID_cA1NT6B6USVsl2M2wdg0eQ)-- --Boundary_(ID_vcVau3fxbH3QSSSPXC7/OA)--
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