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I snuck away for the weekend for the Acadian Festival at Belliveau. I was made to promise that this would be a none birding weekend. On the way I was given permission to make a quick stop at Cape Sable Island to try again for the black-crowned night herons and the oystercatchers. Of interest was almost being hit by a flying turkey as it flew down the middle of the street in Barrington. A first for me. I have no idea where this bird came from. When in Belliveau, I spoke to a gentleman who specified that he knew of at least three people who were releasing turkeys into the wild regardless of what DNR says, so maybe the bird came from one of those individuals. There was pea soup fog at Cape Sable Island, so I was unsuccessful in my quest, but Patricia and I were able to see many of the shorebirds present, including one whimbrel and a black-headed gull, which was at Daniel's Head. A monarch was as the Hawk. The Acadian Festival was great. I had another opportunity to bird off of the beach where the French memorial is at Major Point. There I saw a ruddy turnstone fly by and watched diving gannets and common terns. Today the lumberjack competition was very late starting and we were somewhat bored, so Pat said why not go birding somewheres. I said, well I promised that this would not be a bird watching weekend and she said it's okey. So we decided to drive up into Concessions. It could have been a bad choice as there we had our second close encounter. We decided to walk the rail trail there. We parked and walked to the right hand side. We were a short ways in when Pat said something that I can't put on here and she jumped behind me. From a house off to the side of the trail came a pit bull with teeth barred and growling loudly. We did not move. The lady who owned the dog called it, without the beast budging. I yelled for her to come and get her dog. The woman did not come, and started walking back to her house. I yelled loudly for her to please come and get her dog. At that she said he is scared of people. Could have fooled me and I do not trust pit bulls regardless. Anyhow, luckily at that point the dog went the other way and went to the woman who took it in. We both breathed sighs of relief. So beware if you are walking the tracks just before the Concessions sign of this dog being there. There was a plus side to the walk in that we went the other side of the road and walked in a ways and found a multitude of species. Whoever is looking after that square please let me know the square number and I will check the status of Magnolia Warbler. I can put a casual entry through if you like if this species has not already been confirmed within the square. On the way back home just before turning into Yarmouth, there was a northern harrier. Just after leaving Yarmouth and turning on to the 101, there was a turkey vulture. James R. Hirtle Dublin Shore _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail is the next generation of MSN Hotmail. It’s fast, simple, and safer than ever and best of all – it’s still free. Try it today! www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA146
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