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The bird I saw on August 21 at Conrad's Beach matched Suzanne's description (not that it looked like Suzanne). I had noted it as a first winter bird as in Sibley's. I assumed this was what everyone was seeing.
When it flew I attempted to see if it had the strong M markings on its back but it flew into the sun and the light glancing off its back made it difficult to see details.
Don
Don MacNeill
donmacneill@eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: Suzanne Borkowski
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Cc: Rare Bird Sightings NS-RBA
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:37 PM
Subject: [NS-RBA] Re: Possible 2nd Little Gull??
Hi Everyone;
I got great looks at the Little Gull today (Tues.
Aug.28th) at Conrad's - to the left of the road before
you get to the parking lot, around 7:00 p.m.
Problem is - the bird I saw was a juvenile Little
Gull.
It was very dark, with a mottled back, a black smudge
behind the eye, another black smudge on top of its
head. It was bathing, so I got to see different parts
of its body: the underwing was white with a distinct
black edge along the primaries and a trace of black
along the edge of the secondaries. The tail had a
distinct black band at the tip.
A Black-headed Gull swam up to it - and the Little
Gull was about 3/4 of its size. It was so small, at
first I didn't think it was a Gull. When I got my
binocs on it, however, it was not only a Gull, it was,
unmistakeably, a Little Gull still in juvenile
plumage.
When I compare it to the photos taken by Bernard
Burke, I'm convinced it was a different bird!
Cheers;
Suzanne
--- Bernard Burke <blburke@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> The Little Gull this morning around 9:00 a.m. was in
> the vicinity of the recently replaced bridge marked
> as Lawrencetown River along the #207 highway, on the
> left if heading towards Lawrencetown Beach. Highway
> crews are still in the vicinity, but I was told by
> an employee this was the last day, so perhaps with
> any luck the gull will be closer to view in this
> area if it sticks around.
>
> Here are two distant pics:
>
>
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/43464756/Medium
> #34
>
>
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/43464757/Medium
> #35
>
> Bernard Burke
> blburke@ns.sympatico.ca
> Dartmouth
>
>
.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The bird I saw on August 21 at Conrad's Beach
matched Suzanne's description (not that it looked like Suzanne). I had
noted it as a first winter bird as in Sibley's. I assumed this was what
everyone was seeing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When it flew I attempted to see if it had the
strong M markings on its back but it flew into the sun and the light glancing
off its back made it difficult to see details.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don MacNeill<BR><A
href="mailto:donmacneill@eastlink.ca">donmacneill@eastlink.ca</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca href="mailto:suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca">Suzanne
Borkowski</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=ns-rba@yahoogroups.com
href="mailto:ns-rba@yahoogroups.com">Rare Bird Sightings NS-RBA</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:37 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NS-RBA] Re: Possible 2nd Little Gull??</DIV></DIV>
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<P>Hi Everyone;<BR><BR>I got great looks at the Little Gull today
(Tues.<BR>Aug.28th) at Conrad's - to the left of the road before<BR>you get to
the parking lot, around 7:00 p.m.<BR><BR>Problem is - the bird I saw was a
juvenile Little<BR>Gull.<BR><BR>It was very dark, with a mottled back, a black
smudge<BR>behind the eye, another black smudge on top of its<BR>head. It was
bathing, so I got to see different parts<BR>of its body: the underwing was white
with a distinct<BR>black edge along the primaries and a trace of black<BR>along
the edge of the secondaries. The tail had a<BR>distinct black band at the
tip.<BR><BR>A Black-headed Gull swam up to it - and the Little<BR>Gull was about
3/4 of its size. It was so small, at<BR>first I didn't think it was a Gull. When
I got my<BR>binocs on it, however, it was not only a Gull, it
was,<BR>unmistakeably, a Little Gull still in juvenile<BR>plumage.<BR><BR>When I
compare it to the photos taken by Bernard<BR>Burke, I'm convinced it was a
different bird!<BR><BR>Cheers;<BR>Suzanne<BR><BR>--- Bernard Burke <<A
href="mailto:blburke%40ns.sympatico.ca">blburke@ns.sympatic<WBR>o.ca</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR>> The Little Gull this morning around 9:00 a.m. was in<BR>>
the vicinity of the recently replaced bridge marked<BR>> as Lawrencetown
River along the #207 highway, on the<BR>> left if heading towards
Lawrencetown Beach. Highway<BR>> crews are still in the vicinity, but I was
told by<BR>> an employee this was the last day, so perhaps with<BR>> any
luck the gull will be closer to view in this<BR>> area if it sticks
around.<BR>> <BR>> Here are two distant pics:<BR>> <BR>><BR><A
href="http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/43464756/Medium">http://bernieb.<WBR>smugmug.com/<WBR>gallery/916397/<WBR>3/43464756/<WBR>Medium</A><BR>>
#34<BR>> <BR>><BR><A
href="http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/43464757/Medium">http://bernieb.<WBR>smugmug.com/<WBR>gallery/916397/<WBR>3/43464757/<WBR>Medium</A><BR>>
#35<BR>> <BR>> Bernard Burke<BR>> <A
href="mailto:blburke%40ns.sympatico.ca">blburke@ns.sympatic<WBR>o.ca</A><BR>>
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