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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00C9_01C7EB1E.DA5F8DB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There has been a spate of rarities in the village of Prospect, HRM, in = recent days. =20 An immature Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was present Aug. 20-21, and = photographed and videotaped (sighting by Sue Browne and Peter Browne, = video and photos by Mark Coolen). =20 A Purple Martin was seen alongisde a lone Barn Swallow on Aug. 25, the = day following a heavy rain. Thick fog brought them low over the = village. The observer was Peter Browne. A Lark Sparrow has been present Aug. 29-30 near the junction with Indian = Point Road. =20 30 August 2007 - Today, between 12:05 and 12:10, Peter Browne and I = observed an adult Violet-green Swallow coursing low back and forth over = Wagner's Beach on the Prospect Peninsula. (For a map go to: = http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS/Change/HRM-C.htm#update ) It was foggy at the time, which kept the swallow quite low, often just = above eye-level. It called on several occasions as well. It was last = seen flying south along the eastern shore of the peninsula, in the = direction of Indian Point. As the fog cleared I looked a bit around = Prospect Village, but no swallows were in evidence (all the locally = breeding swallows have departed). =20 I doubt that the bird will linger in the area, but Peter will keep an = eye peeled. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Blake Maybank=20 White's Lake, Nova Scotia maybank@ns.sympatico.ca ------=_NextPart_000_00C9_01C7EB1E.DA5F8DB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" = "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> <P>There has been a spate of rarities in the village of Prospect, HRM, = in recent=20 days. </P> <P>An immature <STRONG>Yellow-crowned Night-Heron</STRONG> was present = Aug.=20 20-21, and photographed and videotaped (sighting by Sue Browne and Peter = Browne,=20 video and photos by Mark Coolen). </P> <P>A <STRONG>Purple Martin</STRONG> was seen alongisde a lone Barn = Swallow on=20 Aug. 25, the day following a heavy rain. Thick fog brought them = low over=20 the village. The observer was Peter Browne.</P> <P>A <STRONG>Lark Sparrow</STRONG> has been present Aug. 29-30 near the = junction=20 with Indian Point Road. </P> <P>30 August 2007 - Today, between 12:05 and 12:10, Peter = Browne and=20 I observed an adult <STRONG>Violet-green Swallow</STRONG> coursing low = back and=20 forth over Wagner's Beach on the Prospect Peninsula. (For a map go = to: <A=20 href=3D"http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS/Change/HRM-C.htm#update">http://ma= ybank.<WBR>tripod.com/<WBR>BSNS/Change/<WBR>HRM-C.htm#<WBR>update</A>&nbs= p;)</P> <P>It was foggy at the time, which kept the swallow quite low, often = just above=20 eye-level. It called on several occasions as well. It was = last seen=20 flying south along the eastern shore of the peninsula, in the direction = of=20 Indian Point. As the fog cleared I looked a bit around = Prospect=20 Village, but no swallows were in evidence (all the locally breeding = swallows=20 have departed). </P> <P>I doubt that the bird will linger in the area, but Peter will keep an = eye=20 peeled.</P> <P> <HR> <P>Blake Maybank </P> <P></P> <P>White's Lake, Nova Scotia</P> <P>maybank@ns.sympatic<WBR>o.ca</P> <P> </P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00C9_01C7EB1E.DA5F8DB0--
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