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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0162_01C81192.6E807970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wed, 17 Oct 2007=20 This morning in St. Eleanors, PEI some of the birds sighted are a sure = sign that=20 winter is not too far off. The first sign was a lone Common Redpoll = flying=20 south along the shore of Malpeque Bay. I later recorded two other flocks = of=20 redpolls during the morning with 19 in one group and 3 in the last = group. The=20 second sign of winter's fast approach for me were 4 Snow Buntings also = flying=20 along Malpeque Bay. Other open field birds included 4 American Pipit and = 29=20 Horned Lark. On the finch side of things I heard a flock of both = White-winged=20 Crossbill and Pine Siskin as well as the odd Purple Finch. The sighting = of the=20 morning for me were 8 Pine Grosbeak including a bright male that were = feeding=20 on both White Spruce cones and Mountain Ash berries. To top of the = mornings=20 sightings I scanned Malpeque Bay and found a lone Red-necked Grebe = cruising the=20 bay with the Common Eider which numbered ~130 birds and numerous = White-winged=20 and Surf Scoters that were feeding on the fishermen's mussels socks.=20 Dwaine Oakley Stratford, PEI ------=_NextPart_000_0162_01C81192.6E807970 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-smaller><HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1252"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"> Wed, 17 Oct = 2007=20 </FONT><PRE>This morning in St. Eleanors, PEI some of the birds sighted = are a sure sign that=20 winter is not too far off. The first sign was a lone Common Redpoll = flying=20 south along the shore of Malpeque Bay. I later recorded two other flocks = of=20 redpolls during the morning with 19 in one group and 3 in the last = group. The=20 second sign of winter's fast approach for me were 4 Snow Buntings also = flying=20 along Malpeque Bay. Other open field birds included 4 American Pipit and = 29=20 Horned Lark. On the finch side of things I heard a flock of both = White-winged=20 Crossbill and Pine Siskin as well as the odd Purple Finch. The sighting = of the=20 morning for me were 8 Pine Grosbeak including a bright male that were = feeding=20 on both White Spruce cones and Mountain Ash berries. To top of the = mornings=20 sightings I scanned Malpeque Bay and found a lone Red-necked Grebe = cruising the=20 bay with the Common Eider which numbered ~130 birds and numerous = White-winged=20 and Surf Scoters that were feeding on the fishermen's mussels socks.=20 Dwaine Oakley Stratford, PEI</PRE></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0162_01C81192.6E807970--
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