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Index of Subjects Inspired by Berice Moores, I took a swing around PP Park this aft. No longspur found, but there were eight Pine Grosbeaks feeding on the exposed foreshore. I've seen more of these foraging for seeds of late - no berries left after the Bohemian hordes? There were also about 45 Iceland ("Kumlien's") Gulls at the NW Arm sewaer outflow, along with 20-odd Herring Gulls and 120(!) Am. Black Ducks, plus the usual nearby flock of scaup, about 70, just a few Lessers as far as I could make out. The "Kumlien's" were a nice study, with some appraching Thayer's in wingtip pattern. Nearer the Bonaventure Memorial there was a single Purple Sandpiper on an exposed rock. A couple of the young male Com. Eiders feeding there close inshore had pretty thin frontal lobes, like the northern subsp. _borealis_. Cheers, Ian McLaren Quoting Bernice Moores > > Just before 11:30 this morning Ruth Miller and I observed a Lapland > Longspur feeding on the exposed grassy areas on both sides of the > road between Black Rock Beach and the Bonaventure Memorial. The bird > matches the 1st winter female on page 505 in Sibley. >
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