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Index of Subjects There's a great horned owl nailed up in the dairy barn at Noggin's Corner Farm in Greenwich that has been pretty reliable for years now!!! On 24, Jan 2008, at 06:25 PM, Don MacNeill wrote: > In my early days of birdwatching, I enlisted the assistance of Fulton > Lavender and it was not uncommon to get 10 lifers in one day. In later > years, Fulton was not able to keep up with this level so I had to let > him > go. > > I then began to bird alone. Surely I could do just as well on my own. > Now, > not only do I not get many lifers, but I can't even find birds > reported by > others that should be relatively easy. Take today for example. I > checked > out all of the open water in Oakland but didn't find James' Belted > Kingfisher. The one reported in Port Clyde did not make an appearance > either. > > You would think that finding Brant on CSI would be an easy thing...not! > Lots of Canada Geese but no Brant. Murray's Dovekie at Daniel's Head > had > flown the coop. After 600 km of driving I had nothing to show for it > > In recent days I have stood for hours at Jean Hartley's feeders without > seeing a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. I have visited Marion Fulton's house in > Hantsport twice and no Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. I have checked out > Martinique Beach and Rainbow Haven for Yellow-rumped Warblers with no > luck. > I have stared at the top of apartment buildings near Sullivan's Pond > and no > Peregrine. And all of the Golden-crowned Kinglets must have died. > > I guess the only solution is to swallow my pride, get down on bended > knee, > and ask Fulton to help me again. I'd even make him cheese whiz and > olive > sandwiches. > > Don > > Don MacNeill > donmacneill@eastlink.ca > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George E. Forsyth ph. 902 681 4910 c/o Evangeline Middle School fax. 902 681 4909 9387 Commercial St. New Minas, N.S. B4N 3G3
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