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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C86365.BAB9E1D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable After work and about 1 hour ago around 4:30 p.m. I spotted a female = Hooded Merganser at Sullivans Pond. It was the first time I recall = seeing this species there, and for a new visitor this bird was fairly = approachable. It was in amongst the wigeon flock, which included a male = and female Eurasian Wigeon, and likely the male Eurasian / American = hybrid that my sister Rita kept seeing but I hadn't until now. Here is = one of the few photos that turned out because of the dim light just = before a downpour of rain. My flash, which had activated, fortunately = didn't seem to affect the eye as much as usual under similiar = circumstances: http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/10/105953583/Medium Cheers Bernard Burke blburke@ns.sympatico.ca Dartmouth ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C86365.BAB9E1D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3243" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>After work and about 1 hour ago around = 4:30 p.m. I=20 spotted a female Hooded Merganser at Sullivans Pond. It was the first = time I=20 recall seeing this species there, and for a new visitor this bird was = fairly=20 approachable. It was in amongst the wigeon flock, which included a male = and=20 female Eurasian Wigeon, and likely the male Eurasian / American hybrid = that my=20 sister Rita kept seeing but I hadn't until now. Here is one of the = few=20 photos that turned out because of the dim light just before a downpour = of rain.=20 My flash, which had activated, fortunately didn't seem to affect = the eye as=20 much as usual under similiar circumstances:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/10/105953583/Medium">http:/= /www.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/10/105953583/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bernard Burke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:blburke@ns.sympatico.ca">blburke@ns.sympatico.ca</A></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dartmouth</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C86365.BAB9E1D0--
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