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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_30758_15791877.1204718916893 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Maybe these are the first (only?) arrivals to the hither-to-unknown population of NS breeding Sandhills? Ok, so sue me...haven't had my morning perk-me-up yet. :) Randy On 04/03/2008, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I had a note from a regular reportee and someone who knows his birds. > This particular gentleman has participated as a feeder watcher for quite > some time now during the Christmas Bird Counts and has had other good birds > around his house off and on that he lets me know about. His description is > as follows: > > While on my morning walk along Mader's Cove Rd. last Friday I spotted > three large birds in *close* formation flying from NE to SW at 200' - > 300'. Unfortunately I had my small 8 x 35 binoculars and they were probably > 1/4 mile away before I got them in focus. Larger than a Blue Heron or Eagle > whose profiles and flight patterns I can recognize, Sandhill Cranes came to > mind. > > They were coming from the Oakland shore flying over Westhaver's beach > enroute to Riverport, Rosebay > > He asks if sandhill cranes would be possible. So keep your eyes open, as > there might be some in the area. > > Sincerely, > > James R. Hirtle > Dublin Shore > > ------------------------------ > _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_30758_15791877.1204718916893 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Maybe these are the first (only?) arrivals to the hither-to-unknown population of NS breeding Sandhills?</div> <div> </div> <div>Ok, so sue me...haven't had my morning perk-me-up yet. :)</div> <div> </div> <div>Randy<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 04/03/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">James Hirtle</b> <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div>I had a note from a regular reportee and someone who knows his birds. This particular gentleman has participated as a feeder watcher for quite some time now during the Christmas Bird Counts and has had other good birds around his house off and on that he lets me know about. His description is as follows:<br> <br> <div><font size="2">While on my morning walk along Mader's Cove Rd. last Friday I spotted three large birds in <u>close</u> formation flying from NE to SW at 200' - 300'. Unfortunately I had my small 8 x 35 binoculars and they were probably 1/4 mile away before I got them in focus. Larger than a Blue Heron or Eagle whose profiles and flight patterns I can recognize, Sandhill Cranes came to mind. </font></div> <div><font size="2"></font> </div> <div><font size="2">They were coming from the Oakland shore flying over Westhaver's beach enroute to Riverport, Rosebay</font></div> <div> </div> <div>He asks if sandhill cranes would be possible. So keep your eyes open, as there might be some in the area.</div> <div> </div> <div>Sincerely,</div> <div> </div> <div>James R. Hirtle</div> <div>Dublin Shore</div><br> <hr> <a></a></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all">_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_30758_15791877.1204718916893--
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