[NatureNS] Great Egret

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From: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 19:05:10 -0300
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Hi Sherman:

I'm going to put a short story about the egret in the BNS newsletter =20
and I was going to include your URL. I hope it will still be there when =20=

the next issue comes out later this month.

Pat


On Mar 9, 2008, at 6:44 PM, Sherman Williams wrote:

>
> Enjoyed your photos, Pat. Thanks.
>
> With=A0John Belbin's=A0=A0permission, I have added photos of the Great =
Egret =20
> he took this morning.
>
> http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/egret080309.html
>
> Sherman
>
> Sherman Williams
> shermw@xcountry.tv
>
>
>
>
> On 9/03/2008, at 4:36 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote:
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>> Hello everyone:
>>
>> I went to see the egret at 3:00 PM. It was back in the brook on the =20=

>> south side of the road. Twice I saw it stab at something and once it =20=

>> did a "swallowing" motion, so it must have gotten something!
>>
>> Here are three pictures, that sort of shows the lay of the land. The =20=

>> first was where the bird was when we first got there. I took a series =
=20
>> of pictures as it looked like it might have continued to the right =20=

>> and gone out of sight behind a small hill.
>>
>> No sooner had put my camera down when in flew back towards the road =20=

>> where I got some more pictures These are=A0 two pictures taken while =
it =20
>> went hunting across a small pond.=A0
>>
>> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/GreatEgret1.jpg
>> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/GreatEgret2.jpg
>> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/GreatEgret3.jpg
>>
>> It is not all that often that I get a new life bird so close to home!
>>
>> Pat
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 9, 2008, at 12:06 PM, john belbin wrote:
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>>> I rushed out as soon as I saw Sherman's email this morning. The =20
>>> Great Egret
>>> has now moved and is feeding on the north side of the road. It stays =
=20
>>> close
>>> to the edges of the area bordering the stream but appears to be =20
>>> feeding
>>> reasonably well.=A0 It goes to hide as soon as you take an obvious =20=

>>> interest in
>>> it and with patchy snow it is surprising hard to find through a =20
>>> camera
>>> viewfinder. You can park in the area next to the sewer pumping =20
>>> station. I
>>> walked a short distance onto the edge of the Haliburton orchards and =
=20
>>> managed
>>> to get several photos, However, they won't be wonderful because of =20=

>>> the rain,
>>> wind and generally poor lighting this morning. The farmer came to =20=

>>> talk to me
>>> and told me that the bird had been feeding for some time in the =20
>>> south area
>>> but had just moved across the road. He said that he sees them there
>>> occasionally but never at this time of year. They usually show up =20=

>>> after a
>>> hurricane or very major storm - maybe this one qualifies as a big =20=

>>> storm. If
>>> so, keep your eyes open.
>>>
>>> John Belbin -
>>> Hantsport
>>>
>>>
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Hi Sherman:


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