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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C8B082.29CF2EE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable May 7, 2008 Discovered a pair of American Bitterns on the marsh side at Lawrencetown = beach, across from the changing rooms. The male was displaying his = white "ruff" and chasing the female. =20 Also noted about 15 Willets in the area marshes. Two males, in the pond = on the right side of the road just before you get to the main beach, = were chasing each other very violently while a female (I assume) stood = by.. They were so violent that one bird would grab the other by the = neck and drive him under water! It was quite a fight that went back and = forth for about 10 minutes until they all flew off when a passing car = spooked them. One male Piping Plover was evident where I expected him to be at = Martinique (from observation 2 weeks ago). I only observed for a few = minutes and I did not see any others. He was in good condition and = escorted me out of his territory when I left the beach. It was early = afternoon and I did not expect to see much activity from the PP's at = that time of day anyway. Yesterday, the 6th, there were two very tired Willets on the shore = beside the Bailey bridge at the gun club at rainbow Haven. They were so = tired they could be easliy approached to within 5 meters and they did = not flinch, just continued sleeping. Paul Murray Dartmouth ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C8B082.29CF2EE0 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 6.00.6001.18023" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>May 7, 2008</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Discovered a pair of <STRONG>American = Bitterns</STRONG> on the=20 marsh side at Lawrencetown beach, across from the changing rooms. = The male=20 was displaying his white "ruff" and chasing the female. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Also noted about 15 <STRONG>Willets</STRONG> in the = area=20 marshes. Two males, in the pond on the right side of the road just = before=20 you get to the main beach, were chasing each other very = violently while=20 a female (I assume) stood by.. They were so violent that one = bird=20 would grab the other by the neck and drive him under water! It was = quite a=20 fight that went back and forth for about 10 minutes until they all flew = off when=20 a passing car spooked them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>One male <STRONG>Piping Plover</STRONG> was evident where I = expected him to=20 be at Martinique (from observation 2 weeks ago). I = only observed for=20 a few minutes and I did not see any others. He was in good = condition and=20 escorted me out of his territory when I left the beach. It was = early=20 afternoon and I did not expect to see much activity from the PP's at = that=20 time of day anyway.</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Yesterday, the 6th, there were two very tired = <STRONG>Willets</STRONG> on=20 the shore beside the Bailey bridge at the gun club at rainbow = Haven. They=20 were so tired they could be easliy approached to within 5 meters = and they=20 did not flinch, just continued sleeping.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Paul Murray</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dartmouth</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C8B082.29CF2EE0--
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