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Wolf This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_009E_01C8C24C.1AB483C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have been interested in the recent posts about the scarlet tanager, = that seem to suggest that they are a new visiter to the province, not = seen before recent times. I have only ever seen two, but the first was = in the Hubley pasture in Bear River about 1943. We used to set rabbit = snares there in those days - this was before I was allowed to carry a 22 = rifle, which I began to carry in 1945, so the date of 1943 must be = nearly correct. This land is now owned by the Pecks, you go up past the = old ice pond, turn left and there is a place there where there was once = an old house, and the bird was in the clearing among the tall trees - an = unforgettable experience. The second tanager I saw was years after that in New Brunswick - = at Woodstock. I used to go for a walk each day it was fine, and saw a = variety of birds not common here in Shelburne County. Among them was a = beautiful bright tanager with a nest in a tall tree on the steep = side-hill.. I would guess that was about 1998. Roland. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_009E_01C8C24C.1AB483C0 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 6.00.6000.16640" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have been interested in the recent = posts about=20 the scarlet tanager, that seem to suggest that they are a new visiter to = the=20 province, not seen before recent times. I have only ever seen two, but = the first=20 was in the Hubley pasture in Bear River about 1943. We used = to set=20 rabbit snares there in those days - this was before I was allowed to = carry a 22=20 rifle, which I began to carry in 1945, so the date of 1943 must be = nearly=20 correct. This land is now owned by the Pecks, you go up past the old ice = pond,=20 turn left and there is a place there where there was once an old house, = and the=20 bird was in the clearing among the tall trees - an unforgettable=20 experience.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> = The second=20 tanager I saw was years after that in New Brunswick - at Woodstock. I = used to go=20 for a walk each day it was fine, and saw a variety of birds not common = here in=20 Shelburne County. Among them was a beautiful bright tanager with a = nest in=20 a tall tree on the steep side-hill.. I would guess that was about=20 1998.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Roland. </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_009E_01C8C24C.1AB483C0--
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