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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C8E594.B0D8F574 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jonathan: The common large bird that dives like that is the Northern Gannet. The = nearest colony is on the Magdalen Islands (visible from Pollets Cove) = and there are large nesting colonies on Bonaventure Island off the Gaspe = Peninsula in Quebec and Cape St Marys in southeastern Newfoundland. =20 Throughout the summer dozens to hundreds fish off Cape Breton. Wherever = there is a large fish run, gannets congregate. One of the bird spectacles of the year in Cape Breton is the = concentration of gannets fishing for skipjack (aka bill fish or needle = fish) at the Canso Causeway in very late October and early November. DBMcC DB McCorquodale Department of Biology, Cape Breton University 1250 Grand Lake Rd., Sydney, NS B1P 6L2 902-563-1260 david_mccorquodale@cbu.ca -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca on behalf of Jonathan Riley Sent: Mon 7/14/2008 5:00 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] high diving bird id =20 looking for help identifying birds we observed in cape breton last week on a hike to pollets cove we sat for more than half an hour and watched = the birds dive over and over they were half a kilometer out to sea, and were diving each time for a = good second and a half, hitting the water with a big splash, then sitting on the wajter just curious what we were looking at - any help greatly appreciated thanks jonathan riley (now 4500 km away in germany) ------_=_NextPart_001_01C8E594.B0D8F574 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 eJ8+IiUJAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNy 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