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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C8FA63.8F5BE610 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable August 9, 2008 I took several photos of one of the Piping Plovers at Conrad beach this = evening (thanks for the heads up Elizabeth) and I noted that the bird = has some sort of growth on its bill and also on both legs. Over the = years I have taken a few hundred pictures of Piping Plovers and I have = never observed this feature before. Maybe someone in the audience has = seen this. I am very interested in knowing what it is and if it is a = "normal" occurrence. It appears to me to be some sort of fungus or = similar. It completely covers the bill and legs and there is thus no = evidence of the normal orange/yellow colured legs or black and orange in = the bill. A picture (40D-5602) of this piping plover is available in my online = gallery at the following link. http://scranlocker.smugmug.com/gallery/5532263_vDMmi I also noted several hundred Semi-palmated Plovers and 20 - 30 = Sanderlings on the west end of the beachl. When I left at 19:30 all = were settling in for the night amongst the kelp and seaweed on the = shore. Paul Murray Dartmouth ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C8FA63.8F5BE610 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" 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=3Dwindows-1252"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6001.18063" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>August 9, 2008</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I took several photos of one of the Piping Plovers = at Conrad=20 beach this evening (thanks for the heads up Elizabeth) and I noted that = the bird=20 has some sort of growth on its bill and also on both = legs. Over=20 the years I have taken a few hundred pictures of Piping Plovers and I = have never=20 observed this feature before. Maybe someone in the audience has = seen=20 this. I am very interested in knowing what it is and if it is = a=20 "normal" occurrence. It appears to me to be some sort of fungus or = similar. It completely covers the bill and legs and there is thus = no=20 evidence of the normal orange/yellow colured legs or black and = orange in=20 the bill.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>A picture (40D-5602) of this piping plover is = available in my=20 online gallery at the following link.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><A=20 href=3D"http://scranlocker.smugmug.com/gallery/5532263_vDMmi">http://scra= nlocker.smugmug.com/gallery/5532263_vDMmi</A></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I also noted several hundred Semi-palmated Plovers = and 20 - 30=20 Sanderlings on the west end of the beachl. When I left at = 19:30 all=20 were settling in for the night amongst the kelp and seaweed on the=20 shore.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Paul Murray</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dartmouth</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C8FA63.8F5BE610--
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