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--_ebc631b7-5b53-4240-b0b9-2ba36f16cdc3_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Pat Gladman and I did our beaches today for the Maritime Beached Bird surve= ys. Of note at Princes's Inlet Drive were three red-throated loons and an = additional two off of Westhaver Beach. =20 Other birds of note: =20 =20 Long-tailed Duck 3 off of Mader's Cove. I think this is a little early for= this species. The experts can correct me if I'm wrong. =20 Shellfish notation: I found a scallop=2C a full one with the mussel intact= on Westhaver Beach. I suspect that it was swept in with the last storm an= d therefore there must be a scallop bed somewhere out off of the beach at t= he mouth to Mahone Bay. =20 Razor Clam shells off of Westhaver Beach and also off of Bachman's Beach=2C= therefore there must be goodly numbers of that species there. =20 Codium in good numbers off of Bachman's Beach. This is the invasive seawee= d. =20 Back to the birds=2C 39 hooded mergansers off Second Peninsula. Eleven red= -breasted mergansers. They must be starting to return as I've not found an= y other than one or two for a long time. =20 A Great Blue Heron off Second Peninsula. Notable as there are few around t= his area now and this was a juvenile bird. It still had the fuzzy juvenile= plumage along the bottomside and noticeable also in the head area. =20 James R. Hirtle East LaHave _________________________________________________________________ --_ebc631b7-5b53-4240-b0b9-2ba36f16cdc3_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> Pat Gladman and I did our beaches today for the Maritime Beached Bird surve= ys. =3B Of note at Princes's Inlet Drive were three red-throated loons = and an additional two off of Westhaver Beach.<BR>  =3B<BR> Other birds of note: =3B <BR>  =3B<BR> Long-tailed Duck 3 off of Mader's Cove. =3B I think this is a little ea= rly for this species. =3B The experts can correct me if I'm wrong.<BR>  =3B<BR> Shellfish notation: =3B I found a scallop=2C a full one with the mussel= intact on Westhaver Beach. =3B I suspect that it was swept in with the= last storm and therefore there must be a scallop bed somewhere out off of = the beach at the mouth to Mahone Bay.<BR>  =3B<BR> Razor Clam shells off of Westhaver Beach and also off of Bachman's Beach=2C= therefore there must be goodly numbers of that species there.<BR>  =3B<BR> Codium in good numbers off of Bachman's Beach. =3B This is the invasive= seaweed.<BR>  =3B<BR> Back to the birds=2C 39 hooded mergansers off Second Peninsula. =3B Ele= ven red-breasted mergansers. =3B They must be starting to return as I'v= e not found any other than one or two for a long time.<BR>  =3B<BR> A Great Blue Heron off Second Peninsula. =3B Notable as there are few a= round this area now and this was a juvenile bird. =3B It still had the = fuzzy juvenile plumage =3Balong the bottomside and noticeable also in t= he head area.<BR>  =3B<BR> James R. Hirtle<BR> East LaHave<RTE_TEXT></RTE_TEXT><BR><br /><hr />Turn email contacts into bu= ddies=2C and you could win. <a href=3D'http://www.messengerbuddies.ca/?ocid= =3DBUDDYOMATICENCA22' target=3D'_new'>Enter today.</a></body> </html>= --_ebc631b7-5b53-4240-b0b9-2ba36f16cdc3_--
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