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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_05D9_01C95339.C1F4D8A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Everyone Despite the forecast our walk was well attended with 19-20 birders. Some = of whom travelled from New Brunswick and others from the merto area and = other parts of the province. Early morning to mid morning weather wasn't great at the best of times = BUT by late morning when the wind finally got around to the west it = cleared up quite quickly. When we compiled our lists and memories for the day we were delighted to = have found 76 species for the day that was up 3 species from the day = before and 14 species detected on Friday were missed OR we just ran out = of light. Some Highlights were! W. Kingbird (very well studied and photographer at 60-70' along the = "Glasgow Head Road") Green Heron (very shy but seen by all as it flew)=20 2 Grasshopper Sparrows (1 in the Marina provided a 8-10 min. view in the = wide open in a fire pit, the second one on the water tower hill behaved = more as expected for this species and gave only a couple fleeting = glimpses.) Sora (well seen by most and photographed by some)=20 N. Goshawk (flying along Dover Harbour) RB Woodpecker (at my feeders) 4-5 Dickcissels (an easy study at my feeders) Rusty BB (seen breifly at my feeders) 5 OC Warblers (dispersed) Pine Warbler (traveling with a flock of chickadees near Flaherty Street) 2 Indigo Bunting (at the sports complex) Piebilled Greeb (Chapel Gully) RT loon (near the Marina)=20 A Bittern (not that common in our area seen in the dam) SS Hawk, N Harrier, Merlin, Kestrel, and B. Eagle rounded out the birds = of prey Some of the above listed birds were lifers for some in the group and a = few lucky birders picked up 2-4 lifers for the day. A real bonus for = them and helps create a feeling of worth for the trip.=20 With the very large crop of "winter berries" (M. Ash, & Hollyberry) the = ever building flocks of robins should be well fed for a while. We = probably have a couple thousand A. Robins in the area now. I saw one = flock of 8-900 circling over the town last week. Our trip came to a conclusion in Little Dover. Alexander (my son) drew = our attention to the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter for which we = enjoyed stellar views of the planets and 3 of Jupiters moons through a = scope. Our attention was drawn to the stunning view of the high pass of = the ISS. As the space station faded from view so to ended our wonderful = day in the feild taking in all natures beauty in the accompaniment of = old and new freinds! Thanks to all who took part in making this walk a success. Tom K. CANSO ------=_NextPart_000_05D9_01C95339.C1F4D8A0 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 6.00.2800.1561" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Everyone</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Despite the forecast our walk was well = attended=20 with 19-20 birders. Some of whom travelled from New Brunswick and others = from=20 the merto area and other parts of the province.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Early morning to mid morning weather = wasn't great=20 at the best of times BUT by late morning when the wind finally got = around to the=20 west it cleared up quite quickly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When we compiled our lists and memories = for the day=20 we were delighted to have found 76 species for the day that was up 3 = species=20 from the day before and 14 species detected on Friday were missed OR we = just ran=20 out of light.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Some Highlights were!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>W. Kingbird (very well studied and=20 photographer at 60-70' along the "Glasgow Head Road")</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Green Heron (very shy but seen by = all as it=20 flew) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2 Grasshopper Sparrows (1 in the Marina = provided a=20 8-10 min. view in the wide open in a fire pit, the second one on the = water tower=20 hill behaved more as expected for this species and gave only a couple = fleeting=20 glimpses.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sora (well seen by most and = photographed by some)=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>N. Goshawk (flying along Dover=20 Harbour)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>RB Woodpecker (at my = feeders)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4-5 Dickcissels (an easy study at my=20 feeders)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rusty BB (seen breifly at my=20 feeders)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>5 OC Warblers (dispersed)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pine Warbler (traveling with a flock of = chickadees=20 near Flaherty Street)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2 Indigo Bunting (at the sports=20 complex)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Piebilled Greeb (Chapel = Gully)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>RT loon (near the Marina) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A Bittern (not that common in our area = seen in the=20 dam)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>SS Hawk, N Harrier, Merlin, Kestrel, = and B. Eagle=20 rounded out the birds of prey</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Some of the above listed birds were = lifers for some=20 in the group and a few lucky birders picked up 2-4 lifers for the day. A = real=20 bonus for them and helps create a feeling of worth for the=20 trip. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>