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<DIV> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C9533B.6DCBF9F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A big thanks again Tom to Terri and your hospitality for a great noon = time meal, enjoyed by all. Bob Blake Second North River NB E4J 3B8 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Terri Crane=20 To: NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com ; naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 10:19 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Canso Area Nov 29th NSBS Walk 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_0019_01C9533B.6DCBF9F0 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 6.00.2900.3354" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A big thanks again Tom to Terri = and your=20 hospitality for a great noon time meal, enjoyed by = all.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bob Blake<BR>Second North River<BR>NB E4J 3B8</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dterri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:terri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca">Terri Crane</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3DNS-RBA@yahoogroups.com=20 href=3D"mailto:NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com">NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com</A> ; <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 30, 2008 = 10:19=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Canso Area = Nov 29th=20 NSBS Walk</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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=20 the 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=20 day we were delighted to have found 76 species for the day that was up = 3=20 species from the day before and 14 species detected on Friday were = missed OR=20 we just ran 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=20 a 8-10 min. view in the wide open in a fire pit, the second one on the = water=20 tower hill behaved more as expe