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Index of Subjects Hi Carl, Many thanks for all the info. Even if you are fishing and can come back in and say "I saw so many x and so many y", that's information we will get nowhere else. And of course if it turns out to be too stormy for fishing (sounds like rain now. Ugh!) I'll be pleased to have your help in any way that suits you. That Shoveller is interesting - assuming it is the same one throughout. I'll have to check my records, but there has been one there with the Blacks off and on for more than a year. Too bad it is just outside the count circle. We are planning on coming to Brier Island on Sunday, to have Monday for some scouting. All the best, Eric On 10 Dec 2008 at 12:50, Carl Haycock wrote: > Hi Eric, > > If I am not fishing I will help with the xmas bird count. Either on land or > sea. > > I have been busy fishing but try to take note of what I see. There is still > a Blue Heron here in the harbour. 2 pairs of Buffleheads. Long tailed ducks > are common now. Scoters,guillemots, Eiders, etc. There are still hundreds > and hundreds of gannets in and offshore.(Also lots of Murres, Puffins, > Razorbills, Kittiwakes, and a few Iceland and Glaucous gulls.) I have a > picture of gannets(one of many) that Jeanette Denton took with her camera. I > will scan and send to you. It was taken off southern point with Peters > Island in the background. Flocks of WW crossbills abound. Juncos. Etc. There > are still a few raptors around. > > I was in Freeport today in this gale but had time to check out the Cove. > There are at least 20 bufflehead and I saw my first Northern Shoveler for > the area. I watched it for 20 minutes and stopped back on my way home and it > was still there. On school street near the picnic table there is a pull off, > an excellent place to view the birds in the Cove. > > I'll try and keep in touch. > > Carl > > >
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