[NatureNS] A great birding experience today.

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Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:56:52 -0300
From: Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com>
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Hi,

I just got back from a wonderful hour or so's birding. I went to Wellington
Dyke, near Canning, where there were about 1000 Canada Geese - on the
ground, in the air, flying in formation and making a great cackle. There
were also constant streams of Black Ducks and Mallards going overhead. Then
I noticed near a hummock but close to the road a Red-tailed Hawk was tearing
away at the remains of a dead Mallard on the ground. Suddenly a Peregrine
came zooming in from the side, whacked the Red-tail on the back, and
repeated this several times till the Red-tail gave up and lumbered off. Then
the Peregrine took over and tore away at the dead duck - ignoring me and
allowing to get within just a few metres, to take all kinds of photos, and
video footage with my point and shoot.

I left and went home, but went straight back there with Liz, and we watched
an almost repeat, with the Peregrine again attacking the Red-tail
repeatedly, but this time it gave up and flew off, right in front of us,
again allowing for some nice flight shots. At the point where we left, the
Red-tail was still eating the duck, and the sky was now full of geese and
ducks (live ones), including at least 8 N.Pintail, and some Ring-billed
Gulls (not common in King's Co. in late winter).

I will post photos and videos in due course.

A great experience!

Richard

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Richard Stern,
317 Middle Dyke Rd.
Port Williams, NS, Canada
B0P 1T0

sternrichard@gmail.com
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Hi,<br><br>I just got back from a wonderful hour or so&#39;s birding. I wen=
t to Wellington Dyke, near Canning, where there were about 1000 Canada Gees=
e - on the ground, in the air, flying in formation and making a great cackl=
e. There were also constant streams of Black Ducks and Mallards going overh=
ead. Then I noticed near a hummock but close to the road a Red-tailed Hawk =
was tearing away at the remains of a dead Mallard on the ground. Suddenly a=
 Peregrine came zooming in from the side, whacked the Red-tail on the back,=
 and repeated this several times till the Red-tail gave up and lumbered off=
. Then the Peregrine took over and tore away at the dead duck - ignoring me=
 and allowing to get within just a few metres, to take all kinds of photos,=
 and video footage with my point and shoot.<br>
<br>I left and went home, but went straight back there with Liz, and we wat=
ched an almost repeat, with the Peregrine again attacking the Red-tail repe=
atedly, but this time it gave up and flew off, right in front of us, again =
allowing for some nice flight shots. At the point where we left, the Red-ta=
il was still eating the duck, and the sky was now full of geese and ducks (=
live ones), including at least 8 N.Pintail, and some Ring-billed Gulls (not=
 common in King&#39;s Co. in late winter).<br>
<br>I will post photos and videos in due course.<br><br>A great experience!=
<br><br>Richard<br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Richard St=
ern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br><br=
>
sternrichard@gmail.com<br>###=
################<br>

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