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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_kXPrFhixl2zGpWNsjwm/1Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I took advantage of this fresh spring morning for my first walk on Martinique Beach this year. At the kelp heaps at the north end of the beach was my an Ipswich Sparrow, a very pale variant, most likely a migrant and not an over-wintering bird. It didn't linger and kept returning to the grasses beyond the beach ridge probably due to the coolness of the kelp, which was keeping the insects hunkered. A steamy midday sun should change all that. On Sunday Laura and I spotted male and female Harlequin Ducks mixed in with a clutter of Common Eiders just south of Duncan Reef. On Saturday I saw a single female Harlequin Duck at Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park. Also on Saturday at Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park were three brightly singing Fox Sparrows, plus another five more at our place in Portuguese Cove, also singing. The American Tree Sparrows are singing at our place too. Hans _________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada Website: http://hanstoom.com _________________________________ --Boundary_(ID_kXPrFhixl2zGpWNsjwm/1Q) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16809" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I took advantage of this fresh spring morning for my first walk on Martinique Beach this year. At the kelp heaps at the north end of the beach was my an <STRONG>Ipswich Sparrow</STRONG>, a very pale variant, most likely a migrant and not an over-wintering bird. It didn't linger and kept returning to the grasses beyond the beach ridge probably due to the coolness of the kelp, which was keeping the insects hunkered. A steamy midday sun should change all that.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On Sunday Laura and I spotted male and female <STRONG>Harlequin Ducks</STRONG> mixed in with a clutter of <STRONG>Common Eiders</STRONG> just south of Duncan Reef. On Saturday I saw a single female Harlequin Duck at Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also on Saturday at Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park were three brightly singing <STRONG>Fox Sparrows</STRONG>, plus another five more at our place in Portuguese Cove, also singing. The <STRONG>American Tree Sparrows</STRONG> are singing at our place too.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hans</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>_________________________________<BR>Hans Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR>Website: <A href="http://hanstoom.com">http://hanstoom.com</A> <BR>_________________________________</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_kXPrFhixl2zGpWNsjwm/1Q)--
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