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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C9BDF0.2ECA2450 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I had to spend a few hours in Middleton at the science fair, so as soon = as possible I paid a visit to Port George and the Margaretville area. The conditions at 2pm were ideal: high tide - sunny skies - dead calm - = warm. That's the first time I could say that this year! =20 PORT GEORGE 2 adult Horned Grebes were feeding close to shore in full breeding = plumage. Those orange-red necks and striking yellow head patches were = amazing when you are only used to seeing them in winter drab colours. A little further along a Red-necked Grebe tried to haul itself out of = the water onto a rock. What a performance! Lots of slipping and sliding = and wing flapping and chin banging before the deed was done. You could = almost hear it cursing! There were a total of 10 Harlequin Ducks, all in male-female pairs and = widely separated. 2 Long-tailed Ducks surprised me, I would have thought that they would = be long gone by now. A single Red-Breasted Merganser male glowed in the sun and showed off = his hairdo. A lone Purple Sandpiper stood absolutely still on a rock and gazed at = the water like an Uppity Canadian tourist. Other sightings:- 33 Surf Scoters 29 Common Eider 3 White Winged Scoters 8 Common Loons 3 Red Throated Loons MARGARETVILLE D.U. POND 2 Hooded Mergansers 2 Ring Necked Ducks 1 Wood Duck 1 Northern Flicker Lots of soft frog calls MARGARETVILLE 14 Black Scoter, half of them sleeping 2 Surf Scoters 5 White Winged Scoters 17 Common Eiders It was a great day for comparing close relatives under ideal conditions = - lets hope we get more of them. John Belbin ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C9BDF0.2ECA2450 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 content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18702"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I had to spend a few hours in Middleton = at the=20 science fair, so as soon as possible I paid a visit to Port George = and the=20 Margaretville area.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The conditions at 2pm were ideal: high = tide - sunny=20 skies - dead calm - warm. That's the first time I could say that this=20 year!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>PORT GEORGE</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>2 adult Horned Grebes were feeding = close to shore=20 in full breeding plumage. Those orange-red necks and striking yellow = head=20 patches were amazing when you are only used to seeing them in winter = drab=20 colours.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A little further along a Red-necked = Grebe tried to=20 haul itself out of the water onto a rock. What a performance! Lots of = slipping=20 and sliding and wing flapping and chin banging before the deed was = done.=20 You could almost hear it cursing!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There were a total of 10 Harlequin = Ducks, all in=20 male-female pairs and widely separated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>2 Long-tailed Ducks surprised me, I = would have=20 thought that they would be long gone by now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A single Red-Breasted Merganser male = glowed in the=20 sun and showed off his hairdo.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A lone Purple Sandpiper stood = absolutely still on a=20 rock and gazed at the water like an Uppity Canadian tourist. Other = sightings:-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>33 Surf Scoters</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>29 Common Eider</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>3 White Winged Scoters</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>8 Common Loons</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>3 Red Throated Loons</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>MARGARETVILLE D.U. POND</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>2 Hooded Mergansers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>2 Ring Necked Ducks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>1 Wood Duck</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>1 Northern Flicker</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Lots of soft frog calls</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>MARGARETVILLE</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>14 Black Scoter, half of them = sleeping</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>2 Surf Scoters</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>5 White Winged Scoters</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>17 Common Eiders</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>It was a great day for comparing close = relatives=20 under ideal conditions - lets hope we get more of them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>John Belbin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C9BDF0.2ECA2450--
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