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Index of Subjects For Big Throop Island, read Big Thrum Island. On 16 Aug 2009, at 1:35 PM, Paul S. Boyer wrote: > On 13 Aug, I was sailing my small catboat on a southward course west > of Franks George Island in St. Margaret's Bay (Halifax RM), when I > came upon a Scaup, which swam frantically before me. Like a rabbit > running in front of a car, he never tried to turn to the side, but > just kept going in my direction just ahead of me; and instead of > taking to the air, he finally plunged beneath the surface. This is > apparently typical scaup behavior. > > A few hour later I ran to the lee side (north side) of Big Throop > Island, and next to the rock bar there found a huge flock of Scaup > (perhaps forty or fifty). They showed the same behavior, and > churned the water so that it was filled with spray in a continuous > layer. > > My question is, is it not early for Scaup to show up in this area? > I was not close enough to tell if these were Lesser or Greater, but > if I had to guess, I would say Greater. > > — Paul S. Boyer
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