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Index of Subjects --001636ed77c55bee700474202617 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, One of the LBB Gulls has a much darker mantle and upper wings than the others, although the flight shots I got show that the inner primaries are very dark gray, and not quite as black as the primary tips. It's easy to pick out from the other more typical graelsii. It didn't look particularly small or dainty, but it does have minimal white "mirrors" on the wingtips. Legs are nice and yellow. I think there's a good chance it might be an intermedius, which breed in Scandinavia, although apparently some graelsii can be quite dark. I'll send/ post some pics when I have time to process them. Richard On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:00 PM, George Forsyth <g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca>wrote: > There are a number of lesser black back gulls in Greenwich, Kings County > and they seem to be regular to the same location. On Sunday 20 September > Harold Forsyth and I saw *four* in adult plumage on the harrowed field > immediately northeast of the railroad crossing on Rte. 358 as you travel > toward Canning. I have been aware of them for about a week now. This field > hosted yesterday a few ring billed gulls, lots of herring gulls, one > kumliens iceland gull, and not one greater black backed gull! Today at > least two were present. > > > Canard pond yesterday was great for waterfowl! > mallards > black duck > blue wing teal > green wing teal > american widgeon > pintail > shoveler > and a flock of canada geese landed as we were watching the ducks! > > On the Sheffield Research Farm pond, west of Blueberry Acres there were > four wood ducks. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > George E. Forsyth ph. 902 681 4910 > > c/o Evangeline Middle School fax. 902 681 4909 > > 9387 Commercial St. > > New Minas, N.S. > > B4N 3G3 > > > > -- ################# Dr.R.B.Stern, P.O. Box 300, Port Williams, N.S., Canada, B0P 1T0 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --001636ed77c55bee700474202617 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<br><br>One of the LBB Gulls has a much darker mantle and upper wings th= an the others, although the flight shots I got show that the inner primarie= s are very dark gray, and not quite as black as the primary tips. It's = easy to pick out from the other more typical graelsii. It didn't look p= articularly small or dainty, but it does have minimal white "mirrors&q= uot; on the wingtips. Legs are nice and yellow. I think there's a good = chance it might be an intermedius, which breed in Scandinavia, although app= arently some graelsii can be quite dark. I'll send/ post some pics when= I have time to process them.<br> <br>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:00 = PM, George Forsyth <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:g4syth@staff.edn= et.ns.ca">g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote cla= ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); marg= in: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word;"> There are a number of lesser black back gulls in Greenwich, Kings County an= d they seem to be regular to the same location. On Sunday 20 September Haro= ld Forsyth and I saw <b>four</b>=A0in adult plumage on the harrowed field i= mmediately northeast of the railroad crossing on Rte. 358 as you travel tow= ard Canning. I have been aware of them for about a week now. This field hos= ted yesterday a few ring billed gulls, lots of herring gulls, one kumliens = iceland gull, and not one greater black backed gull!<div> Today at least two were present.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ca= nard pond yesterday was great for waterfowl!</div><div>mallards</div><div>b= lack duck</div><div>blue wing teal</div><div>green wing teal</div><div> american widgeon</div><div>pintail</div><div>shoveler</div><div>and a flock= of canada geese landed as we were watching the ducks!</div><div><br></div>= <div>On the Sheffield Research Farm pond, west of Blueberry Acres there wer= e four wood ducks.<br> <br><div> <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Times New R= oman; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-s= ize: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norma= l;" face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Times New Roman; fon= t-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px= ; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" face= =3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4">George E. Forsyth<span style=3D"white-space= : pre;"> </span><span style=3D"white-space: pre;"> </span><span style=3D"wh= ite-space: pre;"> </span><span style=3D"white-space: pre;"> </span><span st= yle=3D"white-space: pre;"> </span><span style=3D"white-space: pre;"> </span= >ph.<span>=A0 </span>902 681 4910</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Times New Roman; fon= t-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px= ; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" face= =3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4">c/o Evangeline Middle School<span style=3D"= white-space: pre;"> </span><span style=3D"white-space: pre;"> </span><span = style=3D"white-space: pre;"> </span>fax. 902 681 4909</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Times New Roman; fon= t-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px= ; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" face= =3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4">9387 Commercial St.</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Times New Roman; fon= t-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px= ; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" face= =3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4">New Minas, N.S.</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Times New Roman; fon= t-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px= ; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" face= =3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4">B4N 3G3</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: normal;= font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: n= ormal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 16px;"> <br> </p> </div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>--= <br>#################<br>Dr.R.B.Stern, =A0 <br>P.O. Box 300,<br>Port Willi= ams,<br>N.S., Canada,<br>B0P 1T0<br><br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke = Rd.<br> Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br><br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@= gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>###################<br> --001636ed77c55bee700474202617--
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