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&nbsp; Great photos. Thanks Patrick. Are these cranes usually found more north? Angela in Windsor When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. John Muir ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> Date: Friday, January 1, 2010 1:17 pm Subject: [NatureNS] "Update" on Centre Burlington sandhill cranes To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>, NS-RBA <NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com> > Hello everyone: > > I did go out on the 28th (the day after we found out that the cranes > > were there) and I stopped to check all the fields on the way out to > Ross Barkhouse Road with no luck. > > I went down Ross Barkhouse Road around the sharp bed and to the end of > > the road with no luck either. I had turned the car around and was > about the head further north when the pair flew in from the landward > > side of Highway 215 and landed in the corn field that is behind the > farm just south of Ross Backhouse. > > I walked around the "dyked" area of the farm and despite the snow > flurries had a god chance to view them. While the view in binoculars > > was better, I did get some pictures. The first two are cropped, the > > last one scaled down to show the entire scene. > > http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill1.jpg > http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill2.jpg > http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/Sandhill3.jpg > > I then stopped in to meet Derek Crosby, (on the "bend" in the > Barkhouse Road) who had reported the birds with his feederwatch > report. He said that the birds have been off and on since early > December, and there are days where he doesn't see them. I haven't had > > a chance to get back since to see if they are still around. > > > = > = > ======================================================================== > Patrick Kelly > Director of Computer Facilities > = > = > ======================================================================== > Faculty of Architecture and Planning > Dalhousie University > = > = > ======================================================================== > PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road > Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 > Canada Canada > = > = > ======================================================================== > Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca > = > = > ======================================================================== >
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