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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_PfHzUlZYpB6ItxZaqFUAJA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, After the weather people had predicted sunshine for today on almost = every single day since the middle of last week I'd thought I'd try for = the Purple Sandpipers at Point Pleasant Park. The prediction was wrong = as usual. Nevertheless, I wandered forth and immediately found a group = at the first cornice before the Anchor Monument. I went back to my car = to get my telephoto lens and carted it out to this location. This is no = simple thing since the lens and tripod weight 22 pounds. Of course the = sandpipers had moved on. After a brief search I spotted a group of 12 = flying towards Northwest Arm but I wasn't going to chase them with the = outfit I was toting. As it happens there was even a larger group, = perhaps 18 or more, at the tip of Bald Rock, Bald Rock Beach. Somehow I = managed to walk right past this bunch or maybe it was the ones I spotted = earlier near the anchor. I took some distant photos under poor lighting = but am satisfied nonetheless with the numbers I was able to see and = observe as they wave hopped on the rock. A male Red-breasted Merganser came into the cove and although an = extremely shy bird it did pause on the rock for a brief time which = allowed me to enjoy its beauty, as well. I've also posted a bunch of photos after filtering through my files for = the last couple of months of photos, my director's cut of images. They = are all birds you have seen already but the poses and crops are slightly = different from the earlier versions. Hans http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/February2010/0142.html _________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada Website: http://hanstoom.com=20 _________________________________= --Boundary_(ID_PfHzUlZYpB6ItxZaqFUAJA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18876"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>After the weather people had predicted sunshine for today on almost every single day since the middle of last week I'd thought I'd try for the <STRONG>Purple Sandpipers</STRONG> at Point Pleasant Park. The prediction was wrong as usual. Nevertheless, I wandered forth and immediately found a group at the first cornice before the Anchor Monument. I went back to my car to get my telephoto lens and carted it out to this location. This is no simple thing since the lens and tripod weight 22 pounds. Of course the sandpipers had moved on. After a brief search I spotted a group of 12 flying towards Northwest Arm but I wasn't going to chase them with the outfit I was toting. As it happens there was even a larger group, perhaps 18 or more, at the tip of Bald Rock, Bald Rock Beach. Somehow I managed to walk right past this bunch or maybe it was the ones I spotted earlier near the anchor. I took some distant photos under poor lighting but am satisfied nonetheless with the numbers I was able to see and observe as they wave hopped on the rock.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A male <STRONG>Red-breasted Merganser</STRONG> came into the cove and although an extremely shy bird it did pause on the rock for a brief time which allowed me to enjoy its beauty, as well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I've also posted a bunch of photos after filtering through my files for the last couple of months of photos, my <EM>director's cut</EM> of images. They are all birds you have seen already but the poses and crops are slightly different from the earlier versions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hans</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A href="http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/February2010/0142.html">http://www.hanstoom.com/Highlights/February2010/0142.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>_________________________________<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_PfHzUlZYpB6ItxZaqFUAJA)--
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