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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01CAB666.544AD430 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The last few days have seen an increase of smaller gull species = congregating at Sullivans Pond, at least in the late afternoon. I was = able to find at least one Bonapartes Gull in amongst 35 plus = Black-headed Gulls there today: http://bernieb.smugmug.com/Other/recent-pics/916397_ynXPk/22/797126546_5A= 2zr/Large=20 I have yet to find a Mew or Common Gull this winter but perhaps now that = there are much more Ring-billed Gulls showing up it may increase the = odds of seeing one. Todays conditions were rather unfavourable, with the = strong biting winds making quite a few hunker down with their heads = tightly tucked in. At work today, a Rock Dove left its image of outstretched wings all too = vividly on the large window that sealed its fate. Our initial reaction = was perhaps the skyline had been reflected in the window. But about 5 = minutes later the main cause of the incident became much more obvious, = when several of us viewed a Peregrine Falcon flying overhead after = leaving its perch atop one of the nearest parking lot light poles to us, = as it now was being harassed by a gull. Perhaps it was fortunate that = there was only one casualty. Bernard Burke blburke@ns.sympatico.ca Dartmouth ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01CAB666.544AD430 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 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3660" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The last few days have seen an=20 increase of smaller gull species congregating at Sullivans = Pond, at=20 least in the late afternoon. I was able to find at least one = <STRONG>Bonapartes=20 Gull</STRONG> in amongst 35 plus Black-headed Gulls there = today:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/Other/recent-pics/916397_ynXPk/22/7971= 26546_5A2zr/Large">http://bernieb.smugmug.com/Other/recent-pics/916397_yn= XPk/22/797126546_5A2zr/Large</A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have yet to find a Mew or Common Gull = this winter=20 but perhaps now that there are much more Ring-billed Gulls showing up it = may=20 increase the odds of seeing one. Todays conditions were rather = unfavourable,=20 with the strong biting winds making quite a few hunker down with their = heads=20 tightly tucked in.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>At work today, a Rock Dove left = its image of=20 outstretched wings all too vividly on the large window = that sealed its=20 fate. Our initial reaction was perhaps the skyline had been reflected in = the=20 window. But about 5 minutes later the main cause of the incident = became=20 much more obvious, when several of us viewed a <STRONG>Peregrine=20 Falcon</STRONG> flying overhead after leaving its perch atop one=20 of the nearest parking lot light poles to us, as it now=20 was being harassed by a gull. Perhaps it was fortunate that = there was=20 only one casualty.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bernard Burke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:blburke@ns.sympatico.ca">blburke@ns.sympatico.ca</A></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dartmouth</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01CAB666.544AD430--
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