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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_lIUzC0YUBd+drlqFA9GA0Q) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all In Pictou Co., there have been reports of PURPLE FINCHES (PUFI) showing up at feeders over the last week. Rick Ferguson called me on Sat morning ( Mar.13) to announce he had PUFI, a GRACKLE and a FOX SPARROW in his yard in Westville. Later that morning, I too had a PUFI turn up at my Plymouth feeders. In the afternoon, I checked out the gulls and ducks along the east River in Pictou. At the Aberdeen Shopping Centre, there were 12 RING-BILLED GULLS. This species had trickled out to very hard to find in February, so, I think these are returning birds. A view of the East River near Century Saw and Marine revealed 5 gulls species. An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (still with a smudge of dark feathers around the eye) got up off the river ice long enough to reveal the yellow-legs. This is probably the same bird see throughout the winter. An imm. GLAUCOUS GULL side-by side with Iceland and Great Black-backed Gulls was a nice size comparison. I think this was the only Glaucous Gull I saw in Pictou Co. this winter. Wintering ducks are starting to move around with melting river/harbour ice. I did see 2 Green-winged Teal at Green's Pt. where a few over-wintered. Behind the Parking meter plant in Abercrombie the ice was tight to the shore, but beyond the ice I could see a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE with about 80 Common Goldeneye. and 100 Scaup.and 100 Canada Geese and 15 Bufflehead. I did not stop along the Pictou Causeway but there were still a couple thousand Greater Scaup with other assorted ducks. I stopped to photograph a kite ( not a bird) that someone was flying over the Oddfellows field in Pictou and 40+ Robins crossed the road-again likely part of the wintering group. There were nice photo opportunities for Red-breasted and Common Mergansers from the Pictou Waterfront and a little group of 15 Iceland Gulls at Pier C. At Bayview, there were still 18 Bald Eagles and 8 Iceland Gulls with the hoards of Ravens, crows, Starlings and Great Black-backed Gulls in the fields near Ferguson meat plant. cheers Ken --Boundary_(ID_lIUzC0YUBd+drlqFA9GA0Q) 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></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR> Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In Pictou Co., there have been reports of PURPLE FINCHES (PUFI) showing up at feeders over the last week. Rick Ferguson called me on Sat morning ( Mar.13) to announce he had PUFI, a GRACKLE and a FOX SPARROW in his yard in Westville. Later that morning, I too had a PUFI turn up at my Plymouth feeders. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In the afternoon, I checked out the gulls and ducks along the east River in Pictou. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>At the Aberdeen Shopping Centre, there were 12 RING-BILLED GULLS. This species had trickled out to very hard to find in February, so, I think these are returning birds. A view of the East River near Century Saw and Marine revealed 5 gulls species. An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (still with a smudge of dark feathers around the eye) got up off the river ice long enough to reveal the yellow-legs. This is probably the same bird see throughout the winter. An imm. GLAUCOUS GULL side-by side with Iceland and Great Black-backed Gulls was a nice size comparison. I think this was the only Glaucous Gull I saw in Pictou Co. this winter.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Wintering ducks are starting to move around with melting river/harbour ice. I did see 2 Green-winged Teal at Green's Pt. where a few over-wintered. Behind the Parking meter plant in Abercrombie the ice was tight to the shore, but beyond the ice I could see a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE with about 80 Common Goldeneye. and 100 Scaup.and 100 Canada Geese and 15 Bufflehead. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I did not stop along the Pictou Causeway but there were still a couple thousand Greater Scaup with other assorted ducks. I stopped to photograph a kite ( not a bird) that someone was flying over the Oddfellows field in Pictou and 40+ Robins crossed the road-again likely part of the wintering group. There were nice photo opportunities for Red-breasted and Common Mergansers from the Pictou Waterfront and a little group of 15 Iceland Gulls at Pier C. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>At Bayview, there were still 18 Bald Eagles and 8 Iceland Gulls with the hoards of Ravens, crows, Starlings and Great Black-backed Gulls in the fields near Ferguson meat plant. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_lIUzC0YUBd+drlqFA9GA0Q)--
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