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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01CAD564.3BED6520 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Good Friday, while returning from N.S. Nature Trust's gorgeous = Shelter Cove property, a bunch of us canoed by a large flock of geese in = the middle of Tangier Harbour. The sun was low and it was misty in the = evening, so I was unable to check their plumage. All i could see were = silhouettes. There were hundreds of them on the water, in fairly tight rafts, = making unmistakable goose noises. But the honking was pitched higher and = the birds looked much smaller than regal Canada geese. What species were = they? Brants? Any educated guesses? Dusan Soudek ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01CAD564.3BED6520 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 content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18904"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> On Good Friday, while returning from = N.S. Nature=20 Trust's gorgeous Shelter Cove property, a bunch of us canoed by a large = flock of=20 geese in the middle of Tangier Harbour. The sun was low and it was misty = in the=20 evening, so I was unable to check their plumage. All i could see = were=20 silhouettes.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> There were hundreds of them on the = water, in=20 fairly tight rafts, making unmistakable goose noises. But the honking=20 was pitched higher and the birds looked much smaller = than regal Canada=20 geese.</FONT> <FONT size=3D4>What species were they? Brants? Any = educated=20 guesses?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Dusan Soudek</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01CAD564.3BED6520--
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