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Index of Subjects --_42d26713-a5ee-438d-aae9-574ee9f8bbb6_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I went to a different lake this evening for ten minutes. There were 70 Ame= rican tree swallows coarsing over the water surface and one common loon. I= saw other birds=2C but will not mention them. This shows tree swallows ba= ck in force today. =20 James R. Hirtle Bayport =20 From: jrhbirder@hotmail.com To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] new migrants Date: Sat=2C 17 Apr 2010 21:19:24 +0000 Hi all: =20 Well=2C I've got the car blues. Either a transmission or the part that con= trols the drive sector. A solonoid? I thus canceled my plans to go to Amh= erst for the Region Co-ordinator Atlas meeting and got a rent a car for the= time that it will take to get a prognosis on my vehicle and get it fixed. = With Pat feeling under the weather I went out for a jaunt and to run some = errands. There had been a white egret reported at Back Harbour Lunenburg. = While looking for this bird I discovered an abnormal cormorant. I'll put = a description in as to what was different about it tomorrow=2C one Eric has= a chance to look for it. We will likely have to list it as an unknown. I= did not have my bird book with as I was in the rent a car and assumed that= it was a phase or something I had not noticed in the thousands of double-c= rested cormorants that I've observed over the years. Anyhow=2C more about = this bird will appear tomorrow. =20 =20 I snuck away to the lake for a while and was enjoying the bird life and the= trout breaking the surface after insects for about 10 minutes when my reel= broke. Not a good weekend. Anyhow=2C before my reel went defective I was= able to hear a barred owl calling. I observed my first tree swallows with= nine and a hermit thrush flew in front of me and started to call. A swamp= sparrow was vocal on the other side and I also heard two wood ducks and sa= w them in flight. A northern flicker was vocal and I heard and saw many ot= her species all in the span of 10 minutes. Oh well thats lady luck for you= or not. =20 James R. Hirtle Bayport Got a phone? Get Hotmail & Messenger for mobile! =20 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail & Messenger are available on your phone. Try now. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9724461= --_42d26713-a5ee-438d-aae9-574ee9f8bbb6_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Verdana } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> I went to a different lake this evening for ten minutes. =3B There were= 70 =3BAmerican tree swallows coarsing over the water surface and one&n= bsp=3Bcommon loon. =3B I saw other birds=2C but will not mention them.&= nbsp=3B This shows tree swallows back in force today.<BR>  =3B<BR> James R. Hirtle<BR> Bayport<BR> =3B<BR> <HR id=3DstopSpelling> From: jrhbirder@hotmail.com<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>Subject: [Nat= ureNS] new migrants<BR>Date: Sat=2C 17 Apr 2010 21:19:24 +0000<BR><BR> <STYLE> .ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px=3B} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt=3Bfont-family:Verdana=3B} </STYLE> Hi all:<BR> =3B<BR>Well=2C I've got the car blues. =3B Either a tra= nsmission or the part that controls the drive sector. =3B A solonoid?&n= bsp=3B I thus canceled my plans to go to Amherst for the Region Co-ordinato= r Atlas meeting and got a rent a car for the time that it will take to get = a prognosis on my vehicle and get it fixed. =3B With Pat feeling under = the weather I went out for a jaunt and to run some errands. =3B There h= ad been a white egret reported at Back Harbour Lunenburg. =3B While loo= king for this bird I discovered an abnormal cormorant. =3B I'll put a d= escription in as to what was different about it tomorrow=2C one Eric has a = chance to look for it. =3B We will likely have to list it as an unknown= . =3B I did not have my bird book with as I was in the rent a car and a= ssumed that it was a phase or something I had not noticed in the thousands = of double-crested cormorants that I've observed over the years. =3B Any= how=2C more about this bird will appear tomorrow. =3B <BR> =3B<BR>I= snuck away to the lake for a while and was enjoying the bird life and the = trout breaking the surface after insects for about 10 minutes when my reel = broke. =3B Not a good weekend. =3B Anyhow=2C before my reel went de= fective I was able to hear a barred owl calling. =3B I observed my firs= t tree swallows with nine and a hermit thrush flew in front of me and start= ed to call. =3B A swamp sparrow was vocal on the other side and I also = heard two wood ducks and saw them in flight. =3B A northern flicker was= vocal and I heard and saw many other species all in the span of 10 minutes= . =3B Oh well thats lady luck for you or not.<BR> =3B<BR>James R. 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