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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-1--195890646 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hello Folks, Looking at Paul's photos I noticed the streamer like feathers on the bird's tail. I did notice similar feathers on the Mahone Bay bird 3 weeks ago. Is this a regular detail of breeding plumage adult Little Blue Herons, or does this feature may point to the possibility that this is the same individual? Ulli On 26-Apr-10, at 5:46 PM, Paul Murray wrote: > April 26, 2010 > East Petpeswick Road, > West Chezzetcook, NS > > Made a run down to Martinique Beach this afternoon to see what was > around, especially looked for the Piping Plovers. No sign of them > but the weather was not especially good for them either. However, > on the return trip on the East Petpeswick Rd, I discovered another > Little Blue Heron when I stopped to look at a Great Blue Heron. > Both birds were feeding near the shore of Petpeswick Inlet just > south of municipal lot 910 - there is a small white cottage on the > left side of the road directly opposite of the bird's location this > afternoon. Approximate GPS coordinates are: N 44.44.626 and W > 063.08.998 (or, at least that's what my Garmin GPS says, if I can > believe it!) > > When I approached the GB Heron, the Little Blue Heron surprised me > when he flew off to some nearby trees. I got a couple of pictures > of him in the tree but not great quality due to the complexity of > tree branches. After a while he took flight again and flew > around the corner. I did manage to get some good pics of him in > flight. They can be seen in my online gallery at: > > http://scranlocker.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg? > AlbumID=11974415&AlbumKey=yETkS > > Paul Murray > Dartmouth > > Note: > PM --Apple-Mail-1--195890646 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Hello Folks,<div><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Looking= at Paul's photos I noticed the streamer like feathers on the bird's = tail.</div><div>I did notice similar feathers on the Mahone Bay bird 3 = weeks ago.</div><div>Is this a regular detail of breeding plumage adult = Little Blue Herons, or does this feature may point to the possibility = that this is the same individual?</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Ulli</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>=A0<br><div><div>On = 26-Apr-10, at 5:46 PM, Paul Murray wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> = <div><font face=3D"Arial">April 26, 2010</font></div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial">East Petpeswick Road, </font></div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial">West Chezzetcook, NS</font></div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">Made a run = down to Martinique Beach this afternoon to see what was around, = especially looked for the Piping Plovers.=A0 No sign of them but the = weather was not especially good for them either.=A0 However, on the = return trip on the East Petpeswick Rd, I discovered another = <strong>Little Blue Heron</strong> when I stopped to look at a = <strong>Great Blue Heron</strong>.=A0 Both birds were feeding near the = shore of Petpeswick Inlet just south of municipal lot 910 - there is a = small white cottage on the left side of the road directly opposite of = the bird's location this afternoon.=A0 Approximate GPS coordinates are: = <strong>N 44.44.626 and W 063.08.998</strong> (or, at least that's what = my Garmin GPS says, if I can believe it!)</font></div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">When I = approached the GB Heron, the Little Blue Heron surprised me when he flew = off to some nearby trees.=A0=A0I got a couple of pictures=A0of him in = the tree but not great quality due to the complexity of tree = branches.=A0=A0=A0 After a while he took flight again and flew around = the corner.=A0 I did manage to get some good pics of him in flight.=A0 = They can be seen in my online gallery at:</font></div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div> <div><font face=3D"Arial"><a = title=3D"http://scranlocker.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=3D11974= 415&AlbumKey=3DyETkS CTRL + Click to follow link" = href=3D"http://scranlocker.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=3D119744= 15&AlbumKey=3DyETkS">http://scranlocker.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg= ?AlbumID=3D11974415&AlbumKey=3DyETkS</a></font></div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">Paul = Murray</font></div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">Dartmouth</font></div> = <div><font face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">Note:= </font><font face=3D"Arial"></font></div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial">PM</font></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1--195890646--
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