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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01CAE60B.EC0CEFE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Despite the gloomy and cold weather I thought I would check out the St. = Croix Hants County Bittern this morning after the initial report from = Friday.=20 It is still there, in the pond right behind the ball field and making = its peculiar empty drain-pipe booming noises at regular intervals. This = one sounds more subdued than others I have heard, but that is probably = because of the traffic noise from the nearby 101 Highway. I arrived at = 9:45 am and left at 10:30 while it was still sounding off. This pond is a busy place and well worth the occasional visit. At least 10 Red-winged Blackbirds, all appeared to be males, all hyper = active. There are 2 pairs of Canada Geese, one is clearly on the nest and = doesn't want to be seen. Grackles are nesting and are very active. There are large numbers here. At least 6 Tree Swallows were darting about. I located 5 Northern Flickers, including one using a telephone pole as = a drum. Pheasants, Mourning Doves and robins were also obvious.=20 A lone Northern Harrier did a slow pass over the marshy areas. On the way home I saw a fully mature Bald Eagle on the mud flats of the = Windsor causeway. It was feeding on what appeared to be a gull of some = kind. There were still large numbers of gulls very close to where it was = feeding. John Belbin, Hantsport ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01CAE60B.EC0CEFE0 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=3D2 face=3DArial>Despite the gloomy and cold weather I = thought I=20 would check out the St. Croix Hants County Bittern this morning after = the=20 initial report from Friday. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>It is still there, in the pond right = behind the=20 ball field and making its peculiar empty drain-pipe booming noises at = regular=20 intervals. This one sounds more subdued than others I have heard, but = that is=20 probably because of the traffic noise from the nearby 101 Highway. I = arrived at=20 9:45 am and left at 10:30 while it was still sounding off.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>This pond is a busy place and well = worth the=20 occasional visit.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At least 10 Red-winged Blackbirds, all = appeared to=20 be males, all hyper active.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There are 2 pairs of Canada Geese, one = is clearly=20 on the nest and doesn't want to be seen.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Grackles are nesting and are very = active. There are=20 large numbers here.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At least 6 Tree Swallows were darting=20 about.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> I located 5 Northern Flickers, = including one=20 using a telephone pole as a drum.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Pheasants, Mourning Doves and robins = were also=20 obvious. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A lone Northern Harrier did a slow pass = over the=20 marshy areas.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On the way home I saw a fully mature = Bald Eagle on=20 the mud flats of the Windsor causeway. It was feeding on what appeared = to be a=20 gull of some kind. There were still large numbers of gulls very close to = where=20 it was feeding.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>John Belbin, = Hantsport</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01CAE60B.EC0CEFE0--
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