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--0016e68f9eecf264880488f2dc12 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 This weekend I was on a course in Winnipeg, so I took an extra day and rented a car to go birding. I realize that Winnipeg isn't in NS(!), but I know there are plenty of NatureNS-ers who have been or lived there. Unfortunately it was dreary with low cloud, mist and almost continuous drizzle. I went out to Pinawa, in boreal forest country about 100km east of the City, where the highlight was a road sign that said "Great Gray Owl Habitat next 2km" - so far that's the nearest I have ever got to the real thing! The general birding, as far as the rain would allow, though, was good and varied. I also visited Oak Hammock Marsh, where the birds were rather few and far between, and this morning, before catching the return flight, spent a productive hour in Assiniboine Park in the City. I saw/ heard 51 species, and the highlights for me were the White Pelicans at Lockport on the Red River, Western Meadowlarks singing by the roadside, Black Terns and Yellow-headed Blackbirds at Oak Hammock, great looks at a Clay-colored Sparrow, a colony of 500+ Cliff Swallows at the Assiniboine Park footbridge, and Franklin's Gulls flying over the City - I realise that all these are common there, but it was a nice change for me as a visitor. Richard -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --0016e68f9eecf264880488f2dc12 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This weekend I was on a course in Winnipeg, so I took an extra day and rent= ed a car to go birding. I realize that Winnipeg isn't in NS(!), but I k= now there are plenty of NatureNS-ers who have been or lived there. Unfortun= ately it=A0 was dreary with low cloud, mist and almost continuous drizzle. = I went out to Pinawa, in boreal forest country about 100km east of the City= , where the highlight was a road sign that said "Great Gray Owl Habita= t next 2km" - so far that's the nearest I have ever got to the rea= l thing! The general birding, as far as the rain would allow, though, was g= ood and varied. I also visited Oak Hammock Marsh, where the birds were rath= er few and far between, and this morning, before catching the return flight= , spent a productive hour in Assiniboine Park in the City. I saw/ heard 51 = species, and the highlights for me were the White Pelicans at Lockport on t= he Red River, Western Meadowlarks singing by the roadside, Black Terns and = Yellow-headed Blackbirds at Oak Hammock, great looks at a Clay-colored Spar= row, a colony of 500+ Cliff Swallows at the Assiniboine Park footbridge, an= d Franklin's Gulls flying over the City - I realise that all these are = common there, but it was a nice change for me as a visitor.<br> <br>Richard<br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Richard Stern,= <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br><br><a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>######= #############<br> --0016e68f9eecf264880488f2dc12--
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