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--=====================_2526125==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed That should be COMMON Raven, of course ... sorry for inventing a new bird. Oh and there were American Crows too... Patricia At 11:48 PM 11/09/2010, you wrote: > This afternoon I took a brief break from errands to check > out Red Bridge Pond in Dartmouth. I did not see the Caspian Tern, > reported by Bernard Burke, but this urban pond hosts a lot of > waterfowl and is always worth a look. Water levels were low; I > don't remember seeing exposed sand bars in the middle of the lake > before. Some ducks and the heron were loafing on them. Species > present included the following : > >American Wigeon 45+ (the most abundant bird) >American Black Duck/ >Mallard/ >and their hybrids 20+ >Ring-necked Duck 5+ >Double-crested Cormorant 1 >Pied-billed Grebe 1 >Great Blue Heron (imm.) 1 >Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 >American Raven 1 >Red-winged Blackbird 6+ >etc. > > Cheers, > > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax --=====================_2526125==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> That should be COMMON Raven, of course ... sorry for inventing a new bird. Oh and there were American Crows too...<br><br> Patricia <br><br> At 11:48 PM 11/09/2010, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><x-tab> </x-tab>This afternoon I took a brief break from errands to check out Red Bridge Pond in Dartmouth. I did not see the Caspian Tern, reported by Bernard Burke, but this urban pond hosts a lot of waterfowl and is always worth a look. Water levels were low; I don't remember seeing exposed sand bars in the middle of the lake before. Some ducks and the heron were loafing on them. Species present included the following :<br><br> American Wigeon<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>45+ (the most abundant bird)<br> American Black Duck/<x-tab> </x-tab><br> Mallard/<x-tab> </x-tab> <br> and their hybrids<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>20+<br> Ring-necked Duck<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>5+<br> Double-crested Cormorant<x-tab> </x-tab> 1<br> <b>Pied-billed Grebe</b><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>1<br> Great Blue Heron (imm.)<x-tab> </x-tab>1<br> Sharp-shinned Hawk<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>1<br> American Raven<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>1<br> Red-winged Blackbird<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>6+<br> etc.<br><br> <x-tab> </x-tab>Cheers,<br> <br> <x-tab> </x-tab>Patricia L. Chalmers<br> <x-tab> </x-tab> Halifax</blockquote></body> </html> --=====================_2526125==.ALT--
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