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--0016364c77ff98ecbf0491318581 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, Just got back from a weekend on Brier. As we arrived at about 9pm, a Coyote stood in the Lighthouse Rd. near the farm, and ran ahead of us before ducking into the Big Meadow. On Saturday night we could hear them howling from our camp. Saturday was foggy, wet, and SW winds - so hardly any birds, but we did get a single Laughing Gull between our camp and Whipple Point. Today was much better, as the wind had turned NE by this morning. For most of the day anywhere you looked, the sky was full of Sharp-shinned and Broad-winged hawks, with a smattering of Red-tails (all juv., interestingly), N.Harriers, Kestrels, Merlins, Peregrines and just 2 T.Vultures. Flocks of Blue Jays roamed all over the island, and with the large number of Sharpies around, their terminal cries were not infrequent. Flickers were very much in evidence. Just before we left a Peregrine posed on a seaweed covered rock near the ferry. A sea watch from N.Point this morning was excellent, with a feeding frenzy about 0.5km offshore, with hundreds of Gannets, Kittiwakes, Gr. Shearwaters, 2+ Parasitic Jaegers, all milling around, and at one point a whale breached in the middle of it. Gannets were flying by close offshore right around the island all day. There were very few passerines. On the way back, there were 6 T.Vultures over Sandy Cove, and a dead Black Bear on the side of the 101 near Bridgetown. Photos will eventually appear. There were some other birders around so I may have missed something that will be reported. Richard -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --0016364c77ff98ecbf0491318581 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<br><br>Just got back from a weekend on Brier. As we arrived at about 9p= m, a Coyote stood in the Lighthouse Rd. near the farm, and ran ahead of us = before ducking into the Big Meadow. On Saturday night we could hear them ho= wling from our camp.<br> <br>Saturday was foggy, wet, and SW winds - so hardly any birds, but we did= get a single Laughing Gull between our camp and Whipple Point.=A0 Today wa= s much better, as the wind had turned NE by this morning. For most of the d= ay anywhere you looked, the sky was full of Sharp-shinned and Broad-winged = hawks, with a smattering of Red-tails (all juv., interestingly), N.Harriers= , Kestrels, Merlins,=A0 Peregrines and just 2 T.Vultures. Flocks of Blue Ja= ys roamed all over the island, and with the large number of Sharpies around= , their terminal cries were not infrequent. Flickers were very much in evid= ence. Just before we left a Peregrine posed on a seaweed covered rock near = the ferry.<br> <br>A sea watch from N.Point this morning was excellent, with a feeding fre= nzy about 0.5km offshore, with hundreds of Gannets, Kittiwakes, Gr. Shearwa= ters, 2+ Parasitic Jaegers, all milling around, and at one point a whale br= eached in the middle of it. Gannets were flying by close offshore right aro= und the island all day.<br> <br>There were very few passerines.<br><br>On the way back, there were 6 T.= Vultures over Sandy Cove, and a dead Black Bear on the side of the 101 near= Bridgetown.<br><br>Photos will eventually appear.=A0 There were some other= birders around so I may have missed something that will be reported.<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> --0016364c77ff98ecbf0491318581--
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