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This afternoon=2C about 15:50=2C I saw a small loon not far from the wharf =
at Margaretsville whose head=2C nape=2C and back were so dark that my first=
impression was Pacific Loon. I could see no light flecks on the back=2C b=
ut it did hold its bill tilted up like a Red-throated=2C although the bill =
itself appeared straight. The light was fading and it disappeared behind s=
ome rocks before I could note more details. I note that Sibley=2C unlike o=
ther field guides that I checked=2C shows a Red-throated Loon with a dark w=
inter plumage=2C so perhaps that is what it was. The weather does not look=
promising tomorrow=2C but if anyone=2C especially with a camera=2C can get=
over there to check it=2C it could be worth while. The only other water b=
irds noted were the usual gulls=2C Common Eiders=2C Red-breasted Mergansers=
=2C and Long-tailed Duck=2C but the tide was fairly low.
Wayne P. Neily
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Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia
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"How often we forget all time=2C when lone=2C=20
Admiring Nature's universal throne=2C=20
Her woods=2C her wilds=2C her waters=2C the intense=20
Reply of hers to our intelligence." - George Gordon=2C Lord Byron=2C 1823 [=
The Island].=20
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This afternoon=2C about 15:50=2C I saw a small loon not far from the wharf =
at Margaretsville whose head=2C nape=2C and back were so dark that my first=
impression was Pacific Loon. =3B I could see no light flecks on the ba=
ck=2C but it did hold its bill tilted up like a Red-throated=2C although th=
e bill itself appeared straight. =3B The light was fading and it disapp=
eared behind some rocks before I could note more details. =3B I note th=
at Sibley=2C unlike other field guides that I checked=2C shows =3Ba Red=
-throated Loon with a dark winter plumage=2C so perhaps that is what it was=
. =3B The weather does not look promising tomorrow=2C but if anyone=2C =
especially with a camera=2C can get over there to check it=2C it could be w=
orth while. =3B The only other water birds noted were the usual gulls=
=2C Common Eiders=2C Red-breasted Mergansers=2C and Long-tailed Duck=2C but=
the tide was fairly low.<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Wayne P. Neily<BR> =3B<BR>Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia<BR>&=
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