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Index of Subjects --_4e3afa57-332a-4e40-8bd7-818358fd976c_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all: =20 One team hit the field only for this count=2C so we definitely could not co= ver the whole area during daylight hours. We did well all considered with = 43 species. Highlights were hearing a killdeer at Summerville Beach and 15= yellow-rumped warblers there. At White Point on the back road with the pr= otected cove at the end of the walking trial that crosses the bridge=2C the= re were 24 green-winged teal. At Brooklyn we had four wood ducks. Dorothy= Poole had discovered a redhead at Liverpool the day before. This bird is = a young male in the following plumage: partly into its Preformative (somet= imes termed First Basic) molt. Note the molted gray innermost greater cover= ts=2C which are "adult" gray - this typical of this plumage. Also=2C the he= ad especially has a rufous tinge=2C typical of young males=2C and the pale = band on the bill seems more pronounced than it would be on even an adult fe= male. This comes from an analysis by Ian McLaren. It was a Brooklyn today = in close to the bank of the bridge there. It was very rough at Western Hea= d. The highest waves I've ever seen there. Therefore viewing sea birds wa= s a challenge. Only one dovekie could be found. At Meadow Brook in Liverp= ool along the trees there we had 28 cedar waxwings. In Back of the Cemetar= y in Liverpool in the multiflora=2C we located a yellow-breasted chat. The= se were the main highlights with a day with no rain and this afternoon clea= r blue skies and sun. The high was 11 degrees and we could not have asked = for a better winter in regards to temperature for the count. =20 =20 James R. Hirtle Bayport = --_4e3afa57-332a-4e40-8bd7-818358fd976c_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Tahoma } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> <FONT size=3D3>Hi all:</FONT><BR> <FONT size=3D3></FONT> =3B<BR> <FONT size=3D3>One team hit the field only for this count=2C so we definite= ly could not cover the whole area during daylight hours. =3B We did wel= l all considered with 43 species. =3B Highlights were hearing a killdee= r at Summerville Beach and 15 yellow-rumped warblers there. =3B </FONT>= <FONT size=3D3>At White Point on the back road with the protected cove at t= he end of the walking trial that crosses the bridge=2C there were 24 green-= winged teal. =3B At Brooklyn we had four wood ducks. =3B Dorothy Po= ole had discovered a redhead at Liverpool the day before. =3B This bird= is a young male in the following plumage: =3B partly into its Preforma= tive (sometimes termed First Basic) molt. Note the molted gray innermost gr= eater coverts=2C which are "adult" gray - this typical of this plumage. Als= o=2C the head especially has a rufous tinge=2C typical of young males=2C an= d the pale band on the bill seems more pronounced than it would be on even = an adult female. This comes from an analysis by Ian McLaren. =3B It was= a Brooklyn today in close to the bank of the bridge there. =3B It was = very rough at Western Head. =3B The highest waves I've ever seen there.=  =3B Therefore viewing sea birds was a challenge. =3B Only one dove= kie could be found. =3B At Meadow Brook in Liverpool along the trees th= ere we had 28 cedar waxwings. =3B In Back of the Cemetary in Liverpool = in the multiflora=2C we located a yellow-breasted chat. =3B These were = the main highlights with a day with no rain and this afternoon clear blue s= kies and sun. =3B The high was 11 degrees and we could not have asked f= or a better winter in regards to temperature for the count. =3B </FONT>= <BR> <FONT size=3D3></FONT> =3B<BR> <FONT size=3D3>James R. Hirtle</FONT><BR> <FONT size=3D3>Bayport</FONT><BR> </body> </html>= --_4e3afa57-332a-4e40-8bd7-818358fd976c_--
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