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--Boundary_(ID_0ZBBGxgfajELQrVm7cwofQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT DEC. 22, 2010 - Over the dykelands just south of Port Williams, a hunting n. harrier was using the quite stiff wind again today by hovering, a great way to look for prey in grassland by expending little energy. Rough-legged hawks are well-known to use this strategy in open country, both in the north and here in winter, and our King's County red-tailed hawks do the same, but I don't recall ever seeing a harrier do this. I checked the ducks in the Habitant River in downtown Canning: 100+ mallards, 50+ black ducks, and 11 American wigeons (2m,9f/imm) -- no Eurasian wigeon visible, and no hooded mergansers, despite good looks at all the ducks with a scope -- again most of the ducks were upstream to the southwest of the Legion. Also along the river were a red-tailed hawk and 10+ blue jays. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_0ZBBGxgfajELQrVm7cwofQ) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>DEC. = 22, 2010</b> - Over the dykelands just south of Port Williams, a = hunting<b> n. harrier </b>was using the quite stiff wind again today = by<b> hovering</b>, a great way to look for prey in grassland by = expending little energy. Rough-legged hawks are well-known to use = this strategy in open country, both in the north and here in winter, and = our King's County red-tailed hawks do the same, but I don't recall ever = seeing a harrier do this. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">I checked the <b>ducks</b> = in the Habitant River in downtown <b>Canning</b>: 100+ mallards, 50+ = black ducks, and 11 <b>American wigeons</b> (2m,9f/imm) -- no Eurasian = wigeon visible, and no hooded mergansers, despite good looks at all the = ducks with a scope -- again most of the ducks were upstream to the = southwest of the Legion. Also along the river were a red-tailed = hawk and 10+ blue jays. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville</font></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_0ZBBGxgfajELQrVm7cwofQ)--
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