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David Walmark told me about a large group of Ring-necked ducks at Hirtle's =
Pond at Kingsburg. Tonight we saw 12 there. David says this is a very low=
number compared to what had been present yesterday.
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The following might fall outside of the lines of Naturens=2C but I'll bring=
it in line with saying that I mailed two separate mailings for The Lunenbu=
rg Christmas Bird Count out. I had heard that places like MacKay's Pharmac=
y=2C Shoppers Drug Mart and like outlets do not fall under the same rules o=
f the post office and they can put their own fees and prices on things resu=
lting in our paying a lot more then we would at the actual post office. I'=
ve seen this go both ways=2C but in two recent mailings at Shoppers Drug Ma=
rt=2C dealing with the same individual and with the same size envelope and =
everything being the same=2C with the first set of four envelopes mailed a =
few days ago=2C I was charged 1.00/unit. With the exact same thing last ni=
ght they charged me $1.22 per envelope=2C therefore .44 cents more. It mak=
es one wonder how often we get ripped off with this sort of thing and it sh=
ows that what they say is correct at least with Shoppers Drug Mart this tim=
e around.=20
=20
The blackpoll warbler today was very aggressive towards the pine siskins an=
d the American goldfinches=2C making runs around the feeder at the other bi=
rds and driving them away. When doing this it would open its bill and look=
ed quite fierce. This is the first time I've observed this. The blackpoll=
was going for what looked like niger seed. This was in regards to my earl=
ier report today. =20
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James R. Hirtle
Bayport =
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David Walmark told me about a large group of Ring-necked ducks at Hirtle's =
Pond at Kingsburg. =3B Tonight we saw 12 there. =3B David says this=
is a very low number compared to what had been present yesterday.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
The following might fall outside of the lines of Naturens=2C but I'll bring=
it in line with saying that I mailed two separate mailings for The Lunenbu=
rg Christmas Bird Count out. =3B I had heard that places like MacKay's =
Pharmacy=2C Shoppers Drug Mart and like outlets do not fall under the same =
rules of the post office and they can put their own fees and prices on thin=
gs resulting in our paying a lot more then we would at the actual post offi=
ce. =3B I've seen this go both ways=2C but in two recent mailings at Sh=
oppers Drug Mart=2C dealing with the same individual and with the same size=
envelope and everything being the same=2C with the first set of four envel=
opes mailed a few days ago=2C I was charged 1.00/unit. =3B With the exa=
ct same thing last night they charged me $1.22 per envelope=2C therefore .4=
4 cents more. =3B It makes one wonder how often we get ripped off with =
this sort of thing and it shows that what they say is correct at least with=
Shoppers Drug Mart this time around. =3B<BR>
 =3B<BR>
The blackpoll warbler today was very aggressive towards the pine siskins an=
d the American goldfinches=2C making runs around the feeder at the other bi=
rds and driving them away. =3B =3BWhen doing this it would open its=
bill and looked quite fierce. =3B This is the first time I've observed=
this. =3B The blackpoll was going for =3Bwhat looked like niger se=
ed. =3B This was in regards to my earlier report today. =3B =3B=
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James R. Hirtle<BR>
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