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I believe that the boat, the Farley Mowatt, was seized in Cape Breton a couple
of years ago when it rammed a Coast Guard boat. The folks were charged, did not
appear in court and were found guilty. I think the boat was then sold by the
Coast Guard.
Tuma
Koqwaqja'tekaq'tinej.
(Let Us Choose The Correct Behaviour)
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From: James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com>
To: Naturens Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Sun, February 20, 2011 9:18:40 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Interesting Birds Today and other
Hi all:
First off the northern pintail from Bayport, which was travelling with a group
of mallards with two Mallard X Black Ducks did not look quite right yesterday.
It flew before I could get a better look at it. Today at First South I found
the two mallard X black ducks and got a good look at what I chalked up as a
northern pintail. The neck and head and the way it swam were all typical female
pintail as well as the bill , size and body color. This bird had no tail though
and the back end looked like a normal mallard. It crawled up on the ice and I
noted orange legs. I marked the bird down as a pintail and continued on my way
and then I starting thinking, like wait a minute, northern pintails do not have
orange legs. I got my bird book out and looked and the closest match would be a
female blue-winged teal. Now the size of the bird I saw was that of an American
black duck which rules out green-winged teal as the two were side by side on the
ice. I know that I've seen mallard X northern pintail males. From a genetic
point of view is it possible for a female northern pintail X mallard. This is
the only thing that makes sense on the basis of no tail and the leg color. Any
other suggestions would be great. I went back to try and get some pictures, but
the bird was gone.
At Corkum's Island by the causeway there were five loons. One stuck out like a
sore thumb. It had a slender neck which was half the size of a normal common
loon and the bird was lighter and had a much different face, throat pattern. It
just stuck out with the other loons nearby as odd. I managed to get a very bad
picture of it as the bird in question kept diving. When I first saw it in the
water with the neck up in silouette, I thought that it was a swan. I'm assuming
that it is some abnormal plumage of a juvenile common loon, but the bird if it
can be relocated needs more observation. I called Kevin Lantz to try and get
better pictures as my camera is just a little point and shoot, but by that time
we could not relocate the loon.
Kevin Lantz found a thick-billed murre on the Lunenburg waterfront yesterday.
At that time it was way up in the bay near ABCO. Today it was on the other side
of the bay by the Lunenburg Fish Company. This bird looked very healthy and was
diving and seemed to be getting lots to eat. It stayed down for long periods
and went an amazing distance each time that it was down.
My friend David Walmark was very excited yesterday upon discovering that the
Farley Mowatt - The Sea Shepherd, the Famous Green Peace Boat was tied up at the
Lunenburg Wharf. Apparently no one knew this and the boat has been there since
the fall. I'm not sure as to why the local paper did not print a full story
upon it's arrival. At least I saw nothing. Hopefully, they do not want to
purposely keep it quiet as to its location and I'm not rocking the boat in
letting people know about it being there.
James R. Hirtle
Bayport
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<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div>I believe that the boat, the Farley Mowatt, was seized in Cape Breton a couple of years ago when it rammed a Coast Guard boat. The folks were charged, did not appear in court and were found guilty. I think the boat was then sold by the Coast Guard.</div><div><br></div><div>Tuma<br> </div>Koqwaqja'tekaq'tinej.<br>(Let Us Choose The Correct Behaviour)<div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Naturens Naturens
<naturens@chebucto.ns.ca><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sun, February 20, 2011 9:18:40 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NatureNS] Interesting Birds Today and other<br></font><br>
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<font size="3">Hi all:</font><br>
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<font size="3">First off the northern pintail from Bayport, which was travelling with a group of mallards with two Mallard X Black Ducks did not look quite right yesterday. It flew before I could get a better look at it. Today at First South I found the two mallard X black ducks and got a good look at what I chalked up as a northern pintail. The neck and head and the way it swam were all typical female pintail as well as the bill , size and body color. This bird had no tail though and the back end looked like a normal mallard. It crawled up on the ice and I noted orange legs. I marked the bird down as a pintail and continued on my way and then I starting thinking, like wait a minute, northern pintails do not have orange legs. I got my bird book out and looked and the closest match would be a female blue-winged teal. Now the size of the bird I saw was that of an American black duck which rules out
green-winged teal as the two were side by side on the ice. I know that I've seen mallard X northern pintail males. From a genetic point of view is it possible for a female northern pintail X mallard. This is the only thing that makes sense on the basis of no tail and the leg color. Any other suggestions would be great. I went back to try and get some pictures, but the bird was gone. </font><br>
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<font size="3">At Corkum's Island by the causeway there were five loons. One stuck out like a sore thumb. It had a slender neck which was half the size of a normal common loon and the bird was lighter and had a much different face, throat pattern. It just stuck out with the other loons nearby as odd. I managed to get a very bad picture of it as the bird in question kept diving. When I first saw it in the water with the neck up in silouette, I thought that it was a swan. I'm assuming that it is some abnormal plumage of a juvenile common loon, but the bird if it can be relocated needs more observation. I called Kevin Lantz to try and get better pictures as my camera is just a little point and shoot, but by that time we could not relocate the loon. </font><br>
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<font size="3">Kevin Lantz found a thick-billed murre on the Lunenburg waterfront yesterday. At that time it was way up in the bay near ABCO. Today it was on the other side of the bay by the Lunenburg Fish Company. This bird looked very healthy and was diving and seemed to be getting lots to eat. It stayed down for long periods and went an amazing distance each time that it was down. </font><br>
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<font size="3">My friend David Walmark was very excited yesterday upon discovering that the Farley Mowatt - The Sea Shepherd, the Famous Green Peace Boat was tied up at the Lunenburg Wharf. Apparently no one knew this and the boat has been there since the fall. I'm not sure as to why the local paper did not print a full story upon it's arrival. At least I saw nothing. Hopefully, they do not want to purposely keep it quiet as to its location and I'm not rocking the boat in letting people know about it being there. </font><br>
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