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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_NSJXHRIzHxIkNThBYxDnwg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Laura and I took our evening walk along Chebucto Head Road to Duncan's Cove Road, thence to Duncan's Cove and to the look-off over Duncan Reef. As we approached Duncan's Cove there was a melee offshore. The first bird seen in the thousands was Northern Gannet flying and diving along a long line stretching from somewhere off Chebucto Head around Duncan Reef and to the west until out of sight. There were whales in this spectacle, sporting a small dorsal, possibly Minke's, and hundreds of gulls. The remarkable aspect of this was the presence of thousands of Great Shearwaters sitting on the water or flying along in a southwesterly direction. Smaller birds were present, likely alcids, but my 10X binoculars didn't have the reach to sort them out. Alas, my camera and spotting scope were left at home. We have no idea what species was the victim of all this attention. We have never seen this many Great Shearwaters anywhere, even on the high seas. Tomorrow I'll check out the area again and try to get some photos. It's a fair effort to get my gear down to Duncan Reef which is the best vantage for this display. Wow! Hans _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ --Boundary_(ID_NSJXHRIzHxIkNThBYxDnwg) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19120"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Laura and I took our evening walk along Chebucto Head Road to Duncan's Cove Road, thence to Duncan's Cove and to the look-off over Duncan Reef. As we approached Duncan's Cove there was a melee offshore. The first bird seen in the thousands was <STRONG>Northern Gannet</STRONG> flying and diving along a long line stretching from somewhere off Chebucto Head around Duncan Reef and to the west until out of sight. There were whales in this spectacle, sporting a small dorsal, possibly Minke's, and hundreds of gulls. The remarkable aspect of this was the presence of thousands of <STRONG>Great Shearwaters</STRONG> sitting on the water or flying along in a southwesterly direction. Smaller birds were present, likely alcids, but my 10X binoculars didn't have the reach to sort them out. Alas, my camera and spotting scope were left at home. We have no idea what species was the victim of all this attention.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We have never seen this many Great Shearwaters anywhere, even on the high seas.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Tomorrow I'll check out the area again and try to get some photos. It's a fair effort to get my gear down to Duncan Reef which is the best vantage for this display.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Wow!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><BR>Hans<BR>_________________________________________________________________________________________________________<BR>Hans Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="http://www.hanstoom.com/">http://www.hanstoom.com/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_NSJXHRIzHxIkNThBYxDnwg)--
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