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Index of Subjects All: Yesterday son Jamie and I did the whole circuit of Hartlen Pt., around "Back Cove" and back by the Harbourside beach. We were entertained by good numbers of mostly local juvenile warblers - especially Yellow and Common Yellowthroats, but with a few exogenous(?) Palm Warblers - but . There were also perhaps 15-20 Common Wood-nymphs the grassy margins along the path leading to Back Cove from the golf-course entrance. PHOTOGRAPHER ALERT: I photo'd an unusually dark-marked adult Ruddy Turnstone on rocks below the cliff en route to Back Cove. As in three other photos by others from July-Aug. adults, this one seemed extensively blackish above, including the crown, and seemed to match subspecies interpres, which nests in w. AK and also in n. Nunavut, but is supposed to migrate respectively along the Pacific Coast and to Europe and Africa. Ours are supposed to be subspecies morinella, which nests in s. Nunavut. Fresh juveniles are also possibly distinguishable. Specimens would help, but it would be useful if as many photos as possible were obtained of unworn adults and juveniles, to see if any patterns emerge. Cheers, Ian Ian McLaren ----- End forwarded message -----
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