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--00151747958a20809504af4b8153 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I caught 9 of your 10 yellowlegs in one photo today, on the east side of the "harbour". http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds-October-December-2011/19345301_Vgt77R#1529930075_PRQDKVZ Rick. On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 5:14 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>wrote: > *OCT. 14, 2011* - I checked *Wolfville Harbour *at 3:30 p.m., a bit after > high tide, for roosting shorebirds along the railroad tracks, and I found 10 > * greater yellowlegs*, 1 probable* lesser yellowlegs* (appeared smaller > and was not with the greaters), and 1 *spotted sandpiper*. > > Two *ravens *were perched atop the Railtown building and calling > frequently for attention? > > And a local naturalist, Gisela Westphalen, told me she has been seeing a > single *crow* in a group of 5-6 that shows a *very strange beak* with the > *upper mandible pointing upward* away from the lower. One has to wonder > how the crow manages to forage, but then we have all heard about similar > phenomena with other species having individuals with disabilities. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > -- Rick Whitman --00151747958a20809504af4b8153 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I caught 9 of your 10 yellowlegs in one photo today, on the east side of th= e "harbour".<div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://rickwhitman.smu= gmug.com/Nature/Birds-October-December-2011/19345301_Vgt77R#1529930075_PRQD= KVZ">http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds-October-December-2011/1934= 5301_Vgt77R#1529930075_PRQDKVZ</a></div> <div><br></div><div>Rick.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 14,= 2011 at 5:14 PM, James W. Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:= jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><bl= ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #= ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> <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>OCT. 14, 2011</b> - I checked <b>Wolfville Harbour </b>at 3:30 p.m., a bi= t after high tide, for roosting shorebirds along the railroad tracks, and I= found 10<b> greater yellowlegs</b>, 1 probable<b> lesser yellowlegs</b> (a= ppeared smaller and was not with the greaters), and 1 <b>spotted sandpiper<= /b>.=A0</font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0= px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" s= tyle=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica">Two <b>ravens </b>were perched atop the Rail= town building and calling frequently for attention?</font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0= px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" s= tyle=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica">And a local naturalist, Gisela Westphalen, t= old me she has been seeing a single <b>crow</b> in a group of 5-6 that show= s a <b>very strange beak</b> with the <b>upper mandible pointing upward</b>= away from the lower.=A0 One has to wonder how the crow manages to forage, = but then we have all heard about similar phenomena with other species havin= g individuals with disabilities.</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> </div></blockquote></div><br><br clear= =3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Rick Whitman<br><br> </div> --00151747958a20809504af4b8153--
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