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---2114655128-331166901-1324218580=:96013 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All=0AYesterday about 2 pm I took a walk on a cobble seashore. A nice=0A= evening - not too breezy but no mosquitos.=0AThere was quite a few things o= f interest - it got dark=0Aabout 5 so there wasn't too much time to go into= things in detail.=0AAmong the many birds I saw was a Glaucous Gull. It had= the usual=0Alarge bill to go with its size. The neck and shoulders were a = pale buff=0Acolour unusual in the local gulls. According to the books that = would be aa=0Aimmature bird.=0AA little farther along I came upon a deer hi= de or part at least. It was washed up=0Aon a windrow of rock weed. The skin= side was up - so I turned it over to see if the=0Ahair would be good for f= ishing flies. No luck there but what a pile of kelp flies=0Aand hoppers of = some kind. It was like opening a bee hive. The hide and the hair probably= =0Akept the heat from the fermenting rockweed in to make a very comfortable= nest for them.=0AIn a south west facing cove, the waves had pushed a windr= ow of rockweed in against the=A0=0Abank under the overhanging trees. The he= at there was sufficient to germinated a whole=0Agarden of Cruciferae seedli= ngs. They were in the two leaf stage and had=A0=0Aturned the rockweed green= . I would assume they were some sort of mustard but couldn't be sure.=0AAlm= ost winter and they were trying to grow. I know there's global warming but = that seems a=A0=0Alittle optimistic - lol=0ANot many people walk on the cob= ble but it is always good for nature lovers.=0AHave a nice fall=0APaul ---2114655128-331166901-1324218580=:96013 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi All</div><div= >Yesterday about 2 pm I took a walk on a cobble seashore. A nice</div><div>= evening - not too breezy but no mosquitos.</div><div>There was quite a few = things of interest - it got dark</div><div>about 5 so there wasn't too much= time to go into things in detail.</div><div>Among the many birds I saw was= a Glaucous Gull. It had the usual</div><div>large bill to go with its size= . The neck and shoulders were a pale buff</div><div>colour unusual in the l= ocal gulls. According to the books that would be aa</div><div>immature bird= .</div><div>A little farther along I came upon a deer hide or part at least= . It was washed up</div><div>on a windrow of rock weed. The skin side was u= p - so I turned it over to see if the</div><div>hair would be good for fish= ing flies. No luck there but what a pile of kelp flies</div><div>and hoppers of some kind. It was like opening a bee hive. The hide and the hai= r probably</div><div>kept the heat from the fermenting rockweed in to make = a very comfortable nest for them.</div><div>In a south west facing cove, th= e waves had pushed a windrow of rockweed in against the </div><div>ban= k under the overhanging trees. The heat there was sufficient to germinated = a whole</div><div>garden of Cruciferae seedlings. They were in the two leaf= stage and had </div><div>turned the rockweed green. I would assume th= ey were some sort of mustard but couldn't be sure.</div><div>Almost winter = and they were trying to grow. I know there's global warming but that seems = a </div><div>little optimistic - lol</div><div>Not many people walk on= the cobble but it is always good for nature lovers.</div><div>Have a nice = fall</div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>= <br></div></div></body></html> ---2114655128-331166901-1324218580=:96013--
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