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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01CCD1E1.13C24F90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Hans Toom=20 To: NS-RBA=20 Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 10:49 AM Subject: Common Gallinule Update and Many Others I left my house at 7:45AM just in time to see the Baltimore Oriole = swinging into the feeder. At Red Bridge Pond I spotted the Common = Gallinule swimming along the edge of the ice looking healthy and alert. = The Mallards and Wigeons here are already becoming accustomed to being = fed. Even the American Coot is becoming tamer. The mallards were = actually walking up the bank towards me when I arrived. I left a bunch = of lettuce, a block of suet, and a scattering of mixed seed. The feeding = frenzy began immediately with the coot joining in on the snow covered = gravel bar. I swung over to Sullivan's Pond and found one Eurasian Wigeon sleeping = on the ice and a Gadwall that posed nicely for me, showing off its = speckled finish. I returned to Red Bridge Pond and to my amazement the Common Gallinule = was standing on the back of a male mallard within a few feet of the = gravel bar pecking away at its back. This is one feisty bird! I managed = to get the coot and gallinule in a single photo frame. It is possible and the best of all scenarios that this area may not = completely freeze allowing the Common Gallinule and American Coot to = winter here. The cold temperatures are unlikely to kill these birds but = the loss of body fat will, so bring food when you visit. It's tricky = getting down the snow covered bank to the gravel bar so use care. The = easiest route is from the front of the day care centre. At home in Portuguese Cove the Baltimore Oriole, Northern Mockingbird = and Red-bellied Woodpecker are all doing well. Hans _________________________________________________________________________= ________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01CCD1E1.13C24F90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19170"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dhtoom@hfx.eastlink.ca href=3D"mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca">Hans = Toom</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3DNS-RBA@yahoogroups.com=20 href=3D"mailto:NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com">NS-RBA</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 13, 2012 10:49 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Common Gallinule Update and Many Others</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I left my house at 7:45AM just in time = to see the=20 <STRONG>Baltimore Oriole</STRONG> swinging into the feeder. At Red = Bridge Pond I=20 spotted the <STRONG>Common Gallinule</STRONG> swimming along the edge of = the ice=20 looking healthy and alert. The <STRONG>Mallards </STRONG>and = <STRONG>Wigeons=20 </STRONG>here are already becoming accustomed to being fed. Even the=20 <STRONG>American Coot</STRONG> is becoming tamer. The mallards were = actually=20 walking up the bank towards me when I arrived. I left a bunch of = lettuce, a=20 block of suet, and a scattering of mixed seed. The feeding frenzy began=20 immediately with the coot joining in on the snow covered gravel=20 bar.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I swung over to Sullivan's Pond and = found one=20 <STRONG>Eurasian Wigeon</STRONG> sleeping on the ice and a=20 <STRONG>Gadwall</STRONG> that posed nicely for me, showing off its = speckled=20 finish.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I returned to Red Bridge Pond and to my = amazement=20 the Common Gallinule was standing on the back of a male mallard within a = few=20 feet of the gravel bar pecking away at its back. This is one feisty = bird! I=20 managed to get the coot and gallinule in a single photo = frame.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>It is possible and the best of all = scenarios that=20 this area may not completely freeze allowing the Common Gallinule = and=20 American Coot to winter here. The cold temperatures are unlikely to = kill=20 these birds but the loss of body fat will, so bring food when you visit. = It's=20 tricky getting down the snow covered bank to the gravel bar so use care. = The=20 easiest route is from the front of the day care centre.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At home in Portuguese Cove the = <STRONG>Baltimore=20 Oriole</STRONG>, <STRONG>Northern Mockingbird</STRONG> and = <STRONG>Red-bellied=20 Woodpecker</STRONG> are all doing well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT><BR><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial>Hans<BR>____________________________________________________= _____________________________________________________<BR>Hans=20 Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR></FONT><A=20 href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/"><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial>http://www.hanstoom.com/</FONT></A></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01CCD1E1.13C24F90--
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