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--Apple-Mail-3-884369806 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Liz and all, one very helpful identification mark is the ornamented beak on the redheads, resembling the ring-necked duck (which should be renamed "ring-billed duck") -- the tip is conspicuously black with a white ring behind it. Otherwise the female redhead is a difficult identification. Cheers from Jim Begin forwarded message: > From: Elizabeth Doull <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: February 13, 2012 8:24:53 AM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Redhead in Purcell Cove > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Sunday, Feb 12 2012 > > I checked out the birds in Purcell Cove and found a female? > redhead. It had an orangey-brown head and brown body, which stood > out amid the scaups. It also had a gentle sloping shape, but not > like that of a Canvasback. It did not have the whites around its > beak. The bird sometimes went by itself and sometimes with the > group. Each time I looked for it, I easily found it. It also had > a different kind of diving style. Checked some of my books and > felt it was the redhead. It was too far to take a photograph for > documentation. Maybe someone else can do that? > > The male Barrow's goldeneye was not there. Just the usuals like > the long tailed ducks, Great cormorants, Black guillemonts, etc. > > Cheers, > Liz --Apple-Mail-3-884369806 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Liz and all, one very helpful identification mark is the ornamented beak = on the redheads, resembling the ring-necked duck (which should be = renamed "ring-billed duck") -- the tip is conspicuously black with a = white ring behind it. Otherwise the female redhead is a difficult = identification. Cheers from Jim<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Elizabeth Doull <<a = href=3D"mailto:edoull@ns.sympatico.ca">edoull@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">February 13, 2012 8:24:53 AM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Redhead in Purcell = Cove</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><font = face=3D"Times New Roman">Sunday, Feb 12 = 2012</font></div><div> </div><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman">I = checked out the birds in Purcell Cove and found a female? = redhead. It had an orangey-brown head and brown body, which stood = out amid the scaups. It also had a gentle sloping shape, but not = like that of a Canvasback. It did not have the whites around its = beak. The bird sometimes went by itself and sometimes with the = group. Each time I looked for it, I easily found it. It also = had a different kind of diving style. Checked some of = my books and felt it was the redhead. It was too far to take a = photograph for documentation. Maybe someone else can do = that? </font></div><div> </div><div><font = face=3D"Times New Roman">The male Barrow's goldeneye was not = there. Just the usuals like the long tailed ducks, Great = cormorants, Black guillemonts, = etc. </font></div><div> </div><div><font face=3D"Times New = Roman">Cheers,</font></div><div>Liz</div></span></blockquote></div><br></b= ody></html>= --Apple-Mail-3-884369806--
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