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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01CD0534.B22A0930 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Nice day here in Pictou Co as well, but got very windy about 11 a.m. = Juncos were busy singing along any wooded area this morning and Robins = were numerous with more than 100 in the Durham-Lyons Brook area. There = were a few Grackles here and there as well- maybe adding up to 30-40. =20 A pair of Bald Eagles were on the nest along the river in Durham with = the male rearranging a stick. At Lock Broom, the Osprey will be = disappointed when they return as a pair of Eagles were on the nest = platform used for years by Osprey, and were busy re-arranging the sticks = in the nest. Not far away in Lyons Brook the nest in the pines had a = Eagle low on the nest like it might be on an egg? At the Pictou Causeway spillway, the 150 Greater Scaup were joined by a = male Black Scoter.=20 Glaucous Gull was still at Pier C in Pictou In the East River below the sewage treatment plant, a male Ring-necked = Duck was with 35 Common Mergansers. =20 Behind the Shell garage in Abercrombie, there were 3 Gadwall and 9 = American Wigeon- a local movement of wintering birds into an area that = has recently opened up.=20 For plants, I saw my first coltsfoot in bloom - about 8 flowers along = the coal-lined bank behind the New Glasgow Wal-Mart. I had a single = crocus in bloom in my yard this afternoon. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01CD0534.B22A0930 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 8.00.6001.19190"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Nice day here in Pictou Co as well, but = got very=20 windy about 11 a.m. Juncos were busy singing along any wooded area this = morning=20 and Robins were numerous with more than 100 in the Durham-Lyons Brook = area.=20 There were a few Grackles here and there as well- maybe adding up to=20 30-40.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A pair of Bald Eagles were on the nest = along the=20 river in Durham with the male rearranging a stick. At Lock Broom, the = Osprey=20 will be disappointed when they return as a pair of Eagles were on the = nest=20 platform used for years by Osprey, and were busy re-arranging the = sticks in=20 the nest. Not far away in Lyons Brook the nest in the pines had a Eagle = low on=20 the nest like it might be on an egg?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At the Pictou Causeway spillway, the = 150 Greater=20 Scaup were joined by a male Black Scoter. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Glaucous Gull was still at Pier C in=20 Pictou</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>In the East River below the sewage = treatment plant,=20 a male <STRONG>Ring-necked Duck</STRONG> was with 35 Common=20 Mergansers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Behind the Shell garage in Abercrombie, = there were=20 3 Gadwall and 9 American Wigeon- a local movement of wintering birds = into an=20 area that has recently opened up. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>For plants, I saw my first=20 <STRONG>coltsfoot</STRONG> in bloom - about 8 flowers along the = coal-lined bank=20 behind the New Glasgow Wal-Mart. I had a single crocus in bloom in = my yard=20 this afternoon. </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01CD0534.B22A0930--
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