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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_010D_01CD0934.39F96F10 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, March 23, 2012 8:33 PM Subject: Black-backed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, many = others.... I went to Mount Uniacke Museum Park this morning in search of the = Black-backed Woodpecker. I started out working the Old Post Road but = although there were no woodpeckers evident I did see and photograph a = Winter Wren, a tough subject at the best of times. I've always had good = luck for woodpeckers on the Wetlands trail so I tried it next and found = a male Black-backed Woodpecker within fifteen minutes. This male allowed = me to take my best ever photographs of this bird. Look for the photos in = my journal in a few days. The Northern Mockingbird continues to hang about in our front yard in = Portuguese Cove, either sitting in the rose brambles, collecting red = grapes from the feeder or foraging on the front lawn. The Red-bellied = Woodpecker visited Monday but continues to be an irregular visitor = indicating that it has a large foraging territory. We also had our first = yard Fox Sparrow on Wednesday. The area around Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park, including = Pennant Cove and Indian Harbour are productive for sea ducks; = Red-breasted Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, White-winged = Scoter, Black Scoter and Long-tailed Duck(a really dumb name for such a = handsome bird). Savannah Sparrow have returned to the park and there are = now several Fox Sparrows singing on territory. A "brown" first winter = Northern Shrike was present on Wednesday. This bird is more correctly = described as gray not brown! On Tuesday a Peregrine Falcon crossed our path as Laura and I were = walking along Sandy Cove Road. Ring-necked Pheasants are calling = everywhere here, and mayflower is in bud. Yesterday I toured Oakfield Provincial Park and found that Brown = Creepers and White-breasted Nuthatches have returned in numbers. Hans _________________________________________________________________________= ________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_010D_01CD0934.39F96F10 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> </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, March 23, 2012 8:33 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Black-backed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, = many=20 others....</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I went to Mount Uniacke Museum Park = this morning in=20 search of the <STRONG>Black-backed Woodpecker</STRONG>. I started out = working=20 the Old Post Road but although there were no woodpeckers evident I did = see and=20 photograph a <STRONG>Winter Wren</STRONG>, a tough subject at the best = of times.=20 I've always had good luck for woodpeckers on the Wetlands trail so I = tried it=20 next and found a male <STRONG>Black-backed Woodpecker</STRONG>=20 within fifteen minutes. This male allowed me to take my best ever=20 photographs of this bird. Look for the photos in my journal in a few=20 days.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The <STRONG>Northern = Mockingbird</STRONG> continues=20 to hang about in our front yard in Portuguese Cove, either sitting in = the rose=20 brambles, collecting red grapes from the feeder or foraging on the front = lawn.=20 The <STRONG>Red-bellied Woodpecker</STRONG> visited Monday = but continues to=20 be an irregular visitor indicating that it has a large foraging = territory. We=20 also had our first yard <STRONG>Fox Sparrow</STRONG> on = Wednesday.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The area around Crystal Crescent Beach = Provincial=20 Park, including Pennant Cove and Indian Harbour are productive for sea = ducks;=20 <STRONG>Red-breasted Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, = White-winged=20 Scoter, Black Scoter </STRONG>and <STRONG>Long-tailed Duck</STRONG>(a = really=20 dumb name for such a handsome bird). <STRONG>Savannah Sparrow</STRONG> = have=20 returned to the park and there are now several <STRONG>Fox = Sparrows</STRONG>=20 singing on territory. A "brown" first winter <STRONG>Northern = Shrike</STRONG>=20 was present on Wednesday. This bird is more correctly described as gray = not=20 brown!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On Tuesday a <STRONG>Peregrine = Falcon</STRONG>=20 crossed our path as Laura and I were walking along Sandy Cove Road.=20 <STRONG>Ring-necked Pheasants</STRONG> are calling everywhere here,=20 and mayflower is in bud.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Yesterday I toured Oakfield Provincial = Park and=20 found that <STRONG>Brown Creepers</STRONG> and <STRONG>White-breasted=20 Nuthatches</STRONG> have returned in numbers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial>Hans<BR>____________________________________________________= _____________________________________________________<BR>Hans=20 Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/">http://www.hanstoom.com/</A></FONT></DI= V></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_010D_01CD0934.39F96F10--
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