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</font></p><p style=3D"margin-to This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_038F_01CD26F9.F1335DC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good Day, Just a brief note to thank Richard Stern for leading us on a very = productive although rather cool and breezy field trip pond-hopping, etc. = in the Wolfville/Kentville area on Sat. Also thanks to Liz Stern for = the hospitality she showed to a bunch of muddy-booted birders! Sorry = about that, Liz! It was great to view Richard's and Paul's images, especially of the = Barred Owls in Bernard's backyard. Bernard certainly knows their = behaviour! Thanks, Bernard! After the field trip was over, and Suzanne and I were able to warm up = over coffees at Just Us, we stopped to take a look over the Windsor = Sewage Lagoon. There, we were able to add several species to the day's = tally. Perhaps most remarkable was the number of Tree Swallows flying = over the second pond, further from the road. Although it was a = challenge to do a proper count, counting by 10's, I "guesstimated" about = 250 swallows in all, with about 1 in 10 being a Barn Swallow. Also in = the second pond were a few Ring-necked Ducks, and both American and = Eurasian Wigeon. A presumed pair of Killdeer were on the gravel = driveway. Finally, we quickly scanned the gulls roosting on the grassy = area between the ponds, expecting only the usual 3 suspects. However, = there was a 4th - a Lesser Black-backed Gull, obviously smaller and not = nearly as dark as the nearby GBBG's, finally stood up to show us its = yellow legs! I was able to get poor but documentary pics for the = record. Bring on the migration.... The only warbler species I've seen so far in = 2012 (in NS) is Yellow-rumped! Cheers, Bob McDonald Halifax ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Patrick Kelly=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Today's NSBS and BNS Field trip photos Hi everyone: If I hadn't been trying to get the lawns/gardens done on Saturday = before going on a brief vacation, I would have loved to have made this = trip, especially if an indigo bunting was spotted, as I have never seen = one, and appear to be the only birder in the province in that category! = LOL Pat On Apr 28, 2012, at 5:07 PM, Richard Stern wrote: Hi, I have put a few photos from today's joint NSBS and BNS field trip = to Wolfville and Kentville here - = http://richard-s.smugmug.com/Nature/NS-Birds-and-Scenes-March-2012/222438= 43_PJkNCK#!i=3D1817569802&k=3DvLTrnqB Click on the big version of the image for a full-sized one, and go = on to the next page (menu above the thumbnails) for more. 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Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4969 - Release Date: = 04/30/12 ------=_NextPart_000_038F_01CD26F9.F1335DC0 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 8.00.6001.19222"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Good Day,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Just a brief note to thank Richard = Stern for=20 leading us on a very productive although rather cool and breezy field = trip=20 pond-hopping, etc. in the Wolfville/Kentville area on Sat. Also = thanks to=20 Liz Stern for the hospitality she showed to a bunch of muddy-booted=20 birders! Sorry about that, Liz!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>It was great to view Richard's and = Paul's images,=20 especially of the Barred Owls in Bernard's backyard. Bernard = certainly=20 knows their behaviour! Thanks, Bernard!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>After the field trip was over, and = Suzanne and I=20 were able to warm up over coffees at Just Us, we stopped to take a look = over the=20 Windsor Sewage Lagoon. There, we were able to add several species = to the=20 day's tally. Perhaps most remarkable was the number of Tree = Swallows=20 flying over the second pond, further from the road. Although it = was a=20 challenge to do a proper count, counting by 10's, I "guesstimated" about = 250=20 swallows in all, with about 1 in 10 being a Barn Swallow. Also in = the=20 second pond were a few Ring-necked Ducks, and both American and Eurasian = Wigeon. A presumed pair of Killdeer were on the gravel = driveway. =20 Finally, we quickly scanned the gulls roosting on the grassy area = between the=20 p