[NatureNS] Laughing Gull at Martinique

From: Bob McDonald <bobathome@eastlink.ca>
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Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 18:06:31 -0300
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Hello All,

Martinique Beach is our first stop on my Nova Scotia Migration Count =
(West Lawrencetown Marsh is the last).  Wendy and I parked in the last =
parking lot and walked out along the beach to the left looking for =
Piping Plovers and other shorebirds.  None were seen.  Just past the =
first wash out and out on the off shore rocks stood an adult Laughing =
Gull (dark mantle, medium sized gull, all black head, large red bill and =
white eye ring (or partial eye ring).  The bird was a dead ringer to the =
illustration in the Nat Geo field guide which I consulted back at the =
car.  Also seen was a Iceland Gull fly-over.
Near the first parking area, just past where the surf was crashing =
(quite windy out there!), we had all 3 scoters and a few Gannets were =
flying by further out.

By way of contrast to Richard's Count, we had ONE (1) warbler species!  =
It's still very early spring on the Eastern Shore!  Our final tally was =
41 species.

Cheers,

Bob McDonald
Halifax
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seen.&nbsp;=20
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Laughing Gull (dark mantle, medium sized gull, all black head, large red =
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and white eye ring (or partial eye ring).&nbsp; The bird was a dead =
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car.&nbsp; Also seen was a Iceland Gull fly-over.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Halifax</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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