[NatureNS] A type of "pond" bird suggestions

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From: Ian Woodman <calicoangus@bell.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:46:45 -0400
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On 2012-06-15, at 12:50 PM, AngelaJoudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> wrote:

> Hello All.
> 
> I noticed a bird from a distance today at a pond. The pond is shallow and  full of cat tails, but does have minnows, dragon flies, frogs, water beetles etc.
> 
> I know my description will be vague but if I could get some suggestions, I can google them and start to narrow them down. 
> 
> Too far away to clearly see, and walking on the muddy bottom in amongst the bottoms of the cat tails, was a bird "smaller than a duck but  bigger than a red wing black bird". It had a one note call and was not a red wing black bird and not a duck. The tail was short and the body was dark. There seemed to be a white spot near it's rump. 
> 
> Now I know this is too vague to  be of much use, but if people could forward me some bird names, it gives a place to begin my investigation.
> 
> Thanks for any help you might be able to send my way.
> 
> Angela in Windsor NS
> 
> 
> "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them."
> Albert Einstein
> 
> "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
> John Muir

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