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Hi all:
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I was talking to the Captain of The Lunenburg Whale Tours this evening. He=
told me that there has been an abundance of seabirds the past few weeks. =
The other day he saw thousands of Great Shearwaters=2C there were goodly nu=
mbers of sooty shearwaters and some manx shearwaters. He has been seeing t=
hese species on a regular basis. He has also been seeing Atlantic puffins =
and razorbills. =20
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For the record=2C David Walmark described a bird to me that he saw off of H=
irtle's Beach=2C a few days ago that might have been a frigatebird. I'm no=
t saying that it was=2C but from his description that is the only bird that=
I can think of that might match what it could have been. I've asked a co-=
worker to try and get a picture of a hummingbird that she described to me a=
s much larger than our ruby-throated hummingbird. It is dark on back of the=
head. I've been trying to get time to visit to see if I can set eyes on t=
his bird=2C but likely won't make it there until Monday. It is most active=
and seen usually in the early morning. I'm not saying that it is anything=
different at this point=2C but this is a person who is obsessed with the r=
uby-throated hummingbird and she has been observing them and feeding them f=
or years=2C so I feel that she would notice if there was one around differe=
nt than the norm. =20
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James R. Hirtle
Bridgewater =
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Hi all:<BR>
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I was talking to the Captain of The Lunenburg Whale Tours this evening.&nbs=
p=3B He told me that there has been an abundance of seabirds the past few w=
eeks. =3B The other day he saw thousands of Great Shearwaters=2C there =
were goodly numbers of sooty shearwaters and some manx shearwaters. =3B=
He has been seeing these species on a regular basis. =3B He has also b=
een seeing Atlantic puffins and razorbills. =3B <BR>
 =3B<BR>
For the record=2C David Walmark described a bird to me that he saw off of H=
irtle's Beach=2C a few days ago that might have been a frigatebird. =3B=
I'm not saying that it was=2C but from his description that is the only bi=
rd that I can think of that might match what it =3Bcould have been.&nbs=
p=3B I've asked a co-worker to try and get a picture of a hummingbird that =
she described to me as much larger than our ruby-throated hummingbird. =
=3BIt is dark on back of the head. =3B I've been trying to get time to =
visit to see if I can set eyes on this bird=2C but likely won't make it the=
re until Monday. =3B It is most active and seen usually in the early mo=
rning. =3B I'm not saying that it is anything different at this point=
=2C but this is a person who is obsessed with the ruby-throated hummingbird=
and she has been observing them and feeding them for years=2C so I feel th=
at she would notice if there was one around different =3Bthan the norm.=
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James R. Hirtle<BR>
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