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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006F_01CD7E4F.466C9610 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Pat McKay helped me to do my shorebird survey at Three Fathom Harbour = today. Hot, humid conditions had me crossing planned activities off the = list, but we still saw a fair bit. At Shorebird Cove, a newly-fledged Belted Kingfisher practising its = fishing technique, without great success, and a flock of young = Red-winged Blackbirds. At Dottie's Pond, an Osprey nest with two young still in the nest but = close to fledging, and a juvenile Spotted Sandpiper. At the Causeway.a second Osprey nest where 1 young had fledged before we = arrived at 12:30, and the second fledged while we watched this = afternoon. The air was full of encouraging cries all afternoon. Also = still more than a dozen juvenile Eastern Willets, 4 of which were very = young - had just lost the last of their downy plumage. The range in = fledging dates for Willets is amazing, and has a lot to do with = established pairs of adults getting straight down to breeding when they = arrive in spring, versus newly mated pairs that spend roughly 4 weeks in = displays before establishing pair bonds. Cheers, Susann Myers ------=_NextPart_000_006F_01CD7E4F.466C9610 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 8.00.6001.19298"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Pat McKay helped me to do my shorebird = survey at=20 Three Fathom Harbour today. Hot, humid conditions had me=20 crossing planned activities off the list, but we still saw a fair=20 bit.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At Shorebird Cove, = a newly-fledged Belted=20 Kingfisher practising its fishing technique, without great success, and = a flock=20 of young Red-winged Blackbirds.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At Dottie's Pond, an Osprey nest with = two young=20 still in the nest but close to fledging, and a juvenile Spotted=20 Sandpiper.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At the Causeway.a second Osprey nest = where 1 young=20 had fledged before we arrived at 12:30, and the second fledged while we = watched=20 this afternoon. The air was full of encouraging cries all = afternoon. =20 Also still more than a dozen juvenile Eastern Willets, 4 of which = were very=20 young - had just lost the last of their downy plumage. The range = in=20 fledging dates for Willets is amazing, and has a lot to do with = established=20 pairs of adults getting straight down to breeding when they arrive in = spring,=20 versus newly mated pairs that spend roughly 4 weeks in displays before=20 establishing pair bonds.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Susann = Myers</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_006F_01CD7E4F.466C9610--
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