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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0199_01CD8B52.782B1180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all=20 I did some birding early yesterday,Sept 4 at Big I.=20 I was greeted at the causeway by a couple of American Pipit. I had seen = one on a brief visit the day before. At the beach by the east end of the = causeway, a couple of promising looking shorebirds flew in and landed = and proved to be Buff-breasted Sandpipers. I always had found this a = species hard to find in Pictou Co., but I seemed to be having more luck = the last 3-4 years. I believe Karen and Lit MacLeod had seen = Buff-breasted a few days earlier.=20 An imm Great Cormorant continues along the inner shore of the causeway ( = easterly end). All along the causeway, and indeed through the island, = were many Savannah Sparrows. In my count I had close to 70, but there = were many more not counted.=20 I had 9 species of shorebird missing the 2 Red Knots I had the previous = evening. I also had 13 species of warbler including 35 Myrtle, 12 = Yellow, 16 Common Yellowthroat, a male Wilson's, 6-7 each of Magnolia, = Redstart and Parula. Like James Hirtle, there was a large flock (114) of = Green-winged Teal. There had been Blue-wings with them last week, but = none detected in the group this time.=20 There were a couple of Black Swallowtails- I was hoping for = Short-tailed, but I don't think. I have a photo of one for further = study! I ended with a respectable 71 species of bird with a bit of effort. = Results were posted to ebird.=20 cheers ken ------=_NextPart_000_0199_01CD8B52.782B1180 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></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I did some birding early yesterday,Sept = 4 at Big I.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I was greeted at the causeway by a = couple of=20 <STRONG>American Pipit</STRONG>. I had seen one on a brief visit the day = before.=20 At the beach by the east end of the causeway, a couple of promising = looking=20 shorebirds flew in and landed and proved to be <STRONG>Buff-breasted=20 Sandpipers</STRONG>. I always had found this a species hard to find in = Pictou=20 Co., but I seemed to be having more luck the last 3-4 years. I believe = Karen and=20 Lit MacLeod had seen Buff-breasted a few days earlier. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>An imm <STRONG>Great Cormorant</STRONG> = continues=20 along the inner shore of the causeway ( easterly end). All along = the=20 causeway, and indeed through the island, were many <STRONG>Savannah=20 Sparrows</STRONG>. In my count I had close to 70, but there were many = more not=20 counted. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I had 9 species of shorebird missing = the 2 Red=20 Knots I had the previous evening. I also had 13 species of warbler=20 including 35 Myrtle, 12 Yellow, 16 Common Yellowthroat, a male=20 <STRONG>Wilson's,</STRONG> 6-7 each of Magnolia, Redstart and Parula. = Like James=20 Hirtle, there was a large flock (114) of Green-winged Teal. There = had been=20 Blue-wings with them last week, but none detected in the group this = time.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There were a couple of Black = Swallowtails- I was=20 hoping for Short-tailed, but I don't think. I have a photo of one for = further=20 study!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I ended with a respectable 71 species = of bird with=20 a bit of effort. Results were posted to ebird. </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>ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0199_01CD8B52.782B1180--
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