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Index of Subjects --14dae9ccdd4ef370bf04cdb20ead Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hey Ken, she called me today on the petrel. Glad you kept that info ! Hopefully she's releasing it tonight. Need to get a calendar worthy picture of one the next time we get one..would be a great education opportunity for one of the months in our calendar :) Helene On Nov 4, 2012 1:56 PM, "Ken McKenna" <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote: > ** > > Ken McKenna > Box 218 Stellarton NS > B0K 1S0 > 902 752-7644 > Hi all > Steve Vines and I were birding in the Caribou I. area yesterday afternoon > (Nov 3). Our main goal was Waterside beach where we saw *25+ Red-throated > Loons* (down from *65+* I had about a week ago). Only one was still in > decent alt. plumage. It started to rain as we finished so we decided to go > to the Caribou ( Gull I.) lighthouse to see what might be flying in the > Strait. We were not expecting much as the wind was not particularly strong. > Shortly after we started looking, Steve spied a *Leaches Storm Petrel*flying west between the lighthouse and Pictou I. Over the next half hour or > so we saw *17* about 1 every 2 min. or so. One might have been a Wilson's > as had a strong white rump patch. We also noted about 7-8 *Red-throated > Loons* and a few ~ 20 Gannets. > I went to Big I this morning hoping to see some of these west bound birds > flying back to the east but I did not observe any. When I got home, there > was a message from my former receptionist that a former neighbour of hers ( > now living in PEI) had found a grounded and live *Storm Petrel* on the > Caribou-Wood I. ferry ( last one last night) and passed on info from > Helene's email to natureNS from Nov.4, 2009!! with advice on what to do > with grounded petrels. Interesting the same date! > > cheers > ken > > --14dae9ccdd4ef370bf04cdb20ead Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p>Hey Ken, she called me today on the petrel. Glad you kept that info ! Ho= pefully she's releasing it tonight. Need to get a calendar worthy pictu= re of one the next time we get one..would be a great education opportunity = for one of the months in our calendar :)<br> Helene</p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Nov 4, 2012 1:56 PM, "Ken McKenna" = <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wr= ote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"mar= gin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <u></u> <div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <div><font face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">Ken McKenna<br>Box 218 Stellarton NS<br>B0K=20 1S0<br><a href=3D"tel:902%20752-7644" value=3D"+19027527644" target=3D"_bla= nk">902 752-7644</a><br></font></div> <div><font face=3D"Arial"> <div>Hi all</div> <div>Steve Vines and I were birding in the Caribou I. area yesterday aftern= oon=20 (Nov 3). Our main goal was Waterside beach where we saw <strong>25+ Red-thr= oated=20 Loons</strong>=A0 (down from <strong>65+</strong> I had about a week ago).= =20 Only=A0one was still in decent alt. plumage. It started to rain as we=20 finished so we decided to go to the Caribou ( Gull I.) lighthouse to see wh= at=20 might be flying in the Strait. We were not expecting much as the wind was n= ot=20 particularly strong. Shortly after we started looking, Steve spied a=20 <strong>Leaches Storm Petrel</strong> flying west between the lighthouse an= d=20 Pictou I. Over the next half hour or so we saw <strong>17</strong> about 1 = every=20 2 min. or so. One might have been a Wilson's as had a strong white rump= patch.=20 We also noted about 7-8 <strong>Red-throated Loons</strong> and a few ~ 20= =20 Gannets. </div> <div>I went to Big I this morning hoping to see some of these west bound bi= rds=20 flying back to the east but I did not observe any. When I got home, there w= as a=20 message from my former receptionist that a former neighbour of hers ( now l= iving=20 in PEI) had found a grounded and live=A0<strong>Storm Petrel</strong> on th= e=20 Caribou-Wood I. ferry ( last one last night) and passed on info from Helene= 's=20 email to natureNS=A0from Nov.4, 2009!! with advice on what to do with=20 grounded petrels. Interesting the same date!</div> <div>=A0</div> <div>cheers</div> <div>ken</div> <div>=A0</div></font></div></div> </blockquote></div> --14dae9ccdd4ef370bf04cdb20ead--
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