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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-2-112052493 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Gosh, Kevin, I hope you were on foot and not driving a motorized vehicle = or riding your bicycle.=20 Good sighting and description, though. All best Mike McCall On 2012-11-29, at 6:15 PM, <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> = <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > This morning while crossing the Mackay bridge just after 11 AM on my = return to Halifax a dark bird caught my attention as being quite a bit = larger than the Pigeons I am accustomed to seeing. As it banked I could = see that it was a large falcon in full soar. The wings were long and = pointed, evenly curved along the leading and trailing edges. The tail = was spread wide, quite long and I could see that it was barred. The = lighting was not good and the entire underside appeared quite dark but I = could make out narrow barring on the primaries and mottling on the belly = but I couldn't say whether it was barred or streaked. > The bird made a few flaps and went back into full soar circling high = above the bridge deck near one of the support structures. At that point = I lost sight of it in the sun and above my vehicle. > I'm quite sure it was Peregrine but at no point was I able to see the = moustache stripe or get a good enough look to clinch the ID. > =20 > Kevin Lantz > Front Centre > Lunenburg Co. --Apple-Mail-2-112052493 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Gosh, Kevin, I hope you were on foot and not driving a motorized vehicle or riding<div>your bicycle. </div><div><br></div><div>Good sighting and description, though.</div><div><br></div><div>All best</div><div><br></div><div>Mike McCall</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 2012-11-29, at 6:15 PM, <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font face="Times New Roman">This morning while crossing the Mackay bridge just after 11 AM on my return to Halifax a dark bird caught my attention as being quite a bit larger than the Pigeons I am accustomed to seeing. As it banked I could see that it was a large falcon in full soar. The wings were long and pointed, evenly curved along the leading and trailing edges. The tail was spread wide, quite long and I could see that it was barred. The lighting was not good and the entire underside appeared quite dark but I could make out narrow barring on the primaries and mottling on the belly but I couldn't say whether it was barred or streaked. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font face="Times New Roman">The bird made a few flaps and went back into full soar circling high above the bridge deck near one of the support structures. At that point I lost sight of it in the sun and above my vehicle. </font></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-ca; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"><font face="Times New Roman">I'm quite sure it was Peregrine<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>but at no point was I able to see the moustache stripe or get a good enough look to clinch the ID.</font></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-ca; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"><font face="Times New Roman"></font></span> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-ca; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"><font face="Times New Roman">Kevin Lantz</font></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-ca; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-ca; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"><font face="Times New Roman">Front Centre</font></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-ca; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-ca; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"><font face="Times New Roman">Lunenburg Co.</font></span></div></div></div></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html> --Apple-Mail-2-112052493--
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