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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003F_01CDD79F.14175DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Gray Catbird remains in our backyard multiflora rose bramble which = holds the only berries in the area. It was present again this morning. = At my morning sojourn at Duncan Reef the Purple Sandpipers finally made = themselves visible after about fifteen minutes. A few Snow Buntings = chipped overhead as I enjoyed the scene. The reef itself was loaded up = with gray and harbour seals. I noticed an interesting vessel approaching Halifax Harbour so I sallied = up to my(our) usual look-off place about halfway between Chebucto Head = and Chebucto Head Light. It was a transatlantic cable laying ship. I = took my photos and then put my camera lens into transport mode and = headed back but just before the gates a pair of White-winged Crossbills = landed beside me, not three metres distant. So off came the reversed = lens hood and reset on the zoom lens, the zoom lock was released and the = zoom extended but no photos yet. Hans turns the camera on and the two = birds were still present so I managed a couple of quick shots. Hans _________________________________________________________________________= ________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_003F_01CDD79F.14175DE0 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 8.00.6001.19328"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The <STRONG>Gray Catbird</STRONG> = remains in our=20 backyard multiflora rose bramble which holds the only berries in the=20 area. It was present again this morning. At my morning sojourn = at=20 Duncan Reef the <STRONG>Purple Sandpipers</STRONG> finally made = themselves=20 visible after about fifteen minutes. A few <STRONG>Snow = Buntings</STRONG>=20 chipped overhead as I enjoyed the scene. The reef itself was loaded = up with=20 gray and harbour seals.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I noticed an interesting vessel = approaching Halifax=20 Harbour so I sallied up to my(our) usual look-off place about halfway = between=20 Chebucto Head and Chebucto Head Light. It was a transatlantic cable = laying ship.=20 I took my photos and then put my camera lens into transport mode = and headed=20 back but just before the gates a pair of <STRONG>White-winged=20 Crossbills</STRONG> landed beside me, not three metres distant. So off = came the=20 reversed lens hood and reset on the zoom lens, the zoom lock was = released and=20 the zoom extended but no photos yet. Hans turns the camera on and the = two birds=20 were still present so I managed a couple of quick shots.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial><BR>Hans<BR>________________________________________________= _________________________________________________________<BR>Hans=20 Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/">http://www.hanstoom.com/</A><BR></FONT>= </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_003F_01CDD79F.14175DE0--
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