[NatureNS] Hartlen Pt. gulls & geese, aft. 22 Dec.

Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:55:27 -0400
From: iamclar@dal.ca
To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca
User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.3.4)
Precedence: bulk
Return-Path: <naturens-mml-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
Original-Recipient: rfc822;"| (cd /csuite/info/Environment/FNSN/MList; /csuite/lib/arch2html)"

next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects


All:

Got to Hartlen Pt. about 14:00, just as the showers were giving way to  
clearing skies and weak westerly airflow. The surf on the harbourside  
beach was impressive, and much decayed kelp had been flung ashore.  
There was nary a sparrow - may have gone inland for cover during the  
prior blow.

As they will, gulls were taking advantage of the surf 9(and being  
frequently flushed by it) and were plucking crustaceans (amphipods?)  
out of the of the roil. Among them were about a dozen Bonaparte's, 10  
Black-headed, 35 Iceland (Kumlien's) and just a few Ring-billed and  
Herring.


The closed golf course had a grazing flock of 96 Canada Geese, all  
relatively large and pale-breasted, but not the ones with whitish  
extending over the mantle behind the neck that may characterise those  
breeding on Newfoundland. We have more to learn.

Best, Ian

Ian McLaren

next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects