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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006E_01CDF3EB.35B215E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This has been the most active year for Dovekies that I've witnessed = along my little stretch of coast in thirteen years. They are occurring = off Parliament Rock, Duncan Reef near Duck Reef, Ketch Harbour, Sambro = Head, Sambro Harbour and West Pennant at the bridge. This morning there = were about a dozen diving at Sambro Head in the shallow water. There = were so many it looked like a school of feeding fish. This bird is not = the slightest bit shy and a pair marched right up to me when I was at = the outfall from the Sambro Head Salt Marsh. Another one actually came = up on the shoreline kelp heap. I went home to get my telephoto lens but = when I returned they had moved further out from shore. Nevertheless, I = obtained my best ever photos of this bird using my walkabout lens. The = Dovekie at Ketch Harbour is probably the one I put there! Other local birds of interest are: Peregrine Falcon, White-winged Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Bald = Eagle, Common Loon, Purple Sandpipers, Black Scoters(30+), Red-necked = Grebe Hans _________________________________________________________________________= ________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_006E_01CDF3EB.35B215E0 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 8.00.6001.19394"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <P>This has been the most active year for <STRONG>Dovekies = </STRONG>that=20 I've witnessed along my little stretch of coast in thirteen years. They = are=20 occurring off Parliament Rock, Duncan Reef near Duck Reef, Ketch = Harbour, Sambro=20 Head, Sambro Harbour and West Pennant at the bridge. This morning there = were=20 about a dozen diving at Sambro Head in the shallow water. There = were so=20 many it looked like a school of feeding fish. This bird is not the = slightest bit=20 shy and a pair marched right up to me when I was at the outfall from the = Sambro=20 Head Salt Marsh. Another one actually came up on the shoreline kelp = heap. I went=20 home to get my telephoto lens but when I returned they had moved further = out=20 from shore. Nevertheless, I obtained my best ever photos of this bird = using my=20 walkabout lens. The Dovekie at Ketch Harbour is probably the one I put=20 there!</P> <P>Other local birds of interest are:</P> <P><STRONG>Peregrine Falcon, White-winged Scoter, Red-breasted = Merganser, Bald=20 Eagle, Common Loon, Purple Sandpipers, Black Scoters(30+), = Red-necked=20 Grebe</STRONG></P> <P></FONT><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial>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>= </P></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_006E_01CDF3EB.35B215E0--
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