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--e0cb4efe2fd2a299b604d5f1d469 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A beautiful day in Cape Breton on Saturday 16 February for the NS Bird Society outing with Bev and George Crowell. We started at the sewage outlet at Fisherman=92s Park, then inspected Glace Bay Harbour, Renwick Brook, Port Morien Harbour and then Homeville. The focus was on waterfowl and gulls. A secondary focus was a heavy dose of visiting and catching up with friends. All welcome to join us on the next outing. Gulls in order of abundance: Iceland Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Ring-billed Gull. Not so easy to rank for ducks: Canada Goose (about 700 at Homeville) American Black Duck (hundreds), Mallard (dozens), American Wigeon (about 80= ) Greater Scaup (hundreds), Lesser Scaup (about 30), Tufted Duck (1 male) Common Goldeneye (less than 30, surprisingly low), Bufflehead (about 10) Common Merganser (20), Red-breasted Merganser (about 40) Surf Scoter (about 20), White-wind Scoter (about 30) Common Eider (hundreds) Long-tailed Duck (about 50) There was a bit of spring in the air, including a singing Song Sparrow and a lone Great Cormorant with white flanks. However the loons we saw were all in winter plumage. In between winter and spring, the 5 Purple Sandpipers at Morien were hunkered down, but sitting in the sun on the side of the breakwater. DBMcC --e0cb4efe2fd2a299b604d5f1d469 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"> <p class=3D"">A beautiful day in Cape Breton on Saturday 16 February for the NS Bird Society outing with Bev and George Crowell.=A0 </p> <p class=3D"">We started at the sewage outlet at Fisherman=92s Park, then i= nspected Glace Bay Harbour, Renwick Brook, Port Morien Harbour and then Homeville.= =A0 The focus was on waterfowl and gulls.=A0 A secondary focus was a heavy = dose of visiting and catching up with friends.=A0 All welcome to join us on the next outing.</p> <p class=3D"">Gulls in order of abundance:</p> <p class=3D"">Iceland Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Black-he= aded Gull, Ring-billed Gull.</p> <p class=3D"">Not so easy to rank for ducks:</p> <p class=3D"">Canada Goose (about 700 at Homeville)</p> <p class=3D"">American Black Duck (hundreds), Mallard (dozens), American Wigeon (about 80)</p> <p class=3D"">Greater Scaup (hundreds), Lesser Scaup (about 30), Tufted Duck (1 male)</p> <p class=3D"">Common Goldeneye (less than 30, surprisingly low), Bufflehead (about 10)</p> <p class=3D"">Common Merganser (20), Red-breasted Merganser (about 40)</p> <p class=3D"">Surf Scoter (about 20), White-wind Scoter (about 30)</p> <p class=3D"">Common Eider (hundreds)</p> <p class=3D"">Long-tailed Duck (about 50)</p> <p class=3D"">There was a bit of spring in the air, including a singing Song Sparrow and a lone Great Cormorant with white flanks.=A0 However the l= oons we saw were all in winter plumage.=A0 In between winter and spring, the 5 Purple Sandpipers at Morien were hunkered down, but sitti= ng in the sun on the side of the breakwater.</p><p class=3D"" style>DBMcC</p> </div> --e0cb4efe2fd2a299b604d5f1d469--
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