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This morning I was at Shur-Gain in Bridgewater and was told that they've ha=
d reports from a number of people now about ruby-throated hummingbirds back=
. I have not personally heard from anyone about this though. I made a run =
to the Grimm Road this morning. Very cold and windy=2C but quite a bit of =
bird activity. I had the daylights scared out of me. I was standing by a =
brook which runs between two large stillwaters and heard a huge splash nest=
to me. It was a beaver going between in the shallows of the brook. I pro=
bably scared it just as much as it startled me. I had two palm warblers=
=2C yellow-rumped warblers were everywhere. A hermit thrush was scolding a=
nd there were at least three ruby-crowned kinglets. I also saw a swamp spa=
rrow. At Dublin Shore=2C I'm sure that I had two bank swallows=2C but I c=
annot say for 100 percent as they were quite far away and did not provide m=
e with another chance at getting more definitive field marks. I know for s=
ure that there were tree swallows there=2C but the two swallows that I saw =
after that were a lot smaller and brownish in color. At Ragged Harbour I wa=
s walking along the beach road there and heard a loud commotion. When I tu=
rned around it was to see a bald eagle in hot pursuit of an osprey. The os=
prey had a large=2C plump fish=2C which looked to me like a dandy salmon=2C=
or possibly a sea trout of about 16-17 inches. The fish was dropped after=
some time and it looks like neither ended up with the meal and it went bac=
k into the ocean. Also of note at Ragged Harbour were two piping plovers=
=2C 40 purple sandpipers and four willets. I didn't mention it before=2C b=
ut Anne Mills had three willets at Conrad's Island in Lower Rose Bay on Apr=
il 15. James R. HirtleBridgewater =
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