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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01CEAE3D.03B27C30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all As I was leaving Big I. this afternoon about 3p.m., I flushed then = photographed a bright Dickcissel from a weedy area in front of the = seawall. This was about 100m along the east end of the causeway after = passing the hairpin turn. It was bright enough to be a male although it = lacked the black throat. Further along the causeway in the Strait about = 500m from Harmony Hill, an alt. plumage Red-throated Loon and an odd = plumaged Grebe I took as Red-necked as it had a yellowish bill and = lacked a black cap. There was no sign of any red on neck and I first = took it to be a Horned Grebe before I scoped it. Also in a field = opposite the old barn east of Docker Rd., 2 American Golden Plovers were = in the newly growing grain along with a Killdeer.=20 The island seemed a little devoid of passerines today with only one = warbler species 3 Common Yellowthroat and singles of Blue-headed and = Red-eyed Vireos. There were about 50 Cedar Waxwings as well as another = 25 on the access road to the island. Also along the access road (7:45 = a.m.) were Chestnut-sided, Magnolia (2)and Myrtle Warblers, Northern = Parula and Common Yellowthroat as well as 2 fly-over Bobolinks. Single = Pileated Woodpeckers were seen at both the access road and on Big I.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01CEAE3D.03B27C30 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 8.00.6001.23515"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>As I was leaving Big I. this afternoon = about 3p.m.,=20 I flushed then photographed a bright <STRONG>Dickcissel</STRONG> = from a=20 weedy area in front of the seawall. This was about 100m along the east = end of=20 the causeway after passing the hairpin turn. It was bright enough to be = a male=20 although it lacked the black throat. Further along the causeway in = the=20 Strait about 500m from Harmony Hill, an alt. plumage = <STRONG>Red-throated=20 Loon</STRONG> and an odd plumaged <STRONG>Grebe </STRONG>I took as=20 <STRONG>Red-necked</STRONG> as it had a yellowish bill and lacked a = black cap.=20 There was no sign of any red on neck and I first took it to be a Horned = Grebe=20 before I scoped it. Al</FONT><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>so in a = field=20 opposite the old barn east of Docker Rd., 2 <STRONG>American Golden=20 Plovers</STRONG> were in the newly growing grain along with a=20 <STRONG>Killdeer</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The island seemed a little devoid of = passerines=20 today with only one warbler species 3 <STRONG>Common=20 Yellowthroat</STRONG> and singles of <STRONG>Blue-headed</STRONG> and=20 <STRONG>Red-eyed Vireos. </STRONG>There were about 50 <STRONG>Cedar=20 Waxwings</STRONG> as well as another 25 on the access road to the = island. Also=20 along the access road (7:45 a.m.) were=20 <STRONG>Chestnut-sided, Magnolia</STRONG> (2)and = <STRONG>Myrtle=20 Warblers</STRONG>, <STRONG>Northern Parula </STRONG>and <STRONG>Common=20 Yellowthroat</STRONG> as well as 2 fly-over <STRONG>Bobolinks.=20 </STRONG>Single <STRONG>Pileated Woodpeckers</STRONG> were seen at = both=20 the access road and on Big I. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01CEAE3D.03B27C30--
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