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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01CEDC85.783B8210 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Hans Toom=20 To: NS-RBA=20 Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:21 PM Subject: Possible Black-tailed Gull at Sambro Ray Staszko and I found an unusual gull this morning that I cannot = identify. It was alone in the ball field opposite the firehall in = Sambro. My record photos are a disaster since I could not get anywhere = near this unusually skittish bird. Here's what I can say: -medium sized gull definitely smaller than any Glaucous/Herring Gull; -pale overall and very reminiscent of a first winter Iceland Gull, = except; -long black tail appearance for full 1/3 the length of the body; -showed marked black band at end of tail in flight; -legs were long and pale, less than typical flesh colour; -no markings on or around head and eyes; -bill was bicoloured, pinkish-yellow for the first half and then black = to the tip. I'll try for more photos later this afternoon. Hans _________________________________________________________________________= ________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01CEDC85.783B8210 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 8.00.6001.23532"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dhtoom@hfx.eastlink.ca href=3D"mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca">Hans = Toom</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3DNS-RBA@yahoogroups.com=20 href=3D"mailto:NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com">NS-RBA</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 08, 2013 1:21 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Possible Black-tailed Gull at Sambro</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ray Staszko and I found an unusual gull = this=20 morning that I cannot identify. It was alone in the ball field = opposite the=20 firehall in Sambro. My record photos are a disaster since I could not = get=20 anywhere near this unusually skittish bird. Here's what I can = say:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-medium sized gull definitely smaller = than any=20 Glaucous/Herring Gull;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-pale overall and very reminiscent = of a first=20 winter Iceland Gull, except;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-long black tail appearance for full = 1/3 the length=20 of the body;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-showed marked black band at end = of tail in=20 flight;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-legs were long and pale, less than = typical flesh=20 colour;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-no markings on or around head and=20 eyes;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-bill was bicoloured, pinkish-yellow = for the first=20 half and then black to the tip.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I'll try for more photos later this=20 afternoon.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial><BR>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>= </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01CEDC85.783B8210--
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