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Index of Subjects --f46d0402aeef9ee0a604edf89758 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Brant can be mistaken for a small Canada Goose and are fairly common in winter along the Atlantic and Fundy coast in the southern parts of NS. On 19 December 2013 17:22, Nancy P Dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe the mallard-sized Cackling Goose? > > In Ian McLaren's All the Birds of Nova Scotia he mentions that there are > some fall reports of this species in the province. But he also says they > can be confused with dwarfed Canada Geese or small subspecies of the latter > which is probably more likely. > > Nancy > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 19, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > Hi All > On Monday, where a small brook flows into the salt water > on Mahone Bay, I saw a flock of Canada Geese. > I've been watching for them since but no sign. > There was about 20 in the flock. At first from a distance > I thought they were Herring Gulls or Mallards but when I got > close they were Canada Geese. A little bigger than the Mallards > but not much. > They were resting on the bank of the brook, probably stopped for > a drink of fresh water. Looked tired. > Hard to say where they went > Enjoy the snow > Paul > > -- Jamie Simpson Hantsport, NS --f46d0402aeef9ee0a604edf89758 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Brant can be mistaken for a small Canada Goose and are fai= rly common in winter along the Atlantic and Fundy coast in the southern par= ts of NS.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote= ">On 19 December 2013 17:22, Nancy P Dowd <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"= mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>>= </span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div>Maybe the mallard-siz= ed Cackling Goose?</div><div><br></div><div>In Ian McLaren's All the Bi= rds of Nova Scotia he mentions that there are some fall reports of this spe= cies in the province. But he also says they can be confused with dwarfed Ca= nada Geese or small subspecies of the latter which is probably more likely.= =A0</div> <div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div class= =3D"h5"><div><br>On Dec 19, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Paul MacDonald <<a href= =3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com" target=3D"_blank">paulrita2001@yahoo.com= </a>> wrote:<br> <br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-= family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-seri= f"><div>Hi All</div><div>On Monday, where a small brook flows into the salt= water</div> <div>on Mahone Bay, I saw a flock of Canada Geese.</div><div>I've been = watching for them since but no sign.</div><div>There was about 20 in the fl= ock. At first from a distance</div><div>I thought they were Herring Gulls o= r Mallards but when I got</div> <div>close they were Canada Geese. A little bigger than the Mallards</div><= div>but not much.</div><div>They were resting on the bank of the brook, pro= bably stopped for </div><div>a drink of fresh water. Looked tired.</div> <div>Hard to say where they went</div><div>Enjoy the snow</div><div>Paul</d= iv></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br cl= ear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Jamie Simpson<br></= div> Hantsport, NS<br></div> </div> --f46d0402aeef9ee0a604edf89758--
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