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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006C_01CF5433.7D57B900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Hans Toom=20 To: NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com=20 Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 8:36 PM Subject: Northern Saw-whet Owl and Many Others Last Sunday Laura did our walkabout at the Frog Pond, Sir Sanford = Fleming Park, and found a Pileated Woodpecker, the first we've seen in = this park in 14 years. I managed some photos, mostly belly shots, of = this big carpenter.=20 On Monday after returning from Duncan Reef I ran into the dynamic duo of = Fulton Lavender and Richard Hatch. They reported that the Brown Thrasher = was still present in the village and also that a female Eastern Towhee = was calling from the mutltiflora bramble at the north end of Roach's = Pond, Spryfield. I tried and failed to find either of these two birds. This evening Laura and I walked Sandy Cove Road, HRM, and heard a = Northern Saw-whet Owl calling vigorously from the forest. I returned = Laura to our home and picked up my camera and returned to the site. = Eventually I obtained some photos but when I started shooting at ISO = 6400 and dead slow shutter speeds I knew it was time to quit, but I'll = try again tomorrow, but better equipped and in good morning light. Hans _________________________________________________________________________= ________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_006C_01CF5433.7D57B900 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 8.00.6001.23569"> <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@yahoogroups.com</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 09, 2014 8:36 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Northern Saw-whet Owl and Many Others</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Last Sunday Laura did our walkabout at = the Frog=20 Pond, Sir Sanford Fleming Park, and found a <STRONG>Pileated=20 Woodpecker</STRONG>, the first we've seen in this park in 14 = years. I=20 managed some photos, mostly belly shots, of this big=20 carpenter. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On Monday after returning from Duncan = Reef I ran=20 into the dynamic duo of Fulton Lavender and Richard Hatch. They reported = that=20 the <STRONG>Brown Thrasher</STRONG> was still present in the village and = </FONT><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>also that a female <STRONG>Eastern=20 Towhee</STRONG> was calling from the mutltiflora bramble at the = north end=20 of Roach's Pond, Spryfield. I tried and failed to find either of these = two=20 birds.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>This evening Laura and I walked Sandy = Cove Road,=20 HRM, and heard a <STRONG>Northern Saw-whet Owl</STRONG> calling = vigorously from=20 the forest. I returned Laura to our home and picked up my camera and = returned to=20 the site. Eventually I obtained some photos but when I started shooting = at ISO=20 6400 and dead slow shutter speeds I knew it was time to quit, but I'll = try again=20 tomorrow, but better equipped and in good morning = light.</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_006C_01CF5433.7D57B900--
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