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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01CF7774.9E832420 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 No flycatchers were braving the 6C weather and NE wind at Big I. this = morning, but there was a nice bit of birding particularly a nice variety = but in small numbers of shorebird. As the tide was falling at the west = end beach (which has a nice big seaweed heap on shore), I noted uncommon = spring Pictou Co birds- Semipalmated Sandpiper (1), Semipalmated Plover = (1) and White-rumped Sandpiper (1) - all were photographed. Also here = were 3 Gt Yellowlegs, 2 Willets and 1 Spotted Sandpiper. A single = American Pipit was also on the seaweed.=20 There are still more than 100 Surf Scoter off the causeway as well as 20 = some Black Scoter and 7 Long-tailed Ducks.=20 There were 15 Common Terns dive-bombing an imm. Bald Eagle in the big = saltmarsh. I think it might be the same eagle that a few days ago, I = photographed from a distance mantling with a Snowy Owl beside it. I did = not see the Snowie today.=20 I noted 10 warbler species- nothing too unusual, but nice to hear a = Northern Waterthrush. Ovenbird was the most common warbler with 24 = noted. My tally for the morning was 65 species.=20 Nearby at Lismore wharf, I noted what I think is a sub-adult Lesser = Black-backed Gull as well as 4 in fine breeding plumage. There were also = 2 imm Iceland Gulls in the mix of 500+ gulls present.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01CF7774.9E832420 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 8.00.6001.23588"> <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></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>No flycatchers were braving the 6C = weather =20 and NE wind at Big I. this morning, but there was a nice bit of birding=20 particularly a nice variety but in small numbers of shorebird. As the = tide was=20 falling at the west end beach (which has a nice big seaweed heap on=20 shore), I noted uncommon spring Pictou Co birds- = <STRONG>Semipalmated=20 Sandpiper</STRONG> (1), <STRONG>Semipalmated Plover </STRONG>(1) and=20 <STRONG>White-rumped Sandpiper </STRONG>(1) - all were photographed. = Also here=20 were 3 <STRONG>Gt Yellowlegs</STRONG>, 2 <STRONG>Willets</STRONG> and 1=20 <STRONG>Spotted Sandpiper</STRONG>. A single <STRONG>American = Pipit</STRONG> was=20 also on the seaweed. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There are still more than 100 = <STRONG>Surf=20 Scoter</STRONG> off the causeway as well as 20 some <STRONG>Black=20 Scoter</STRONG> and 7 <STRONG>Long-tailed Ducks</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There were 15 <STRONG>Common = Terns</STRONG>=20 dive-bombing an imm. <STRONG>Bald Eagle</STRONG> in the big = saltmarsh. I=20 think it might be the same eagle that a few days ago, I photographed = from a=20 distance mantling with a <STRONG>Snowy Owl</STRONG> beside it. I did not = see the=20 Snowie today. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I noted 10 warbler species- nothing too = unusual,=20 but nice to hear a <STRONG>Northern Waterthrush</STRONG>.=20 <STRONG>Ovenbird</STRONG> was the most common warbler with 24 noted. My = tally=20 for the morning was 65 species. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Nearby at Lismore wharf, I noted what I = think is a=20 sub-adult <STRONG>Lesser Black-backed Gull</STRONG> as well <STRONG>as=20 4</STRONG> in fine breeding plumage. There were also 2 imm = <STRONG>Iceland=20 Gulls</STRONG> in the mix of 500+ gulls present. </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_0013_01CF7774.9E832420--
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