[NatureNS] re surf coot & cockawees?? -- was Miner's Marsh-2014-11-6

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:20:13 -0400
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Paul, an easy guess for surf coot is surf scoter, but cockawee has me =
stumped =97 maybe what we used to call old-squaw duck but now =
long-tailed duck??  Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.

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> From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Kentville--Miner's Marsh-2014-11-6
> Date: November 6, 2014 at 6:07:12 PM AST
> To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
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> hi Richard and All
> Today at Mahone Bay - the bay not the town
> where a little brook flows into the salt I saw
> water splashing and something black in the middle.
> I thought otter but when I put my binos on the spot, it
> was a crow having a bath. I never saw one with such
> an aggressive bath before.
> Out in the bay was a flock of about 50 surf coot and the
> same number about of cockawees. Whatever they are called today.
> Enjoy the rain
> Paul
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> On Thursday, November 6, 2014 3:53 PM, Richard Stern =
<sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Observer: rb_stern=20
> 2014-11-06 15:10
> Kentville--Miner's Marsh
> Protocol: Traveling
> Observers: 1
>     2    Mallard      =20
>     5    Hooded Merganser    All f/Imm type  =20
>     1    Belted Kingfisher      =20
>     1    Northern Flicker      =20
>     X    American Crow    Large number diving into trees. Impossible =
to estimate total.   =20
>     10    Black-capped Chickadee      =20
> This report was created and sent using BirdsEye BirdLog =
(http://birdseyebirding.com/)
> Richard Stern=20
> Sternrichard@gmail.com
> Sent from my Android device
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Paul, =
an easy guess for surf coot is surf scoter, but cockawee has me stumped =
=97 maybe what we used to call old-squaw duck but now long-tailed duck?? =
&nbsp;Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded =
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font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida =
Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div><span>hi Richard and =
All</span></div><div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica =
Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; =
font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Today at =
Mahone Bay - the bay not the town</span></div><div style=3D"font-family: =
HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', =
sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: =
transparent;"><span>where a little brook flows into the salt I =
saw</span></div><div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica =
Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; =
font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>water =
splashing and something black in the
 middle.</span></div><div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, =
'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; =
font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; background-color: =
transparent;"><span>I thought otter but when I put my binos on the spot, =
it</span></div><div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica =
Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; =
font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>was a crow =
having a bath. I never saw one with such</span></div><div =
style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, =
'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; =
background-color: transparent;"><span>an aggressive bath =
before.</span></div><div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica =
Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; =
font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Out in the bay =
was a flock of about 50 surf coot and the</span></div><div =
style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, =
'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; =
background-color: transparent;"><span>same number about of cockawees. =
Whatever they are called today.</span></div><div style=3D"font-family: =