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Glaucous Gull preening on a rocky islet at the west end of the harbour. =
With patience and a scope you will find this bird at Sambro Harbour on =
most visits.

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On my return leg home I noted a disheveled Great Blue Heron in the =
Sambro salt marsh. This is not a good sign for the bird.
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Hans Toom
Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
http://www.hanstoom.com
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<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 =
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<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> Thursday, December 04, 2014 1:23 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Glaucous Gull, Iceland Gulls, Great Blue Heron and =
Purple=20
Sandpipers</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I was sitting on my favourite rock =
overlooking=20
Duncan Reef&nbsp;while enjoying the relative&nbsp;comfort of a westerly=20
wind&nbsp;and some welcome sunshine. I was looking, =
unsuccessfully,&nbsp;for=20
<STRONG>Purple Sandpipers</STRONG> on Duncan Reef. I put my binoculars =
down and=20
sure enough there they were(3), almost literally at my feet, on the =
mainland.=20
There were lots of <STRONG>Iceland Gulls</STRONG> swimming and flying =
around the=20
reef and towards Jeffries Island.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Sandy Cove was quiet, except for hordes =
of=20
<STRONG>Starlings</STRONG>,&nbsp;but I did see a <STRONG>Semipalmated=20
Sandpiper</STRONG> here last Tuesday.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>From&nbsp;the look-off at Martin's =
Point, Sambro=20
Harbour,&nbsp;I spotted a <STRONG>Glaucous Gull</STRONG> preening on a =
rocky=20
islet at the west end of the harbour. With patience and a scope you will =
find=20
this bird at Sambro Harbour on most visits.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On my return leg home I noted a =
disheveled=20
<STRONG>Great Blue Heron</STRONG> in the Sambro salt marsh. This =
is&nbsp;not a=20
good sign for the bird.</FONT></DIV>
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Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com">http://www.hanstoom.com</A><BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/blog">http://www.hanstoom.com/blog</A></F=
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