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Kentville<o:p></o:p></span></p></ --001a113a8318d286c20523e87e98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Great shots Keith, Thanks for posting! George On 6 November 2015 at 20:22, Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> wrote: > I attached some doc shots to my eBird checklist today. It seems like an > Eastern to me. > > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25726858 > > > > > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto: > naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *Richard Stern > *Sent:* Friday, November 06, 2015 8:15 PM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Probable Marsh Wren Miner's Marsh Kentville > > > > I spent quite some time yesterday and today with the Marsh wren. It's > quite vocal, but for over an hour today all we could get were very brief > glimpses as it flitted about low in the thick cat tails. At one point it > was briefly joined by a Common yellowthroat. I'll keep trying for a photo. > > Richard Stern > Sternrichard@gmail.com > Sent from my IPhone > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:13 PM -0800, "Ian McLaren" <I.A.McLaren@dal.ca> > wrote: > > George et al.: > > > > As has been amply demonstrated in pas (and the upcoming) Nova Scotia > Birds, Marsh wrens are always worth well-photographing. We've had an > amazing range of subspecies here; including 'western' Marsh Wren,which may > soon become 'split from the eastern group) - enough to motivate listers? > > > > Cheers, Ian > > > > Ian McLaren > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on > behalf of George Forsyth <g4syth@gnspes.ca> > *Sent:* November 3, 2015 5:31 PM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* [NatureNS] Probable Marsh Wren Miner's Marsh Kentville > > > > Hi All, > > Today at about 4:15 I had three quick glimpses of what I believe is a > marsh wren at Miner's Marsh in Kentville. The bird was in the cat tails at > the following Google Maps marker: > > 45.079340, -64.488918 > > The continuous scolding was what caught my attention. I stood for about > ten minutes waiting for the bird to come into view, I saw it briefly three > times. A dark cap with light supercillium and then a dark line on the side > of its face through the eye. The back was dark brown with light streaks > over the upper back. The tail was cocked upward once when the bird briefly > appeared. It skulked in the cat tails and the movement of the cat tails > revealed its position. In all I saw the bird for only 15 to 18 seconds! > (three views each five to six seconds) > > The Cornell bird site's scold note recording matches what I heard this > afternoon. > > Hopefully the bird will remain in location as one did here in the past!! > > George Forsyth > > --001a113a8318d286c20523e87e98 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Great shots Keith, Thanks for posting!<br><br></div>G= eorge<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On= 6 November 2015 at 20:22, Keith Lowe <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mail= to:mythos25@live.com" target=3D"_blank">mythos25@live.com</a>></span> wr= ote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border= -left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" = lang=3D"EN-CA"><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;= font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I attached some d= oc shots to my eBird checklist today. It seems like an Eastern to me.<u></u= ><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;f= ont-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><a href=3D"http://= ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=3DS25726858" target=3D"_blank">http://= ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=3DS25726858</a><u></u><u></u></span></= p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"= Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p c= lass=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibr= i",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><div><div = style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0= cm"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&= quot;Calibri",sans-serif" lang=3D"EN-US">From:</span></b><span style= =3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang=3D"EN= -US"> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">na= turens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@ch= ebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a>] <b>On Be= half Of </b>Richard Stern<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 06, 2015 8:15 PM= <br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank"= >naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] Probable Mar= sh Wren Miner's Marsh Kentville<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><di= v><div class=3D"h5"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><div><p = class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt">I spent quite some time = yesterday and today with the Marsh wren. It's quite vocal, but for over= an hour today all we =C2=A0could get were very brief glimpses as it flitte= d about low in the thick cat tails. At one point it was briefly joined by a= Common yellowthroat. I'll keep trying for a photo.<u></u><u></u></p><d= iv><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Richard Stern<br><a href=3D"mailto:Sternrichard@g= mail.com" target=3D"_blank">Sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>Sent from my IPho= ne<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p></= div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br><br><u></u><u= ></u></p><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt">