[NatureNS] lesser scaup, hooded mergansers, etc., Nov. 13/15

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 01:33:46 -0400
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> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: lesser scaup, hooded mergansers, etc., Nov. 13/15
> Date: November 14, 2015 at 1:29:25 AM AST
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
> Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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> NOV. 13, 2015 -=20
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> CANARD POND: 1 female or imm. lesser scaup; plus mallards, black =
ducks, green-winged teals; a big field across the road held 1000+ =
roosting gulls, nearly all herring gulls with less than 10 great =
black-backed gulls and no noticeable lesser black-backed gulls.
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> SAXON ST. POND: 3 m,f pairs of hooded mergansers, plus mallards & =
black ducks; also 3 bald eagles (1 ad., 2 imm.) perched in pond-edge =
trees.
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> MINER=92S MARSH: I saw 2 groups of hooded mergansers, totalling about =
20 birds =97 one group of 8 was all females or immatures, and another =
group of 12 included 4 males; only about 4 mallards were seen today =
(where have the rest of them gone??); no other water birds seen (e.g. no =
grebes);
> also one black-capped chickadee and 4 goldfinches seen.
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> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.


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style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford &lt;<a =
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</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>lesser scaup, =
hooded mergansers, etc., Nov. 13/15</b><br></span></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, =
0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">November 14, 2015 at 1:29:25 AM =
AST<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c=
a</a>&gt;<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;<br><=
/span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" =
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break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>NOV. 13, 2015</b> =
-&nbsp;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: =
14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>CANARD POND</b>: 1 =
female or imm. <b>lesser scaup</b>; plus mallards, black ducks, =
green-winged teals; a big field across the road held <b>1000+ roosting =
gulls</b>, nearly all herring gulls with less than 10 great black-backed =
gulls and no noticeable lesser black-backed gulls.</div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px;"><b>SAXON ST. POND</b>: 3 m,f pairs of <b>hooded mergansers</b>, =
plus mallards &amp; black ducks; also 3 <b>bald eagles </b>(1 ad., 2 =
imm.) perched in pond-edge trees.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>MINER=92S =
MARSH</b>: I saw 2 groups of <b>hooded mergansers</b>, totalling about =
20 birds =97 one group of 8 was all females or immatures, and another =
group of 12 included 4 males; only about 4 mallards were seen today =
(where have the rest of them gone??); no other water birds seen (e.g. no =
grebes);</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">also one black-capped =
chickadee and 4 goldfinches seen.</div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>=

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