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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-D8D1F78C-6913-492A-A991-C4FE2367DE00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The chances are very good you have more than one Great Egret in your area. M= ore and more seem to be appearing all over the province. Definitely many are= blow-ins but you have to wonder if the sheer numbers suggest we are witness= ing range expansion as well (speculation by me alone)? Keep us posted please= .=20 Nancy Sent from my iPad > On Mar 28, 2018, at 2:38 PM, Ken J MacAulay <kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca> wrot= e: >=20 > Further to my earlier post, I was home at 12.30 downloading my camera to m= y computer when I received an e-mail from my neighbour, who reported the bir= d to me initially, saying that he was just out on the shore of Port Mouton h= arbour and saw another (?) Great Egret in a small pond beside the water. Th= is is about 300-400 metres from my house. He included pictures of the bird.= While Summerville beach is not far as the egret flies from my house, what a= re the odds of there being two such birds. The situation was compounded furt= her at 1.30 pm when I got a call that a lady whose home overlooks the Summer= ville location of the first sighting said the bird was there. Either there i= s one highly mobile egret or we have at least two birds in a fairly small ar= ea. I have also had reports of =E2=80=9Cbig white bird=E2=80=9D sightings a= t the lagoon in Central Port Mouton opposite the first fish plant. > =20 > Ken MacAulay > 189 Bell=E2=80=99s Point Road > Port Mouton, NS > (902)683-2239 --Apple-Mail-D8D1F78C-6913-492A-A991-C4FE2367DE00 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">The chances are very good you have more tha= n one Great Egret in your area. More and more seem to be appearing all over t= he province. Definitely many are blow-ins but you have to wonder if the shee= r numbers suggest we are witnessing range expansion as well (speculation by m= e alone)? Keep us posted please. <div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><br><div i= d=3D"AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Mar 28, 2018, at= 2:38 PM, Ken J MacAulay <<a href=3D"mailto:kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca">kenm= acaulay@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><d= iv> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000"> <div>Further to my earlier post, I was home at 12.30 downloading my camera t= o my=20 computer when I received an e-mail from my neighbour, who reported the bird t= o=20 me initially, saying that he was just out on the shore of Port Mouton harbou= r=20 and saw another (?) Great Egret in a small pond beside the water. This= is=20 about 300-400 metres from my house. He included pictures of the=20 bird. While Summerville beach is not far as the egret flies from my ho= use,=20 what are the odds of there being two such birds. The situation was compounde= d=20 further at 1.30 pm when I got a call that a lady whose home overlooks the=20= Summerville location of the first sighting said the bird was there. Ei= ther=20 there is one highly mobile egret or we have at least two birds in a fairly s= mall=20 area. I have also had reports of =E2=80=9Cbig white bird=E2=80=9D sigh= tings at the lagoon=20 in Central Port Mouton opposite the first fish plant.</div> <div> </div> <div>Ken MacAulay</div> <div>189 Bell=E2=80=99s Point Road</div> <div>Port Mouton, NS</div> <div>(902)683-2239</div></div></div> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-D8D1F78C-6913-492A-A991-C4FE2367DE00--
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