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This afternoon I took a brief break from errands to check
out Red Bridge Pond in Dartmouth. I did not see the Caspian Tern,
reported by Bernard Burke, but this urban pond hosts a lot of
waterfowl and is always worth a look. Water levels were low; I don't
remember seeing exposed sand bars in the middle of the lake
before. Some ducks and the heron were loafing on them. Species
present included the following :
American Wigeon 45+ (the most abundant bird)
American Black Duck/
Mallard/
and their hybrids 20+
Ring-necked Duck 5+
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron (imm.) 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
American Raven 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6+
etc.
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
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<x-tab> </x-tab>This
afternoon I took a brief break from errands to check out Red Bridge Pond
in Dartmouth. I did not see the Caspian Tern, reported by Bernard
Burke, but this urban pond hosts a lot of waterfowl and is always worth a
look. Water levels were low; I don't remember seeing exposed sand
bars in the middle of the lake before. Some ducks and the heron
were loafing on them. Species present included the following
:<br><br>
American
Wigeon<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>45+ (the most
abundant bird)<br>
American Black Duck/<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
Mallard/<x-tab> </x-tab>
<br>
and their
hybrids<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>20+<br>
Ring-necked
Duck<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>5+<br>
Double-crested
Cormorant<x-tab> </x-tab>
1<br>
<b>Pied-billed
Grebe</b><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>1<br>
Great Blue Heron (imm.)<x-tab> </x-tab>1<br>
Sharp-shinned
Hawk<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>1<br>
American
Raven<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>1<br>
Red-winged
Blackbird<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>6+<br>
etc.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Cheers,<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Patricia
L. Chalmers<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Halifax<br>
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