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Between the 2 locations, I had a Magnolia Warbler and Hermit Thrush and 4 Blue-headed Vireos as well as usual birds along that stretch. cheers Ken --Boundary_(ID_FfEuCMq/Kwu2chSMmMtwWg) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18939"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I tallied just over 40 species of birds at Waterside PP, Pictou Co., this morning Sept. 25 before it started to rain. Of note was a restless flock of </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><STRONG>35 Killdeer, 2000 Bonaparte's Gulls, 1 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, 25 Common Terns, 2 Northern Harrier, 1 Merlin, 40 Myrtle Warblers and 14 Great Blue Heron. </STRONG>There were not a lot of shorebirds, but in addition to the large flock of Killdeer were 1 Least Sandpiper, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 10 Semipalmated Plover, 1 Black-belied Plover, 2 Greater Yellowlegs and 32 Sanderlings. I noted 50+ gray? seals, several peepers calling and a handful of the many Song Sparrows were singing. A single Red-eyed Vireo was singing as well. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>From the Caribou I. lighthouse, I noted 50 Common Terns actively feeding with about 25 Gannets. Three Bald Eagles at the point likely explained the small number of gulls and shorebirds. There was one each of Black-bellied Plover, Greater Yellowlegs and Semipalmated Plover. A <STRONG>Pine Siskin </STRONG>was at the feeder near the lighthouse</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Between the 2 locations, I had a Magnolia Warbler and Hermit Thrush and 4 Blue-headed Vireos as well as usual birds along that stretch. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ken </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_FfEuCMq/Kwu2chSMmMtwWg)--
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