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also&nbsp;populated by Catbirds, Mourning Dov --bcaec51f96d9a3127e049f803173 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, Liz and I spent the w/e on Brier, largely to deal with the mess made by 2 squirrels that had got through a hole in the floor into our camp. Although there was no structural damage, there was an awful mess. But Liz did a great spring cleaning job. That and the repairs took most of Sat., and the other problem was the persistent cold, and high westerly wind, which made birding rather difficult. There were many Robins today, which weren't there Sat., but local people told us that they had been arriving in flocks all week. The woods were typical of Winter, i.e. pretty empty apart from small flocks of B-C chickadees and G-C kinglets. 3 White-winged Crossbills appeared near the camp. A single Turkey vulture appeared low over the Lighthouse Road (which is currently in poor shape). There was a pair of Gadwall in Little Pond today. The expected sea ducks, C.loons and Black guillemots were present around the coasts. Eiders were cooing and displaying. Many Herring gulls appeared paired off.There was a single Iceland gull at W.Light. There was a flock of ~70 Brant in Pond Cove, and a few more around the Westport shore. There were plenty of Great cormorants, but I couldn't find a D-C. As we left, a Peregrine flew over the ferry in Grand Passage, and then soared around over Freeport. Richard -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --bcaec51f96d9a3127e049f803173 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<div><br></div><div>Liz and I spent the w/e on Brier, largely to deal wi= th the mess made by 2 squirrels that had got through a hole in the floor in= to our camp. Although there was no structural damage, there was an awful me= ss. But Liz did a great spring cleaning job. That and the repairs took most= of Sat., and the other problem was the persistent cold, and high westerly = wind, which made birding rather difficult.</div> <div><br></div><div>There were many Robins today, which weren't there S= at., but local people told us that they had been arriving in flocks all wee= k. The woods were typical of Winter, i.e. pretty empty apart from small flo= cks of B-C chickadees and G-C kinglets. 3 White-winged Crossbills appeared = near the camp. A single Turkey vulture appeared low over the Lighthouse Roa= d (which is currently in poor shape). There was a pair of Gadwall in Little= Pond today.=A0</div> <div><br></div><div>The expected sea ducks, C.loons and Black guillemots we= re present around the coasts. Eiders were cooing and displaying. Many Herri= ng gulls appeared paired off.There was a single Iceland gull at W.Light. Th= ere was a flock of ~70 Brant in Pond Cove, and a few more around the Westpo= rt shore. There were plenty of Great cormorants, but I couldn't find a = D-C.=A0</div> <div><br></div><div>As we left, a Peregrine flew over the ferry in Grand Pa= ssage, and then soared around over Freeport.</div><div><br></div><div>Richa= rd</div><div><br>-- <br>#################<br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle = Dyke Rd.<br> Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br><br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@= gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>###################<br> </div> --bcaec51f96d9a3127e049f803173--
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