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--=====================_173429343==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 16 April 2011 Ian McLaren and I spent much of Saturday exploring the shoreline of western St. Margaret's Bay, as well as Mahone Bay. We started at Head of St. Margarets, travelled Hwy 3 to Hubbards, drove around the Aspotogan Peninsula, and then went along the shore of Mahone Bay as far as Second Peninsula. The land birding was very quiet, but there were moments of interest along the coast. We also undertook some retail therapy at the "For The Birds" store in Mahone Bay. Highlights: 1) - At "The Bubble", a cove on the south shore of St. Margarets Bay, that lies between Cleveland Point to the west and Black Point to the east, we saw: 13 Horned Grebes 4 Red-necked Grebes 30 Long-tailed Ducks 17 Red-breasted Mergansers 2) - Bayswater Beach Provincial Park 7 Red-necked Grebes 10 Surf Scoters 8 White-winged Scoters 8 Long-tailed Ducks 15 Red-breasted Mergansers 3) - Graves Island Provincial Park 55 Horned Grebes (mostly in four groups) 3 Red-necked Grebes 27 Bufflehead Either there was a movement of grebes, or locally wintering grebes were gathering in flocks in preparation for migration. The waters off Second Peninsula were fairly quiet, though I saw my first Great Blue Heron of the year. Enjoy the spring, Blake ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/ 902-852-2077 Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" http://nsbs.chebucto.org Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://tinyurl.com/birdingns Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: http://tinyurl.com/mr627d White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --=====================_173429343==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> 16 April 2011<br><br> Ian McLaren and I spent much of Saturday exploring the shoreline of western St. Margaret's Bay, as well as Mahone Bay. We started at Head of St. Margarets, travelled Hwy 3 to Hubbards, drove around the Aspotogan Peninsula, and then went along the shore of Mahone Bay as far as Second Peninsula. The land birding was very quiet, but there were moments of interest along the coast. We also undertook some retail therapy at the "For The Birds" store in Mahone Bay.<br><br> <b><u>Highlights:<br><br> </u>1)</b> - At "<u>The Bubble</u>", a cove on the south shore of St. Margarets Bay, that lies between Cleveland Point to the west and Black Point to the east, we saw:<br><br> <b>13 Horned Grebes<br> 4 Red-necked Grebes<br> 30 Long-tailed Ducks<br> 17 Red-breasted Mergansers<br><br> 2) </b>- <u>Bayswater Beach Provincial Park<br><br> </u><b>7 Red-necked Grebes<br> 10 Surf Scoters<br> 8 White-winged Scoters<br> 8 Long-tailed Ducks<br> 15 Red-breasted Mergansers<br><br> 3)</b> - <u>Graves Island Provincial Park<br><br> </u><b>55 Horned Grebes</b> (mostly in four groups)<br> <b>3 Red-necked Grebes<br> 27 Bufflehead<br><br> </b>Either there was a movement of grebes, or locally wintering grebes were gathering in flocks in preparation for migration. <br><br> The waters off Second Peninsula were fairly quiet, though I saw my first Great Blue Heron of the year.<br><br> Enjoy the spring,<br><br> Blake<br><br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/" eudora="autourl"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/<br> </a>902-852-2077<br><br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br> <a href="http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" eudora="autourl"> http://nsbs.chebucto.org<br><br> </a>Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel</a></u></font> <br><br> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<br> </a></u></font>Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<br> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mr627d" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</a> <br><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada </body> </html> --=====================_173429343==.ALT--
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