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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01CC6632.FF813EC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My guy was soaring but had the pointy wings. All alone high in the = sky--no telling size or distance. I think it was a pterodactyl. Thanks for your help. Jane ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Elizabeth Doull=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] What bird did I see? Hi Jane Falcons have long, pointy wings and fly fast, flapping their wings = non-stop. Merlins look small, maybe a bit bigger than blue jays while = Peregrines are bigger than crows. It helps when crows are around to = compare sizes. Hope it helps.=20 Liz I saw a distinctive bird silhouette yesterday as we were driving east = on route 7. It seems pretty close to the pictures here, which is a = peregrine. But this is highly unlikely, no? Could it have been a = merlin? I noticed the sharp, hard-edged and angled wing shape. Jane ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01CC6632.FF813EC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19120"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>My guy was soaring but had the pointy = wings. =20 All alone high in the sky--no telling size or distance. I think it = was a=20 pterodactyl.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Thanks for your help.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Jane</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dedoull@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:edoull@ns.sympatico.ca">Elizabeth=20 Doull</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 28, 2011 = 10:17=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] What = bird did I=20 see?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Hi Jane</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Falcons have long, pointy wings = and fly=20 fast, flapping their wings non-stop. Merlins look small, maybe a = bit=20 bigger than blue jays while Peregrines are bigger than = crows. It=20 helps when crows are around to compare sizes. Hope it helps. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Liz</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: = EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">I=20 saw a distinctive bird silhouette yesterday as we were = driving east=20 on route 7. It seems pretty close to the pictures here, = which is a=20 peregrine. But this is highly unlikely, no? Could it have = been a=20 merlin? I noticed the sharp, hard-edged and angled wing=20 shape.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: = EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: = EN-US; mso-bidi-language: = AR-SA">Jane</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01CC6632.FF813EC0--
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