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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004E_01CC94BA.5C215CE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I spent a little time looking at the Canada Goose flock at Curries = Corner, Windsor between 12:30 and 1pm. I couldn't stay longer as I = literally froze - you need full winter gear and especially gloves if you = have a scope to operate. ( I Didn't have gloves or a heavy jacket). The geese were the closest to the road they have been all week - it = would have made great photography except that neither the Snow Goose nor = the Pink-footed were present. The flock was about 400-500 birds or = roughly half what we have seen other days. A couple of local people stopped to talk. They tell me that this field = is a normal hang out for very large numbers of geese as it is within the = town boundaries and no-one will disturb them there. They appear to = prefer this location rather than the extensive corn fields in Falmouth = where there would be better food available. They also said that many of = them roost overnight in the sewage ponds, also because they are safe = there. John Belbin ------=_NextPart_000_004E_01CC94BA.5C215CE0 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 8.00.6001.19154"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I spent a little time looking at the = Canada Goose=20 flock at Curries Corner, Windsor between 12:30 and 1pm. I couldn't stay = longer=20 as I literally froze - you need full winter gear and especially gloves = if you=20 have a scope to operate. ( I Didn't have gloves or a heavy = jacket).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The geese were the closest to the road = they have=20 been all week - it would have made great photography except that neither = the=20 Snow Goose nor the Pink-footed were present. The flock was about 400-500 = birds=20 or roughly half what we have seen other days.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A couple of local people stopped to = talk. They tell=20 me that this field is a normal hang out for very large numbers of geese = as it is=20 within the town boundaries and no-one will disturb them there. They = appear to=20 prefer this location rather than the extensive corn fields in Falmouth = where=20 there would be better food available. They also said that many of them = roost=20 overnight in the sewage ponds, also because they are safe = there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>John Belbin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004E_01CC94BA.5C215CE0--
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