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Index of Subjects --1319625832-1406687457-1325898763=:48655 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well today was a successful day. The 4 Big Year Canada birders and I picked= a number of today's targets.=0A=0AStarted the day at Tufts cove and found = a Great Cormorant right away. Next off to Red Bridge Pond and the Common Ga= linule posed for pictures. From there to Sullivan's pond for the Eurasian W= idgeons (and The hybrid), American Coot good winter bird, Yellow Breasted C= hat, Gadwall (nice to see but not a big target for Prairie based birders) T= he purple finches were also nice (thanks Marty). Quick stop at Alderney Lan= ding for some Guillemots. Next we crossed over to Halifax for the Dickcisse= l and the Orioles. Great views of both. Thank you Susann for the use of you= r yard. This all before 1030 in the morning.=0A=0AAs the original plan was = to go to Windsor in the afternoon for the PFGO we thought to check =A0Black= Rock Beach for Purple Sandpipers but no luck. As we needed to go back to t= he hotel in Dartmouth before Windsor we swung up to MacCormicks beach but t= he tide was out. Did get the Iceland Gull and some long tailed ducks though= . At this point a couple of phone calls determined the PFGO was not seen th= is morning but the Yellow Throated warbler was a the yard at that time. We = switched back to plan B and drove to Terence Bay. John and Freeman were gre= at hosts but the bird did not return for our visit. With Blake we checked o= n another spot for Purple Sandpipers but still no luck.=0A=0ATotal for the = day was 38 species when the focus was more on specific birds rather than qu= antity.=0A=0AThe Alberta foursome are still birding NS for the next two day= s before continuing to St Johns. Targets are:=0APurple Sandpiper,=0ABlack H= eaded Gulls=0ALesser Black Backed Gulls=0ADovkie and other alcids=0AOther g= ull rarities=0A=0AThanks guys for letting me join you for the day and show = you around.=0A=0ARob Woods=0AGeorgefield Rd --1319625832-1406687457-1325898763=:48655 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Well today was a= successful day. The 4 Big Year Canada birders and I picked a number of tod= ay's targets.</div><div><br></div><div>Started the day at Tufts cove and fo= und a Great Cormorant right away. Next off to Red Bridge Pond and the Commo= n Galinule posed for pictures. From there to Sullivan's pond for the Eurasi= an Widgeons (and The hybrid), American Coot good winter bird, Yellow Breast= ed Chat, Gadwall (nice to see but not a big target for Prairie based birder= s) The purple finches were also nice (thanks Marty). Quick stop at Alderney= Landing for some Guillemots. Next we crossed over to Halifax for the Dickc= issel and the Orioles. Great views of both. Thank you Susann for the use of= your yard. This all before 1030 in the morning.</div><div><span style=3D"f= ont-size: 12pt; "><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">As the original plan was to go to Windsor in the afternoon for the PFGO = we thought to check Black Rock Beach for Purple Sandpipers but no luc= k. As we needed to go back to the hotel in Dartmouth before Windsor we swun= g up to MacCormicks beach but the tide was out. Did get the Iceland Gull an= d some long tailed ducks though. At this point a couple of phone calls dete= rmined the PFGO was not seen this morning but the Yellow Throated warbler w= as a the yard at that time. We switched back to plan B and drove to Terence= Bay. John and Freeman were great hosts but the bird did not return for our= visit. With Blake we checked on another spot for Purple Sandpipers but sti= ll no luck.</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; "><br></span><= /div><div>Total for the day was 38 species when the focus was more on speci= fic birds rather than quantity.</div><div><br></div><div>The Alberta fourso= me are still birding NS for the next two days before continuing to St Johns. Targets are:</div><div>Purple Sandpiper,</div><div>Black Headed Gul= ls</div><div>Lesser Black Backed Gulls</div><div>Dovkie and other alcids</d= iv><div>Other gull rarities</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks guys for lettin= g me join you for the day and show you around.</div><div><br></div><div>Rob= Woods</div><div>Georgefield Rd</div></div></body></html> --1319625832-1406687457-1325898763=:48655--
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