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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01CCD057.919A4340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We were unsuccessful at capturing the Common Gallinule this morning = despite valiant attempts by John Loch walking through the reeds in hip = waders and Allison Dube in the kayak. We spotted the gallinule several = times but it has an uncanny ability to hide motionless in the reeds and = grasses. Our best bet at this point is to keep the bird alive as the ice = encroaches into the drainage outlet below the day care centre. There is = a sand/gravel bar here that is suitable for spreading food. It was = beside this sand/gravel bar yesterday when I saw it. Pending advice from = more knowledgeable people on its food requirements our recommendations = for now are; lettuce and salmon, bird seed and suet. The gallinule's = normal diet is seed heads and diving for snails. It may not have = sufficient open water left for a take off run so eventually it will be = forced closer and closer to the drainage outlet and sand/gravel bar and = then another rescue attempt can be made. There is also a Yellow-breasted Chat that has been seen in the = multiflora bramble beside the foot bridge over the canal below the Lake = Banook Boat Club and also in the spruce tree and grape vines nearby. If = your out that way invest $1.25 in a block of suet from the dollar store = and hang it in the multiflora bramble using vegetable netting or other = suitable material. The bird is in desperate shape hence its tameness. Others may have more to add. Hans Hans _________________________________________________________________________= ________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01CCD057.919A4340 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 8.00.6001.19170"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2> <P>We were unsuccessful at capturing the<STRONG> Common = Gallinule</STRONG> this=20 morning despite valiant attempts by John Loch walking through the reeds = in hip=20 waders and Allison Dube in the kayak. We spotted the gallinule several = times but=20 it has an uncanny ability to hide motionless in the reeds and = grasses.</P> <P>Our best bet at this point is to keep the bird alive as the ice = encroaches=20 into the drainage outlet below the day care centre. There is a = sand/gravel bar=20 here that is suitable for spreading food. It was beside this sand/gravel = bar=20 yesterday when I saw it. Pending advice from more knowledgeable people = on its=20 food requirements our recommendations for now are; lettuce and salmon, = bird seed=20 and suet. The gallinule's normal diet is seed heads and diving for = snails. It=20 may not have sufficient open water left for a take off run so eventually = it will=20 be forced closer and closer to the drainage outlet and sand/gravel bar = and then=20 another rescue attempt can be made.</P> <P>There is also a <STRONG>Yellow-breasted Chat</STRONG> that has been = seen in=20 the multiflora bramble beside the foot bridge over the canal below the = Lake=20 Banook Boat Club and also in the spruce tree and grape vines nearby. If = your out=20 that way invest $1.25 in a block of suet from the dollar store and hang = it in=20 the multiflora bramble using vegetable netting or other suitable = material. The=20 bird is in desperate shape hence its tameness.</P> <P>Others may have more to add.</P> <P>Hans</P></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial><BR>Hans<BR>________________________________________________= _________________________________________________________<BR>Hans=20 Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/">http://www.hanstoom.com/</A></FONT></DI= V></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0040_01CCD057.919A4340--
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