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In the Central Caribou area we encountered a large flock of 35 Common = Grackles. Once again the number of ducks around the harbours in Pictou is = extremely low this winter. =20 cheers ken ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01CD03C8.0C726AE0 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 8.00.6001.19190"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Charlie Kendell reported a=20 <STRONG>Killdeer</STRONG> on this daily walk around MacLellans Brook = area this=20 morning. There are a couple of nearby quarries where they usually nest.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>In the afternoon Charlie and I did some = birding=20 around Pictou and Caribou Harbours. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There has been a noticeable increase in = <STRONG>Ring-billed Gulls</STRONG> at the Aberdeen Parking lot near = MacDonalds.=20 I counted 100 there yesterday. Numbers had dwindled to 20-30 over the = winter so=20 birds are moving through now. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At the outflow of NSPC in Trenton, = there was a=20 single <STRONG>Killdeer</STRONG> and an imm <STRONG>Great = Cormorant</STRONG> in=20 the same place I saw it yesterday. This cormorant was not seen this = winter=20 before this. There were still 6 <STRONG>American Wigeon</STRONG> at Big = Gut=20 bridge, just outside Hillside. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At the Abercrombie meter plant, a = <STRONG>Bald=20 Eagle</STRONG> flushed from the nest as a second eagle came in with a = claw-full=20 of grass. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There did not seem to be any eagle = activity at=20 nests at Abercrombie Pt. just before the Northern Pulp plant or at the = nest=20 along the tracks near the Granton turnoff from the TCH 106 but = there have=20 been eagles near these nests and will likely be used.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At Pier C an imm <STRONG>Glaucous = Gull</STRONG>=20 remains . It has been present most of the winter. There were = handfuls of=20 Robins in most locations. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We watched a Red-breasted Merganser = jostle and=20 juggle a flounder many times before the fish disappeared down the=20 merganser throat. It was quite amusing to watch the head jerking = required to get=20 the width of the flounder down the throat. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>An Eagle was present just below the = nest at Seaview=20 Cemetery in Pictou, but not sure if there was a second bird in the nest = or not.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>From the Logans fish plant near = Caribou, we watched=20 a Bald Eagle carry a large stick to the Munroes I. nest where another = eagle was=20 present to greet the stick-handler. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We put down some bread to attract in = gulls on the=20 ice and had a great laugh as 2 crows were first in and left with huge = beak-fulls=20 of bread. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>In the Central Caribou area we = encountered a large=20 flock of 35 Common Grackles.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Once again the number of = ducks around the=20 harbours in Pictou is extremely low this winter. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01CD03C8.0C726AE0--
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