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On Saturday afternoon Susann Myers and I went for a walk out at Prospect High Head, HRM, taking the trail from Indian Point Road which leads over the barrens and along the coast of Shad Bay. It was a spectacular afternoon, with bright sunshine and warm temperatures. The paths were soft from rain and snow-melt, and there was no ice anywhere. There were very few birds around the village, where we had hoped to perhaps find an early Red-winged Blackbird or Grackle. However, we were greeted by several Robins as soon as we left our vehicle. At first it seemed as though there were no birds on the water at all, but with careful looking we soon found some. In the course of our walk we saw 4 Common Loons, in varying states of plumage, 7 or 8 Cormorants very far out on some rocks, about 8 Black Ducks, a raft of about 80 Common Eider, a pair of Long-tailed Ducks, about 10 Red-breasted Mergansers, and 4 Black Guillemots. One of the Guillemots was in full breeding plumage, while the others still showed a lot of white. Susann spotted a handsome male Harlequin Duck, which we had particularly hoped to find. Although we searched hard we did not find any others. We did not walk much more than a kilometre, and stopped near Norris Rock, where we sat on a granite ledge and basked in the sun, while scanning the water with our binoculars. Doubtless there were more birds further along the coast of Shad Bay. A few other people were out walking with their dogs, and we enjoyed sharing Susann's scope and telling people about the endangered Harlequins which winter along this coast. A Mink scampering over the granite boulders below us was a treat. Patricia L. Chalmers Halifax
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