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The Indigo Buntings were there at about 9:15 AM on Thrursday=2C May 10. The=
y were high in the trees and the lighting was quite poor at first. We staye=
d for about 15 minutes and luckily a small change in the cloud cover really=
improved the viewing.
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David & Janey Hughes
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> Date: Wed=2C 9 May 2012 19:05:44 -0300
> From: edoull@ns.sympatico.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Indigo Buntings in Public Gardens
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
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> Wednesday=2C May 9 2012
>=20
> Checked the goose pond near the little bridge at 11 am. No sign of the=20
> indigo buntings. Got an email from Shannon Doanne who saw five at lunch=20
> time at six pm so I decided to go back rain or not. Found four=2C maybe=20
> five=2C catching behaved like cedar waxwings catching flies in the air. O=
ne=20
> of them snapped up one from the water. One bunting was in full plumage.=20
> The second was a young male. The third was male=2C but not totally blue. =
Two=20
> others were female. One looked so pale. A male yellow rumped warbler was=
=20
> there. So were three grackles and one mourning dove plus the other usuals=
.=20
> 10 species. Very birdy in that little corner... The birds hunkered=20
> beneath the thick bushes when the rain became heavy. A few years ago=2C a=
t=20
> least ten chimney swifts were flying around the large pond. Two years ago=
=2C=20
> two Eastern Kingbirds were there. Let's hope the park will be more=20
> bird-friendly. Thanks to Dennis Garrett=2C Shannon Doane=2C and the other=
s.
>=20
> Cheers=2C
> Liz=20
>=20
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The Indigo Buntings were there at about 9:15 AM on Thrursday=2C May 10. The=
y were high in the trees and the lighting was quite poor at first. We staye=
d for about 15 minutes and luckily a small change in the cloud cover really=
improved the viewing.<BR>
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David &=3B Janey Hughes<BR> =3B<BR>
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<DIV id=3DSkyDrivePlaceholder></DIV>>=3B Date: Wed=2C 9 May 2012 19:05:44=
-0300<BR>>=3B From: edoull@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>>=3B Subject: [NatureNS]=
Indigo Buntings in Public Gardens<BR>>=3B To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR=
>>=3B <BR>>=3B Wednesday=2C May 9 2012<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B Checked the=
goose pond near the little bridge at 11 am. No sign of the <BR>>=3B indi=
go buntings. Got an email from Shannon Doanne who saw five at lunch <BR>>=
=3B time at six pm so I decided to go back rain or not. Found four=2C maybe=
<BR>>=3B five=2C catching behaved like cedar waxwings catching flies in =
the air. One <BR>>=3B of them snapped up one from the water. One bunting =
was in full plumage. <BR>>=3B The second was a young male. The third was =
male=2C but not totally blue. Two <BR>>=3B others were female. One looked=
so pale. A male yellow rumped warbler was <BR>>=3B there. So were three =
grackles and one mourning dove plus the other usuals. <BR>>=3B 10 species=
. Very birdy in that little corner... The birds hunkered <BR>>=3B beneath=
the thick bushes when the rain became heavy. A few years ago=2C at <BR>>=
=3B least ten chimney swifts were flying around the large pond. Two years a=
go=2C <BR>>=3B two Eastern Kingbirds were there. Let's hope the park will=
be more <BR>>=3B bird-friendly. Thanks to Dennis Garrett=2C Shannon Doan=
e=2C and the others.<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B Cheers=2C<BR>>=3B Liz <BR>>=
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