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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0059_01CD6907.67427AB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Hans Toom=20 To: NS-RBA=20 Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 7:12 PM Subject: Great Shearwaters(300++) Laura and I sat on our looking-off place about halfway between Chebucto = Head Light and Chebucto Head and watched a feeding frenzy off shore. = Using the tried and true extended thumb technique I counted 300++ Great = Shearwaters between the red harbour buoy directly to the east and the = green harbour buoy off Duncan Reef. The frenzy to the southwest of = Duncan Reef was not visible on our walk so there could be many more = shearwaters. Northern Gannets were streaming past at 5-10 per minute, = diving and floating as they went. A lot of whales were present showing = communal feeding behaviour which is characteristic of pilot whales, but = don't quote me. ID'ing whales from plumes and dorsals only is beyond my = ability. There were about 100-150 seals in and around Duncan Reef. Hans _________________________________________________________________________= ________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_0059_01CD6907.67427AB0 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 8.00.6001.19258"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dhtoom@hfx.eastlink.ca href=3D"mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca">Hans = Toom</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3DNS-RBA@yahoogroups.com=20 href=3D"mailto:NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com">NS-RBA</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 23, 2012 7:12 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Great Shearwaters(300++)</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Laura and I sat on our looking-off = place about=20 halfway between Chebucto Head Light and Chebucto Head and watched a = feeding=20 frenzy off shore. Using the tried and true extended thumb technique I = counted=20 300++ Great Shearwaters between the red harbour buoy directly to = the east=20 and the green harbour buoy off Duncan Reef. The frenzy to the southwest = of=20 Duncan Reef was not visible on our walk so there could be many more = shearwaters.=20 Northern Gannets were streaming past at 5-10 per minute, diving and = floating as=20 they went. A lot of whales were present showing communal feeding = behaviour which=20 is characteristic of pilot whales, but don't quote me. ID'ing whales = from plumes=20 and dorsals only is beyond my ability. There were about 100-150 seals in = and=20 around Duncan Reef.</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_0059_01CD6907.67427AB0--
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