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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00F4_01CDC0E4.968AD5D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all While I am at the computer, here is a short summary of the NSBS field = trip to Strait of Canso from Sat. Nov 10. At least 16 observers were = present for the trip including a group of students from CBU. I think = they might wear more clothes for the next field trip as the high NW = winds and snow made this trip a little unpleasant. However it did = produce some Storm Petrels and there were maybe 8-12 between Auld's Cove = and Troy mostly distant, but 1 or 2 came reasonably close to confirm = Leaches Storm Petrels. A Jaeger sp., however, did not come close , but = was seen from Aulds Cove against the Troy skyline. It was a light phase = bird with a white belly, but really too distant to ID to species. Where = is Eric Mills or Mike King when you need them!. A single Great Cormorant = and 6-7 Double-crested Cormorants were spotted.=20 A couple of groups of mixed plumage Common Eiders (70) and 4 = White-winged Scoters took to the air for easier ID. With a little = searching, 3 Red-necked Grebes were observed There were 50+ Bonaparte's = Gulls and a single Black-headed Gull which gave side by side comparison. = Only 3-4 Bald Eagles were spotted this year and a Red-tailed Hawk was = roadside an Auld's Cove. A second Red-tailed Hawk was spooked from dead = crow in a Troy ditch almost hitting our vehicle as we drove by..=20 In Port Hastings the group had nice close observations of a flock of = about 25 Bohemian Waxwings and a single American Robin in an area with = lots of rosehips and hawthorne. I noticed one of the students was quick = to sketch a waxwing in her notebook- a good habit to develop. In Port = Hawkesbury, a roadside park pond held 8 Hooded Mergansers half he and = half she.=20 Being near noon and the wind still very high, we moved the home of Dave = and Mary Johnson to be warmed up with warm beverages, chowder, soup, = fresh biscuits and buns and a large variety of sweets. There was some = nice bird conversation around the table and a good number of stories = were exchanged.=20 Thanks to Mary and Dave for such warm Cape Breton hospitality. and to = Dave J. and Dave M. for leading the field trip. The birds were much = lower in numbers than in the past and very unusual, not a single Gannet = was spotted. It seems the usual bill-fish run was not in progress at = this point in time. I think the students deserve good marks from prof = Glassy (sp?) for their perseverance and I assure them that there are = loads of field trips with warmer weather and more birds, but only few = with such great warm hospitality. ! Charlie and I observed 3 Iceland Gulls and a Red-throated Loon along the = Canso Causeway on the way home. We took a loop around Harve Boucher and = were rewarded with 3 very approachable and photographic White-winged = Crossbills with a group of 12 Snow Buntings and a single Ipswich Sparrow = eating mullein seeds along the shoreline.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_00F4_01CDC0E4.968AD5D0 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 8.00.6001.19328"> <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>While I am at the computer, here is a = short summary=20 of the NSBS field trip to Strait of Canso from Sat. Nov 10. At = least 16=20 observers were present for the trip including a group of students from = CBU. I=20 think they might wear more clothes for the next field trip as the = high NW=20 winds and snow made this trip a little unpleasant. However it did = produce some=20 Storm Petrels and there were maybe 8-12 between Auld's Cove and Troy = mostly=20 distant, but 1 or 2 came reasonably close to confirm <STRONG>Leaches = Storm=20 Petrels</STRONG>. A <STRONG>Jaeger sp.</STRONG>, however, did not come = close ,=20 but was seen from Aulds Cove against the Troy skyline. It was a light = phase bird=20 with a white belly, but really too distant to ID to species. Where is = Eric Mills=20 or Mike King when you need them!. A single <STRONG>Great = Cormorant</STRONG> and=20 6-7 <STRONG>Double-crested Cormorants</STRONG> were spotted. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A couple of groups of mixed plumage = <STRONG>Common=20 Eiders</STRONG> (70) and 4 <STRONG>White-winged Scoters</STRONG> took to = the air=20 for easier ID. With a little searching, 3 <STRONG>Red-necked=20 Grebes</STRONG> were observed There were 50+ = <STRONG>Bonaparte's=20 Gulls</STRONG> and a single <STRONG>Black-headed Gull</STRONG> which = gave side=20 by side comparison. Only 3-4 <STRONG>Bald Eagles</STRONG> were spotted = this year=20 and a <STRONG>Red-tailed Hawk</STRONG> was roadside an Auld's Cove. = A=20 second <STRONG>Red-tailed Hawk</STRONG> was spooked from dead crow = in a=20 Troy ditch almost hitting our vehicle as we drove by.. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>In Port Hastings the group had nice = close=20 observations of a flock of about 25 <STRONG>Bohemian Waxwings</STRONG> = and a=20 single <STRONG>American Robin</STRONG> in an area with lots of = rosehips and=20 hawthorne. I noticed one of the students was quick to sketch = a waxwing in=20 her notebook- a good habit to develop. In Port Hawkesbury, a roadside=20 park pond held 8 <STRONG>Hooded Mergansers</STRONG> half he and = half she.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Being near noon and the wind still very = high, we=20 moved the home of Dave and Mary Johnson to be warmed up with warm = beverages,=20 chowder, soup, fresh biscuits and buns and a large variety of sweets. = There was=20 some nice bird conversation around the table and a good number of = stories were=20 exchanged. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Thanks to Mary and Dave for such warm = Cape Breton=20 hospitality. and to Dave J. and Dave M. for leading the field trip. = The=20 birds were much lower in numbers than in the past and very unusual, not = a single=20 Gannet was spotted. It seems the usual bill-fish run was not in = progress at=20 this point in time. I think the students deserve good marks from prof = Glassy=20 (sp?) for their perseverance and I assure them that there are loads = of=20 field trips with warmer weather and more birds, but only few with = such=20 great warm hospitality. !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Charlie and I observed <STRONG>3 = Iceland=20 Gulls</STRONG> and a <STRONG>Red-throated Loon </STRONG>along the = Canso=20 Causeway on the way home. We took a loop around Harve Boucher and = were=20 rewarded with 3 very approachable and photographic <STRONG>White-winged=20 Crossbills</STRONG> with a group of 12 <STRONG>Snow Buntings</STRONG> = and a=20 single <STRONG>Ipswich Sparrow</STRONG> eating mullein seeds along = the=20 shoreline. </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> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00F4_01CDC0E4.968AD5D0--
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