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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006A_01CDC1DB.80F5E690 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: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 8:14 PM Subject: A Few Recent Encounters The male Red-bellied Woodpecker continues to be a daily visitor. = Interestingly, it prefers millet to more traditional fare. Late last = week we had a brief visit by a first winter male Baltimore Oriole and = several Purple Finches. Here's hoping there are no reverse migrants of = orioles, a very vulnerable species. The American Tree Sparrows have = finally returned to our place so all is right with the world. Last Sunday Laura and I took a walk around Point Pleasant Park. The = highlight was a Hermit Thrush in the trees near the exercise equipment. = White-winged Crossbills continue to reside in the Duncan's Cove area = especially between "The Castle" and the Champaign Dam. The dam was built = in 1941 to provide water to the soldiers manning the coastal defenses. = This morning I took a leisurely hike along the coastal barrens of = Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park. I was surprised to meet a = Killdeer near Deep Cove, firstly flying overhead and then standing on = the rocks further along the shoreline. It's been a good migration with few strays left behind. I await the = rugged western mountain birds to arrive on their winter wanderings. Hans _________________________________________________________________________= ________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ PS: The spotted fawn was back. It's mother appears to be quite small, = perhaps a yearling. I wish them well. ------=_NextPart_000_006A_01CDC1DB.80F5E690 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> </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> Tuesday, November 13, 2012 8:14 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> A Few Recent Encounters</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The male <STRONG>Red-bellied = Woodpecker</STRONG>=20 continues to be a daily visitor. Interestingly, it prefers millet to = more=20 traditional fare. Late last week we had a brief visit by a first winter = male=20 <STRONG>Baltimore Oriole</STRONG> and several <STRONG>Purple = Finches</STRONG>.=20 Here's hoping there are no reverse migrants of orioles, a very = vulnerable=20 species. The <STRONG>American Tree Sparrows</STRONG> have finally = returned to=20 our place so all is right with the world.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Last Sunday Laura and I took a walk = around Point=20 Pleasant Park. The highlight was a <STRONG>Hermit Thrush</STRONG> in the = trees=20 near the exercise equipment. <STRONG>White-winged Crossbills</STRONG> = continue=20 to reside in the Duncan's Cove area especially between "The Castle" and = the=20 Champaign Dam. The dam was built in 1941 to provide water to=20 the soldiers manning the coastal defenses. This morning I took = a=20 leisurely hike along the coastal barrens of Crystal Crescent Beach = Provincial=20 Park. I was surprised to meet a <STRONG>Killdeer </STRONG>near Deep = Cove,=20 firstly flying overhead and then standing on the rocks further along the = shoreline.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>It's been a good migration with few = strays left=20 behind. I await the rugged western mountain birds to arrive on their = winter=20 wanderings.</FONT></DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <DIV><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></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PS: The spotted fawn was back. It's mother appears to be quite = small,=20 perhaps a yearling. I wish them well.<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_006A_01CDC1DB.80F5E690--
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