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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01CDC1E6.E64F54D0 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=20 Charlie Kendell and I found a Northern Lapwing this morning ( Nov 13) at = the ballfield area of the Canso Stanfest site- ( near the rink). It was = first with 15 Canada Geese but later moved to ballfield. We were able to = get some distant photos ( lifer for Charlie). Shortly after we collected = Tom Kavanaugh and soon found the bird for a lifer for him. Tom in turn = was able to contact Steve Buschell and we were all there when he got = his lifer look as well.=20 I suspect Tom might be on his house roof to get this for a yard bird!! Great Egret was at Chapel Gully, 2 Dickcissels and 1 Indigo Bunting at = Tom. K's feeder. Later we saw an Audubon's Warbler with about 10 Myrtle = Yellow-rumps along the waterfront trail in Canso.=20 We also photographed a Great Black-backed Gull with both a green wing = tag and leg tag with ACY letters on both tags. There is a silver metal = band on the right leg the green band is on the left leg. Will see if = this is one of the birds banded on Sable I.=20 There were a good many finches around especially White-winged = Crossbills, but also Evening Grosbeaks, Redpolls, Goldfinches, Pine = Grosbeaks and I think I heard a single Red Crossbill, but I think I = would liked to have seen it to count it. There were a couple of dozen = Bohemian Waxwings and 8 Iceland Gulls. Tom had seen a Glaucous Gull in = the morning when he saw the Grasshopper Sparrow.=20 We did not see the Common Moorhen, Grasshopper, Field or Clay-coloured = Sparrows that have been around.=20 At Little Dover, we had a Wilson's Snipe and 50+ Snow Buntings at Black = Duck Park. ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01CDC1E6.E64F54D0 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>Charlie Kendell and I found a = <STRONG>Northern=20 Lapwing</STRONG> this morning ( Nov 13) at the ballfield area of = the Canso=20 Stanfest site- ( near the rink). It was first with 15 Canada Geese but = later=20 moved to ballfield. We were able to get some distant photos ( lifer for=20 Charlie). Shortly after we collected Tom Kavanaugh and soon found the = bird for a=20 lifer for him. Tom in turn was able to contact Steve Buschell = and we=20 were all there when he got his lifer look as well. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I suspect Tom might be on his house = roof to get=20 this for a yard bird!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><STRONG>Great Egret</STRONG> was at = Chapel Gully, 2=20 <STRONG>Dickcissels</STRONG> and 1 <STRONG>Indigo Bunting</STRONG> at = Tom. K's=20 feeder. Later we saw an <STRONG>Audubon's Warbler</STRONG> with about 10 = Myrtle Yellow-rumps along the waterfront trail in Canso. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We also photographed a Great = Black-backed Gull with=20 both a green wing tag and leg tag with ACY letters on both tags. There = is a=20 silver metal band on the right leg the green band is on the left = leg. Will=20 see if this is one of the birds banded on Sable I. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There were a good many finches around = especially=20 White-winged Crossbills, but also Evening Grosbeaks, Redpolls, = Goldfinches, Pine=20 Grosbeaks and I think I heard a single Red Crossbill, but I think I = would liked=20 to have seen it to count it. There were a couple of dozen Bohemian = Waxwings and=20 8 Iceland Gulls. Tom had seen a Glaucous Gull in the morning when he saw = the=20 Grasshopper Sparrow. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We did not see the Common Moorhen, = Grasshopper,=20 Field or Clay-coloured Sparrows that have been around. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At Little Dover, we had a Wilson's = Snipe and 50+=20 Snow Buntings at Black Duck Park. </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01CDC1E6.E64F54D0--
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