[NatureNS] Birds today and Sea Otters

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I am assuming that the otters were river otters that happened  to be in the=
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sea. They do come down the river here to spend some time in the  salt=20
water. From my own observations, generally before the pups have left the  p=
arents.
Peter Stow
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In a message dated 24/12/2012 4:19:30 A.M. Atlantic Standard Time, =20
jrhbirder@hotmail.com writes:


Hi all:

Today  Dorothy Poole, Sylvia Fullerton and I participated in the Port=20
L'Herbert  Christmas Bird Count.  We stopped briefly at Port Joli on the wa=
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there  and were pleased to observe three Sea Otters.  The following is a li=
st of=20
 birds we saw today despite the driving wind, heavy wave action and poor =
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conditions.

Thomas Radall/Sand Bay/East Port L'Hebert, Queens,  CA-NS
Dec 23, 2012 8:15 AM - 3:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
35.7  kilometer(s)
31 species

American Black Duck 56
Common Eider  8
White-winged Scoter 7
Black Scoter 14
Long-tailed Duck  13
Bufflehead 19
Common Goldeneye 7
Hooded Merganser  11
Red-breasted Merganser 15
Ruffed Grouse 1
Spruce Grouse  1
Common Loon 5
Horned Grebe 3
Bald Eagle 1
Black-bellied Plover  3
Dunlin 110
Herring Gull 39
Iceland Gull 1
Great Black-backed  Gull 6
Mourning Dove 8
American Crow 9
Common Raven 4
Black-capped  Chickadee 57
Boreal Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 22
American Robin 40
European Starling  11
Song Sparrow 3
White-winged Crossbill 1
American Goldfinch  4


Port Joli, Queens, CA-NS
Dec 23, 2012 7:45 AM - 7:50  AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.1 kilometer(s)
3 species
American Black  Duck 36
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Herring Gull 4

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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>I am assuming that the otters were river otters that ha=
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<DIV>In a message dated 24/12/2012 4:19:30 A.M. Atlantic Standard Time,=20
jrhbirder@hotmail.com writes:</DIV>
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