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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004F_01CE556B.4C7794D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Common terns are back at their colony on tiny Bills Island in = suburban Wrights Cove of Bedford Basin, on the rapidly developing edge = of North Dartmouth. Today, I saw maybe ten incubating terns through the = binoculars from my car on the nearby mainland. But, judging by the = racket over the colony, there probably are many more birds in the grassy = vegetation and the rose bushes in the centre of the islet. I don=E2=80=99t monitor this colony on a regular basis, but I = haven=E2=80=99t seen any birds there over the last two years. They were = likely disturbed by construction activities nearby. Another good sign is = that there were gulls around, nesting or otherwise. The Canadian = Wildlife Service warning sign has disappeared from the island... Dusan Soudek N.B. I=E2=80=99ve recently seen and heard a number of common terns near = the new artificial gravel bar that stretches out from the King=E2=80=99s = Wharf development in downtown Dartmouth. I wouldn=E2=80=99t be surprised = if they tried to nest here, too. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_004F_01CE556B.4C7794D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV> Common terns are back at their colony on tiny Bills = Island in=20 suburban Wrights Cove of Bedford Basin, on the rapidly developing edge = of North=20 Dartmouth. Today, I saw maybe ten incubating terns through the = binoculars from=20 my car on the nearby mainland. But, judging by the racket over the = colony, there=20 probably are many more birds in the grassy vegetation and the rose = bushes in the=20 centre of the islet.</DIV> <DIV> I don=E2=80=99t monitor this colony on a regular = basis, but I haven=E2=80=99t=20 seen any birds there over the last two years. They were likely disturbed = by=20 construction activities nearby. Another good sign is that there were = gulls=20 around, nesting or otherwise. The Canadian Wildlife Service warning sign = has=20 disappeared from the island...</DIV> <DIV> Dusan Soudek</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>N.B. I=E2=80=99ve recently seen and heard a number of common terns = near the new=20 artificial gravel bar that stretches out from the King=E2=80=99s Wharf = development in=20 downtown Dartmouth. I wouldn=E2=80=99t be surprised if they tried to = nest here,=20 too. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004F_01CE556B.4C7794D0--
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