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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01CEA630.97F37940 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Both these species, bird and orchid, tend to arrive in this area about = the same time during the third week of August. The Lady's Tresses = Orchids are easy to confuse and I have confused them several times so I = hope I'm getting it right.=20 The Ruddy Turnstones are at Duncan Reef feeding on flies and maggots = present on the rotting kelp heaps. I arrive here, scatter the birds, and = sit down in a comfortable location and await their return which only = takes minutes. The peeps were so close to me, less than 6 feet, that I = couldn't focus my camera properly whereas the turnstones came within 10 = feet, some squabbling over the best feeding grounds. This is two step = foraging for the birds, that is there is something to eat at every = second step.=20 Details are in my journal: http://www.hanstoom.com/Journal/Page53.html Hans _________________________________________________________________________= ________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01CEA630.97F37940 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 8.00.6001.23515"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Both these species, bird and orchid, = tend to arrive=20 in this area about the same time during the third week of August. The = Lady's=20 Tresses Orchids are easy to confuse and I have confused them several = times so I=20 hope I'm getting it right. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The Ruddy Turnstones are at Duncan Reef = feeding on=20 flies and maggots present on the rotting kelp heaps. I arrive here, = scatter=20 the birds, and sit down in a comfortable location and await their return = which=20 only takes minutes. The peeps were so close to me, less than 6 feet, = that I=20 couldn't focus my camera properly whereas the turnstones came within 10 = feet,=20 some squabbling over the best feeding grounds. This is two step foraging = for the=20 birds, that is there is something to eat at every second step. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Details are in my journal: <A=20 href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/Journal/Page53.html">http://www.hanstoom.= com/Journal/Page53.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial><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><BR></FONT>= </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01CEA630.97F37940--
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