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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01CEB172.8FC1E480 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 Just after noon today (Sept 14), Karen and Linc MacLeod were thrilled to = discover 3 Glossy Ibis at the east end of the Big I. causeway feeding = in the inner bay mudflat at the hairpin turn. They observed the birds = for some time till their daughter Kit came and followed soon by Charlie = Kendell and I who were already on Big I. but at the west end. The east = end mudflat was not exposed when we had driven by in the morning. We = spent a little time exposing a few photos. As the tide rose, the trio = flew off in an easterly direction unfortunately for a few who we managed = to alert, but arrived only minutes after the birds had flown. The edge = of the pond to the east as well as Galt Pond near Camp Geddie were = checked, but the birds were not seen.=20 =20 About 5 p.m. I received a call from Ann Doull was one of those = unfortunate to miss seeing the birds arriving a couple minutes late but = she hit the jackpot as the birds flew from the east over the causeway = and landed on the south side of the road where the causeway was breached = a couple of Christmases ago. Ann, her driver and a couple of children = had really good looks there before the birds took off and landed in the = big salt marsh. If they stay, they may turn up again tomorrow as the = tide falls a bit before noon.=20 Elsewhere, there were quite a few Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos on the = island and I managed to see a Philadelphia Vireo in one small flock of = birds.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01CEB172.8FC1E480 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 8.00.6001.23520"> <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></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Just after noon today (Sept 14), Karen = and Linc=20 MacLeod were thrilled to discover 3 <STRONG>Glossy Ibis</STRONG> at the = east end=20 of the Big I. causeway feeding in the inner bay mudflat at the = hairpin=20 turn. They observed the birds for some time till their daughter = Kit came=20 and followed soon by Charlie Kendell and I who were = already on=20 Big I. but at the west end. The east end mudflat was not exposed when we = had=20 driven by in the morning. We spent a little time exposing a few = photos. As=20 the tide rose, the trio flew off in an easterly = direction unfortunately for=20 a few who we managed to alert, but arrived only minutes after the birds = had=20 flown. The edge of the pond to the east as well as Galt Pond near Camp = Geddie=20 were checked, but the birds were not seen. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>About 5 p.m. I received a call from Ann = Doull was=20 one of those unfortunate to miss seeing the birds arriving a couple = minutes=20 late but she hit the jackpot as the birds flew from the east over = the=20 causeway and landed on the south side of the road where the causeway was = breached a couple of Christmases ago. Ann, her driver and a couple of = children=20 had really good looks there before the birds took off and landed in the = big salt=20 marsh. If they stay, they may turn up again tomorrow as the tide falls a = bit=20 before noon. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Elsewhere, there were quite a few = Blue-headed and=20 Red-eyed Vireos on the island and I managed to see a = <STRONG>Philadelphia=20 Vireo</STRONG> in one small flock of birds. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01CEB172.8FC1E480--
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