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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007E_01CEE615.BE8F5810 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 Since I was away for a few weeks, I made a quick trip this afternoon to = check out action at Halibuton Gut near the Pictou rotary despite the = wind and snow. It was indeed a busy spot (as it usually is this time of = year with the Silversides present) with maybe 5000+ birds present. The = bulk of the birds were Bonaparte's Gulls - my quick estimate 4000. = There were 5 Iceland Gulls, maybe 300 Hooded Mergansers and fewer, = Common Mergs, Blacks and Mallards and Herring Gulls. I did not stay = long, but no really obvious other small gulls but it would take a = little time to dissect out something less common such as a Little Gull = or Black-headed Gull.=20 Steve Vines had indicated that about a week ago there were close to 500 = Hooded Mergs here. I will take my scope next time and get a better = count.=20 At Forbes L. later in the afternoon there were 2 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 = fem, N. Pintail, and 5 Bufflehead with the Blacks and Mallards.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_007E_01CEE615.BE8F5810 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 8.00.6001.23536"> <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>Since I was away for a few weeks, I = made a quick=20 trip this afternoon to check out action at Halibuton Gut near the Pictou = rotary=20 despite the wind and snow. It was indeed a busy spot (as it usually is = this time=20 of year with the Silversides present) with maybe 5000+ birds present. = The bulk=20 of the birds were Bonaparte's Gulls - my quick estimate 4000. = There were 5=20 Iceland Gulls, maybe 300 Hooded Mergansers and fewer, Common Mergs, = Blacks and=20 Mallards and Herring Gulls. I did not stay long, but no really obvious = other=20 small gulls but it would take a little time to dissect out = something less=20 common such as a Little Gull or Black-headed Gull. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Steve Vines had indicated that about a = week ago=20 there were close to 500 Hooded Mergs here. I will take my scope next = time and=20 get a better count. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At Forbes L. later in the afternoon = there were 2=20 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 fem, N. Pintail, and 5 Bufflehead with the Blacks = and=20 Mallards. </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_007E_01CEE615.BE8F5810--
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