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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01CEE9CF.76FE6A50 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 Yesterday afternoon (Nov 24) I took a walk on the grounds of the = McCulloch Museum in Pictou and although there were not a lot of birds, = many of them were warblers! Just east of the pond on the property a = bright male Wilson's Warbler (well defined black cap) was travelling = with a couple of BCCH in some multiflora bushes. Alas, I did not have my = camera on me, but it was very bright yellow in the face.=20 A little later, north of the McCulloch house and west of the tiny = cattail marsh, I encountered a small "flock" of Pine Warblers again = travelling with half a dozen chickadees. I am pretty sure I counted 6. = Two of these were dull plumage birds with little or no yellow ( first = fall fem) and the other 4 had yellow on breasts. Only other birds noted = were 2 Song Sparrows and a few Starlings.=20 On Nov 23, I had a sub adult Lesser Black-backed Gull at Halibuton Gut = with the thousands of Bonaparte's and other Gulls incl . ~ 10 Iceland = Gulls. The LBBG had a dark bill but otherwise had an adult plumage = mantle . The neck and face had some dark feathers and yellow legs were = noted when it hovered above the water. This inlet was fully iced over = Nov 24. I birded Big I. on afternoon of Nov 22 and had 3 Harlequin Ducks with = some Surf Scoters along the Strait side of the Causeway. Only = shorebirds noted were single Dunlin and Sanderling. A group of 7 Cedar = Waxwings were on a Canada Holly. There were 4 Horned Larks along the = Strait shoreline of the causeway. I noted eight Red-throated Loons and a = single Common Loon as well as a couple Horned Grebes. I noted 95 = Bonaparte's Gulls but only 90 Red-breasted Mergansers. Often they can = been seen in the thousands this time of year, but they may have been = off-shore hidden in the wave action as it was windy. Complete results = have been posted on Ebird.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01CEE9CF.76FE6A50 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>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Yesterday afternoon (Nov 24) I = took a walk on=20 the grounds of the McCulloch Museum in Pictou and although there were = not a lot=20 of birds, many of them were warblers! Just east of the pond on the = property a=20 bright male <STRONG>Wilson's Warbler</STRONG> (well defined black = cap) was=20 travelling with a couple of BCCH in some multiflora bushes. Alas, I did = not have=20 my camera on me, but it was very bright yellow in the face. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> A little later, north of the = McCulloch house=20 and west of the tiny cattail marsh, I encountered a small "flock" of=20 <STRONG>Pine Warblers</STRONG> again travelling with half a dozen=20 chickadees. I am pretty sure I counted 6. Two of these were dull plumage = birds=20 with little or no yellow ( first fall fem) and the other 4 had yellow on = breasts. Only other birds noted were 2 Song Sparrows and a few = Starlings.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On Nov 23, I had a sub adult = <STRONG>Lesser=20 Black-backed Gull</STRONG> at Halibuton Gut with the thousands of = Bonaparte's=20 and other Gulls incl . ~ 10 <STRONG>Iceland Gulls</STRONG>. The LBBG had = a dark=20 bill but otherwise had an adult plumage mantle . The neck and face had = some dark=20 feathers and yellow legs were noted when it hovered above the water. = This=20 inlet was fully iced over Nov 24.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I birded Big I. on afternoon of Nov 22 = and had 3=20 <STRONG>Harlequin Ducks</STRONG> with some Surf Scoters along the Strait = side of=20 the Causeway. Only shorebirds noted were single <STRONG>Dunlin=20 </STRONG>and <STRONG>Sanderling</STRONG>. A group of 7 <STRONG>Cedar=20 Waxwings</STRONG> were on a Canada Holly. There were <STRONG>4 = Horned=20 Larks</STRONG> along the Strait shoreline of the causeway. I noted eight = <STRONG>Red-throated Loons</STRONG> and a single <STRONG>Common = Loon</STRONG> as=20 well as a couple <STRONG>Horned Grebes</STRONG>. I noted 95 = <STRONG>Bonaparte's=20 Gulls</STRONG> but only 90 <STRONG>Red-breasted Mergansers</STRONG>. = Often they=20 can been seen in the thousands this time of year, but they may have been = off-shore hidden in the wave action as it was windy. Complete results = have been=20 posted on Ebird. </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></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01CEE9CF.76FE6A50--
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