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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00EC_01CEEBBE.2D2ED2C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry about the delay in this report but Bell-Aliant has been letting us = down.... Along with over 20 other wildfowl enthusiasts, I participated in the = NCC/BSC jointly-sponsored Wild For Waterfowl count last Sunday. The = focus of this activity is to census a number of Migratory Bird = Sanctuaries and other South Shore locations, the target species being = Canada Goose, American Black Duck and Harlequin Duck. Of course, all = birders will focus on all birds seen!! Four of us hiked in to Keji Seaside NP, did a sea watch at several = locations as we walked the shoreline and spent a bit of time across the = dune scoping the lagoon. Highlights included a dispersed flock of 29 Harlequins (down from 46 in = 2012 and 62 in 2011), 4 Black Scoters (all females), about a dozen = Common Eider and a single Horned Grebe. A dozen Northern Gannets were = actively feeding well off-shore. =20 On the lagoon we noted a couple of dozen Bufflehead, around 30-35 Black = Ducks, 3 Green-winged Teal and a single Common Goldeneye. Waterfowl = numbers both on the ocean and the lagoon were down from previous years = and this was noted by other groups as well at the post-count = get-together at the Port Joli Hostel. One special sighting was a flock of about 30 Snow Buntings on the beach. Bob McDonald Halifax ------=_NextPart_000_00EC_01CEEBBE.2D2ED2C0 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>Sorry about the delay in this report = but=20 Bell-Aliant has been letting us down....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Along with over 20 other wildfowl = enthusiasts, I=20 participated in the NCC/BSC jointly-sponsored Wild For Waterfowl count = last=20 Sunday. The focus of this activity is to census a number of = Migratory Bird=20 Sanctuaries and other South Shore locations, the target species being = Canada=20 Goose, American Black Duck and Harlequin Duck. Of course, all = birders will=20 focus on all birds seen!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Four of us hiked in to Keji Seaside NP, = did a sea=20 watch at several locations as we walked the shoreline and spent a bit of = time=20 across the dune scoping the lagoon.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Highlights included a dispersed flock = of 29=20 Harlequins (down from 46 in 2012 and 62 in 2011), 4 Black Scoters (all = females),=20 about a dozen Common Eider and a single Horned Grebe. A dozen = Northern=20 Gannets were actively feeding well off-shore. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On the lagoon we noted a couple of = dozen=20 Bufflehead, around 30-35 Black Ducks, 3 Green-winged Teal and a single = Common=20 Goldeneye. Waterfowl numbers both on the ocean and the lagoon = were=20 down from previous years and this was noted by other groups as well at = the=20 post-count get-together at the Port Joli Hostel.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>One special sighting was a flock of = about 30 Snow=20 Buntings on the beach.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Bob McDonald</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Halifax</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00EC_01CEEBBE.2D2ED2C0--
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