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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01CF0664.6E15EA60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Wendy and I did a brisk 30-min walk at PPP today and indeed the duck was = still there. It certainly is a scaup but not sure whether lesser or = greater - it spent the whole time we watched it preening! Just around = the rocky corner, there was a mixed flock of scaup. We did see the very = tightly-huddled group of eiders - there must have been about 50 birds = but very hard to count although the 6 males were easy to pick out! Also = noted the extremely hardy Purple Sandpipers (about 10-12 birds in all) = getting regularly doused by the cold Atlantic as they foraged along the = shore, just beside the ruins. Happy New Year, everyone!! Bob McDonald ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dave&Jane Schlosberg=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 2:45 PM Subject: [NatureNS] lone small duck at Black Rock Beach (Point = Pleasant park) The duck was too far out for a clear view, but it had a dark head (no = white spot) and a white back. It was much smaller than the black ducks = nearby. I=E2=80=99m thinking scaup. Has anyone else spotted it? I = seem to recall a post about a bufflehead in that area(?). We = didn=E2=80=99t see the eiders. This was around 3:00 yesterday = afternoon. Jane ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01CF0664.6E15EA60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23543"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Wendy and I did a brisk 30-min walk at = PPP today=20 and indeed the duck was still there. It certainly is a scaup but = not sure=20 whether lesser or greater - it spent the whole time we watched it=20 preening! Just around the rocky corner, there was a mixed flock of = scaup. We did see the very tightly-huddled group of eiders - = there=20 must have been about 50 birds but very hard to count although the 6 = males were=20 easy to pick out! Also noted the extremely hardy Purple Sandpipers = (about=20 10-12 birds in all) getting regularly doused by the cold Atlantic as = they=20 foraged along the shore, just beside the ruins.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Happy New Year, everyone!!</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></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Ddschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca">Dave&Jane = Schlosberg</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 31, = 2013 2:45=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] lone small = duck at=20 Black Rock Beach (Point Pleasant park)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: = 12pt"> <DIV>The duck was too far out for a clear view, but it had a dark head = (no=20 white spot) and a white back. It was much smaller than the black = ducks=20 nearby. I=E2=80=99m thinking scaup. Has anyone else = spotted it? I=20 seem to recall a post about a bufflehead in that area(?). We = didn=E2=80=99t see=20 the eiders. This was around 3:00 yesterday afternoon.</DIV> <DIV>Jane</DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01CF0664.6E15EA60--
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