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On Saturday I saw 6 of the Black Skimmers that Alix d'Entremont reported there earlier. I didn't know Rick was going there too--we just missed each other! The next day I went up the old highway from Yarmouth to Brier Island and was looking out for more of them because my views of them at Pinkey's Point were far too short. What amazing birds--the best I've seen yet by a significant margin. I did make a quick stop at Mavilette Beach to see if I could see the ones Richard Stern reported there but did not see them during my brief visit. I also turned down the road to Cape St. Mary's just beyond Mavilette Beach to check out the marsh I could see from highway. I talked to a birder from Quebec who photographed some the previous day and it would be a better spot to try and photograph them than the beach park. I didn't see any rarities on my Brier Island Whale/Bird Watching cruise but I have to put in a plug for Mariner Cruises and in particular Captain Peggy because she awesome in her ability to identify birds. I suspected that from checking out Mariner's website and unless you're a pelagic expert yourself she is definitely the one you want to go with if you're in interested in birding as well as the whales. But unfortunately instead of the variable cloud they were calling for it was overcast so the pictures are not great but I included many pictures of pelagic species in my eBird checklist anyway so as to maybe whet some appetites for getting there. Peggy knows a few birders but said she doesn't see as many as she used to. Here is my eBird checklist complete with mediocre pictures of awesome species. And the whales were awesome too! http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19173864 Peggy also identified 2 Leach's Storm Petrels early on but I didn't see them well enough to include them on my life list. Keith Lowe
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