[NatureNS] flycatching gulls, late aft., Wolfville

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Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 03:21:03 -0700
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 =0A=0A=0AOn Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:00 AM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gm=
ail.com> wrote:=0A  =0A=0A=0AAnother possibility is dragonflies. I saw a Me=
rlin making multiple short flights to grab these from the top of a power po=
le late last summer (Cherryfield, Annapolis Co).=0A=0ANancy=0A=0AOn 2014-09=
-05, at 6:56 PM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:=0A=0A> =0A>> T=
o: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>=0A>> =0A>> SEPT. 5, 2014 - At=
 6:30 p.m., in the sky over the Wolfville Farmers=E2=80=99 Market, were abo=
ut 12 gulls, probably herring gulls, that were so clearly flycatching, that=
 I tried to turn them into nighthawks, to no avail.  When I got to my car, =
which was very nearby, I saw no evidence of whatever the gulls were after, =
but an educated guess would be flying reproductive ants?=0A>> =0A>> Cheers =
from Jim in Wolfville.=0A>> _______________________________________________=
=0A> 
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e, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue,=
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pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> On Saturday, Septe=
mber 6, 2014 7:00 AM, nancy dowd &lt;nancypdowd@gmail.com&gt; wrote:<br> </=
font> </div>  <br><br> <div class=3D"y_msg_container">Another possibility i=
s dragonflies. I saw a Merlin making multiple short flights to grab these f=
rom the top of a power pole late last summer (Cherryfield, Annapolis Co).<b=
r clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">Nancy<div class=3D"yqt8867513832" id=3D=
"yqtfd20131"><br
 clear=3D"none">On 2014-09-05, at 6:56 PM, Jim Wolford &lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastl=
ink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt; wrote:<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=
=3D"none">&gt; <br clear=3D"none">&gt;&gt; To: Nature BNS &lt;<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:nature=
@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca</a>&gt;<br clear=3D"=
none">&gt;&gt; <br clear=3D"none">&gt;&gt; SEPT. 5, 2014 - At 6:30 p.m., in=
 the sky over the Wolfville Farmers=E2=80=99 Market, were about 12 gulls, p=
robably herring gulls, that were so clearly flycatching, that I tried to tu=
rn them into nighthawks, to no avail.&nbsp; When I got to my car, which was=
 very nearby, I saw no evidence of whatever the gulls were after, but an ed=
ucated guess would be flying reproductive ants?<br clear=3D"none">&gt;&gt; =
<br clear=3D"none">&gt;&gt; Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br clear=3D"none"=
>&gt;&gt;
 _______________________________________________<br clear=3D"none">&gt; <br=
 clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"></div><br><br></div>  </div> </div>  </d=
iv> </div></body></html>
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