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Index of Subjects --089e0160bde23915c20507343e45 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Jake and I saw the farmer whose cattle is hosting the birds this morning while we were looking for them, and he said they have been there at least a week and maybe longer. We could only see 2, and they seemed very active. Richard Stern Sternrichard@gmail.com Sent from my Android device On Nov 6, 2014 10:47 AM, "Rick Whitman" <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote: > Bernard Forsythe & I went out this AM to find the Cattle Egrets reported > by Jim Wolford. There are three as reported, not all that hard to find, but > possibly very difficult to get close to them. In other words, you may want > a 'scope. The only place that we could see the birds was on "Canning > Aboiteau Road", just E of Canning, right where the Habitant River passes > under the dyke. There's a big, old boat parked there and a circular drive > which is impassable. You look way over to the W, where the obvious carrots > come down over the hill, and look for beef cattle. The Egrets are right > with the cattle, basically among them. We saw all three but there may be > ways for them to disappear due to land & vegetation. BTW, these birds CAN > be seen with the naked eye, as far as finding them is concerned. Also BTW, > don't be confused by all the other carrots. There are shredded cull carrots > over a huge acreage out there. Go where I described & look from there. > > Regards, > Rick Whitman > --089e0160bde23915c20507343e45 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p dir=3D"ltr">Jake and I saw the farmer whose cattle is hosting the birds = this morning while we were looking for them,=C2=A0 and he said they have be= en there at least a week and maybe longer. We could only see 2, and they se= emed very active. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Richard Stern <br> Sternrichard@gmail.com<br> Sent from my Android device </p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Nov 6, 2014 10:47 AM, "Rick Whitman"= ; <<a href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com">dendroica.caerule= scens@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D= "gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding= -left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Bernard Forsythe & I went out this AM to fi= nd the Cattle Egrets reported by Jim Wolford. There are three as reported, = not all that hard to find, but possibly very difficult to get close to them= . In other words, you may want a 'scope. The only place that we could s= ee the birds was on "Canning Aboiteau Road", just E of Canning, r= ight where the Habitant River passes under the dyke. There's a big, old= boat parked there and a circular drive which is impassable. You look way o= ver to the W, where the obvious carrots come down over the hill, and look f= or beef cattle. The Egrets are right with the cattle, basically among them.= We saw all three but there may be ways for them to disappear due to land &= amp; vegetation. BTW, these birds CAN be seen with the naked eye, as far as= finding them is concerned. Also BTW, don't be confused by all the othe= r carrots. There are shredded cull carrots over a huge acreage out there. G= o where I described & look from there.<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div= ><div>Rick Whitman</div></div> </blockquote></div> --089e0160bde23915c20507343e45--
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