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Index of Subjects --94eb2c1188b85171f3054007c884 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sounds very fun! I might head up tomorrow:) Helene On Oct 29, 2016 6:15 PM, "Eric Mills" <E.Mills@dal.ca> wrote: > A growing group of birders watched the Strait of Canso Brown Booby=E2=80= =8E on the > causeway rocks just S of the lighthouse until about 2:30, when it took of= f > and very purposefully flew N across the Strait to Aulds Cove to join a > flock of feeding Gannets. > > It appears that the best=E2=80=8E strategy for searchers coming from the = mainland > is to check Aulds Cove first from near the weigh station, and failing the= re > cross the causeway to the lighthouse and camp there for a while, looking = on > the water and also on the rocks, where it can be very hard to spot. It ha= s > also been seen near the Cove Motel. > > Along with the booby, many of us also saw a Lesser Black-backed Gull > juvenile, Harlequin Ducks, a leather- back turtle, at least 2 ocean > sunfish, harbour porpoises, white-sided dolphins, and a grey seal along > with the Strait usuals for this time of year. > > Eric > > Eric L. Mills > Lower Rose Bay > Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia > Canada > --94eb2c1188b85171f3054007c884 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p dir=3D"ltr">Sounds very fun! I might head up tomorrow:)<br> Helene </p> <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Oct 29, 2016 6= :15 PM, "Eric Mills" <<a href=3D"mailto:E.Mills@dal.ca">E.Mill= s@dal.ca</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:1= ex"> <div lang=3D"en-US"> <div>A growing group of birders watched the Strait of Canso Brown Booby=E2= =80=8E on the causeway rocks just S of the lighthouse until about 2:30, whe= n it took off and very purposefully flew N across the Strait to Aulds Cove = to join a flock of feeding Gannets.=C2=A0</div> <div><span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans= -serif"><br> </span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans= -serif">It appears that the best=E2=80=8E strategy for searchers coming fro= m the mainland is to check Aulds Cove first from near the weigh station, an= d failing there cross the causeway to the lighthouse and camp there for a while, looking on the water and also on the rocks, wh= ere it can be very hard to spot. It has also been seen near the Cove Motel.= </span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans= -serif"><br> </span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans= -serif">Along with the booby, many of us also saw a Lesser Black-backed Gul= l juvenile, Harlequin Ducks, a leather- back turtle, at least 2 ocean sunfi= sh, harbour porpoises, white-sided dolphins, and a grey seal along with the Strait usuals for this time of year.</span>= </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Eric</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Eric=C2=A0L.=C2=A0Mills=C2=A0<br> Lower=C2=A0Rose=C2=A0Bay<br> Lunenburg=C2=A0Co.,=C2=A0Nova=C2=A0Scotia=C2=A0<br> Canada</div> </div> </blockquote></div></div> --94eb2c1188b85171f3054007c884--
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