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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01D38276.B6CBD5C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This afternoon (Dec 31 2017) I was cycling up the hill between Fader's = Cove and Mason's Beach when I flushed a small bird near the top. Had it = not come from the ground I would have passed it off as a dull American = Goldfinch. It made it's way to the bottom of the hill, landed in a bush = and immediately dropped to the ground. Of course that meant I would be = going back down the hill. I coasted down stashed the bike and began = trying to get photos. Each time a car went by the bird would fly a = little farther up the hill, always staying out of range of my camera. = Eventually we made it to the top and I got a rather unimpressive shot = that would confirm it as an Indigo Bunting. Back down to get my bike = then up the hill a third time, by now the bird was nowhere to be seen.=20 I continued on to Mason's Beach where an American Kestrel flashed across = the road and landed in some spruce behind the motel's cottages. We had = missed both of these birds yesterday.=20 I had no luck finding the Eastern Towhee seen by Clarence Steven's Jr = during the count though there is enough multiflora there that it could = have easily eluded me. Kevin Lantz Front Centre ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01D38276.B6CBD5C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000"> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">This afternoon (Dec = 31 2017) I=20 was cycling up the hill between Fader's Cove and Mason's Beach when I = flushed a=20 small bird near the top. Had it not come from the ground I would have = passed it=20 off as a dull American Goldfinch. It made it's way to the bottom of the = hill,=20 landed in a bush and immediately dropped to the ground. Of course that = meant I=20 would be going back down the hill. I coasted down stashed the bike and = began=20 trying to get photos. Each time a car went by the bird would fly a = little=20 farther up the hill, always staying out of range of my camera. = Eventually we=20 made it to the top and I got a rather unimpressive shot that<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>would confirm it as an Indigo = Bunting.=20 Back down to get my bike then up the hill a third time, by now the bird = was=20 nowhere to be seen. </SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">I continued on to = Mason's=20 Beach where an American Kestrel flashed across the road and landed in = some=20 spruce behind the motel's cottages. We had missed both of these birds = yesterday.=20 </SPAN></P> <DIV><SPAN=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-ca; = mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa'>I=20 had no luck finding the Eastern Towhee seen by Clarence Steven's Jr = during the=20 count though there is enough multiflora there that it could have easily = eluded=20 me.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-ca; = mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: = ar-sa'></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-ca; = mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa'>Kevin=20 Lantz</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: en-ca; = mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa'>Front=20 Centre</SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01D38276.B6CBD5C0--
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