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on his shoulder to be a full Barrow's as opposed to the hybrid Barro --000000000000eb52b7057f92b79f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, There are many examples of individual birds returning to the same spot in the winter. One was the Lesser Black Backed Gull that appeared one winter on a wharf in Digby many years ago in adult plumage, i.e. at least 4 years old. It reappeared on the same wharf, seemingly healthy, for the next 18 years. In those days this was a really rare bird in NS, and was presumably the same bird returning. I suspect another example is the Port Williams Yellow-throated warbler, and probably the various Barrows Goldeneyes that you mention here, including those that always seem present at the head of the Bedford Basin, and at the Pt Williams sewage ponds. Richard Stern sent from my Android device On Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 7:58 AM Paul Murray <pwmurray.murray911@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks George. > > Could be and offspring! I did some back-checking of my files and found > that I had photographed the =E2=80=9CHybrid=E2=80=9D Barrow=E2=80=99s at = Dartmouth Cove in 2008, > 2012 and now 2019. Also, I caught a pair of males =E2=80=93 not hybrids= =E2=80=93 and a > female at Rainbow Haven in 2009. I created a new gallery with just these > birds for benefit of comparison. And just for good measure, I included a > couple from a trip in 2009 to Haines Alaska. > > > > https://scranlocker.smugmug.com/Nature/Barrows-Goldeneye/n-zMLCSv/i-NhZdM= V6 > > > > Cheers, Paul Murray > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *George Forsyth <ge4syth@gmail.com> > *Sent: *January 15, 2019 10:44 PM > *To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject: *Re: [NatureNS] Barrow's Goldeneye > > > > Hi, > > Interesting that these birds frequent the same areas from year to year. > Please look at the 2012 photo (3/65), notice the female Barrows Goldeneye= , > (first bird on left) yellow bill and steep forehead. Maybe the 2019 bird = is > an offspring! > > > > Cheers, George Forsyth > > > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 16:24, Paul Murray <pwmurray.murray911@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 2019-01-15 > > > > There was a Barrow's Goldeneye in a mixed flock of Common Goldeneyes and > Scaup (~29 birds total) at Dartmouth Cove this morning. He appears from > the extent of the dark "spur" on his shoulder to be a full Barrow's as > opposed to the hybrid Barrow's that was in the same location and. > coincidentally, on the same date back in 2012. The 2012 hybrid had a ver= y > much shorter "spur". I posted a couple of pictures from this morning in > my 2019 gallery at the following link - note the titles for date of takin= g: > > > > https://scranlocker.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-2019/n-Pfrc5T/ > > > > I think it is interesting that the dates across 7 years are the same, as > is the mix of ducks he hangs out with. The question would be; could it = be > the same bird, seven years older, and with a more "mature" dark spur? > > > > Paul Murray > > Dartmouth > > > --000000000000eb52b7057f92b79f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">Hi,<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">There ar= e many examples of individual birds returning to the same spot in the winte= r. One was the Lesser Black Backed Gull that appeared one winter on a wharf= in Digby many years ago in adult plumage, i.e. at least 4 years old. It re= appeared on the same wharf, seemingly healthy, for the next 18 years. In th= ose days this was a really rare bird in NS, and was presumably the same bir= d returning. I suspect another example is the Port Williams Yellow-throated= warbler, and probably the various Barrows Goldeneyes that you mention here= , including those that always seem present at the head of the Bedford Basin= , and at the Pt Williams sewage ponds.<br><br><div data-smartmail=3D"gmail_= signature" dir=3D"auto">Richard Stern<br>sent from my Android device</div><= /div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Wed, Jan 16, = 2019, 7:58 AM Paul Murray <<a href=3D"mailto:pwmurray.murray911@gmail.co= m">pwmurray.murray911@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm= ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-le= ft:1ex"><div lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"#954F72"><div class=3D"m= _6034659061406349601WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Thanks George.=C2= =A0 </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Could be and offspring!=C2=A0 I did some bac= k-checking of my files and found that I had photographed the =E2=80=9CHybri= d=E2=80=9D Barrow=E2=80=99s at Dartmouth Cove in 2008, 2012 and now 2019.= =C2=A0=C2=A0 Also, I caught a pair of males =E2=80=93 not hybrids =E2=80=93= and a female at Rainbow Haven in 2009.=C2=A0 I created a new gallery with = just these birds for benefit of comparison.=C2=A0 And just for good measure= , I included a couple from a trip in 2009 to Haines Alaska.</p><p class=3D"= MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"https:= //scranlocker.smugmug.com/Nature/Barrows-Goldeneye/n-zMLCSv/i-NhZdMV6" targ= et=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">https://scranlocker.smugmug.com/Nature/Bar= rows-Goldeneye/n-zMLCSv/i-NhZdMV6</a></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2= =A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Cheers, Paul Murray</p><p class=3D"Mso= Normal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Sent from <a href=3D= "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D= "noreferrer">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2= =A0<u></u></p><div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padd= ing:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"border:none;padding:= 0in"><b>From: </b><a href=3D"mailto:ge4syth@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank" re= l=3D"noreferrer">George Forsyth</a><br><b>Sent: </b>January 15, 2019 10:44 = PM<br><b>To: </b><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blan= k" rel=3D"noreferrer">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [N= atureNS] Barrow's Goldeneye</p></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2= =A0<u></u></p><div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hi,</p>