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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Well Richard it reminds me of the old d=
ays on PEI</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">where there was a one legged Herring Gu=
ll. Easy to ID.</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">It was very tame and would almost sit o=
n the plow when we</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">were plowing. Along with hundreds of ot=
her gulls!</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Every farmer for 10 miles around knew i=
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">it was there for many years. Get the pl=
ow out and it was the</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">first one there!</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Once when I was plowing a mouse ran out=
into the dead furrow.</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">A Black Backed gull put its head down a=
nd opened wide. The mouse</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">saw a nice dark hole and ran in. The ea=
siest lunch the gull ever got!</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the winter</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul</span>
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On January 16, 2019 at 8:49 AM Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com=
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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 wint=
er on a wharf in Digby many years ago in adult plumage, i.e. at least 4 yea=
rs 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 Ye=
llow-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.
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On Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 7:58 AM Paul Murray <
<a href=3D"mailto:pwmurray.murray911@gmail.com">pwmurray.murray911@gma=
il.com</a> wrote:
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Thanks George. </p>=20
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">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.=
60;  Also, I caught a pair of males =E2=80=93 not hybrids =E2=80=93 an=
d a female at Rainbow Haven in 2009.  I created a new gallery with jus=
t these birds for benefit of comparison.  And just for good measure, I=
included a couple from a trip in 2009 to Haines Alaska.</p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://scranloc=
ker.smugmug.com/Nature/Barrows-Goldeneye/n-zMLCSv/i-NhZdMV6">https://scranl=
ocker.smugmug.com/Nature/Barrows-Goldeneye/n-zMLCSv/i-NhZdMV6</a></p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Cheers, Paul Murray</p>=20
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g>From: </strong><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:ge4syth@gmail.com">Geo=
rge Forsyth</a><br/><strong>Sent: </strong>January 15, 2019 10:44 PM<br/><s=
trong>To: </strong><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns=
.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br/><strong>Subject: </strong>Re: [NatureN=
S] Barrow's Goldeneye</p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Interesting that these birds frequent the s=
ame areas from year to year. Please look at the 2012 photo (3/65), notice t=
he female Barrows Goldeneye, (first bird on left) yellow bill and steep for=
ehead. Maybe the 2019 bird is an offspring!</p>=20
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 16:24, Paul Murray &=
#60;<a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:pwmurray.murray911@gmail.com">pwmur=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 12.0pt;">Ther=
e was a Barrow's Goldeneye in a mixed flock of Common Goldeneyes and Sc=
aup (~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&=
#39;s as opposed to the hybrid Barrow's that was in the same location a=
nd. coincidentally, on the same date back in 2012.  The 2012 hybrid ha=
d a very much shorter "spur".   I posted a couple of pictures =
from this morning in my 2019 gallery at the following link - note the title=
s for date of taking:<span style=3D"text-decoration: underline;"></span><sp=
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arget=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://scranlocker.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-2019=
/n-Pfrc5T/">https://scranlocker.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-2019/n-Pfrc5T/</a=
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ink 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 i=
t be the same bird, seven years older, and with a more "mature" dar=
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