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Seals are still providing a lot of talking points behind the scenes. I'll be posting a summary soon, but are there any last comments on ID before I let a new cat out of the bag?
http://www.blog.peregrineprints.com/2010/11/seal-id-help.html
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I'm pretty interested in the weather over the next 4-ish days. Interested enough to actually get out of bed early the next few days - and then actually do some birding! Very high hopes of some good birds to report very soon.
Onto the remaining Netitishi Days! Not many left:
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Location: Netitishi Point
Observation date: 11/16/10
Notes: Light winds, variable SW to SE, sometimes calm. Light snow on ground. 10-15 seals seen during the day.
Number of species: 31
Brant 3
Lesser Scaup 2
White-winged Scoter 2
Black Scoter 3
Long-tailed Duck 3000
Red-breasted Merganser 30
Northern Goshawk 1
Sanderling 55
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 1
Ring-billed Gull 300
Herring Gull 100
Thayer's Gull 1
Iceland Gull 1
Glaucous Gull 1
Great Horned Owl 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
American Three-toed Woodpecker 1 - a life bird for me
Northern Shrike 1
Gray Jay 3
Common Raven 3
Horned Lark 8
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Boreal Chickadee 4
Lapland Longspur 2
Snow Bunting 25
Pine Grosbeak 20
White-winged Crossbill 15
Common Redpoll 1
Hoary Redpoll 10
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Location: Netitishi Point
Observation date: 11/17/10
Notes: Modest NE eventually becoming stronger NW late. Wind blows NW all night, then West by dawn. boo! Temps around freezing all day.
Number of species: 30
Brant 1
Lesser Scaup 2
King Eider 4
White-winged Scoter 12
Black Scoter 6
Long-tailed Duck 2000
Common Merganser 9
Red-breasted Merganser 65
Red-throated Loon 555
Common Loon 11
Rough-legged Hawk 9
Gyrfalcon 1
Black-bellied Plover 10
Sanderling 85
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Purple Sandpiper 7
Dunlin 62
Black-legged Kittiwake 3
Ring-billed Gull 250
Herring Gull 120
Glaucous Gull 4
Pomarine Jaeger 1
Short-eared Owl 2
Gray Jay 4
Common Raven 2
Horned Lark 3
Snow Bunting 18
Pine Grosbeak 3
White-winged Crossbill 30
Hoary Redpoll 8
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Location: Netitishi Point
Observation date: 11/18/10
Notes: Very windy. W up to 80kmh? Cold temps - below freezing all day. -4/-5. Shimmer on the water was terrible. Clearing in the evening, with rapidly falling temps.
Number of species: 27
Brant 1
American Black Duck 5
Mallard 4
Lesser Scaup 1
White-winged Scoter 14
Black Scoter 16
Long-tailed Duck 2000
Common Goldeneye 18
Common Merganser 15
Red-breasted Merganser 65
Common Loon 3
Sanderling 2
Purple Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 45
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 25
Glaucous Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Black Guillemot 1
Gray Jay 1
Common Raven 2
Horned Lark 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Boreal Chickadee 2
Snow Bunting 8
White-winged Crossbill 25
Hoary Redpoll 1
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Me with a seal on Nov 16th. I actually got a lot closer over the next hour, and was taking headshots! Photo by Alan Wormington.
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