"Andrew Chaplin" wrote in message
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"Canuck" wrote in news:dGS6p.9429$Bv7.8848
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Love the bird on the nose. Size and shape suggest a meadowlark.
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Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

Thanks! I'm just getting to know some of the bird names of the feathered
kind in and around here. I was quite amazed at some of the ducks that live
here during the Summers and migrate through during Autumn and Spring. I had
no idea we had Wood Ducks here. Their colours are amazing. I also caught
some beautiful red wing blackbirds strutting their stuff on the airport
fence. Although this conversation is going a bit off topic.....here is a way
to bring it back a bit.....

When the birds are migrating, I've seen huge flocks fly directly through the
glide path/approach of the airport. I wonder if the airport does something
besides the "canon" thing to keep them away? The noise is there from the
canon but personally I don't think that accomplishes much. From just
watching the Canada geese, they seem to ignore it and fly wherever they
please.

Nick