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	dusky.html
		The dusky is a subspecies of Canada goose that breeds only in the Copper River Delta area on the south-central coast of Alaska and on islands in the Prince William Sound and Gulf of Alaska.
		Ratios of duskies marked with colored neckbands to unmarked duskies are determined from samples of geese observed during two resighting periods.
		Duskies were at their lowest known numbers in the mid-1950s, when only about 5,000 were counted on the wintering grounds.
	www.fws.gov /willamettevalley/dusky.html (1221 words)

	Dusky Sound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dusky Sound is a fjord on the south west corner of New Zealand, in Fiordland National Park.
		The upper reaches of the sound are steep-sided, and the high precipitation of the region leads to hundreds of waterfalls cascading into the sound during the rainy season.
		Dusky Sound was first sighted by European explorers when Captain Cook noted the opening to the sound during his first voyage to New Zealand on February 13, 1770.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dusky_Sound (362 words)

	Hammond's Flycatcher
		Duskies like the scrubby brush and forest edges from mountaintop meadows to the edge of the pine/sage desert.
		Empids have songs that tend to be composed of mostly hard unvoiced consonants, which students of phonetics would call fricative (f and s sounds) or oral stops of the glottalized closure type (p, t, and k sounds).
		The loud, clear, sliding, high-pitched, whistled call: "sear-wit!" is a familiar spring sound of lower wet forests from the Cascades west to the Pacific.
	www.thebirdguide.com /sample/hafl.htm (1486 words)

	Location Explorer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dusky Sound was named by Captain James Cook on his first voyage to New Zealand in 1770.
		The MaÂ¯ori name for the sound is Tamatea after the legendary explorer who travelled the full length of the North and South Islands in his waka/canoe, the Takitimu.
		They were NgaÂ¯ti Mamoe iwi who lived in Dusky Sound and other remote fiords as fugitives of northern tribal battles and formed the basis for romantic and exaggerated legends of a âlost tribeâ.
	www.cruise.com /LE5/Default/LocationID_8753/index.html (114 words)

	Dusky Sound, New Zealand
		Dusky Sound, New Zealand's longest fjord (44km), is also one of the most beautiful, with numerous wooded islands and inlets.
		In 1773, on his second voyage, he sailed into the sound and spent over 6 weeks overhauling his ship, the Resolution, and taking in supplies.
		The seals that were once common in the fjord were almost wiped out by sealers, but since the ban on seal hunting their numbers have increased.
	www.planetware.com /southland/dusky-sound-nz-sl-ds.htm (249 words)

	Fiordland, Milford Sound New Zealand
		It is approximately 16km from the head of the fiord to the open sea, which means visitors can comfortably travel the length of the fiord to open ocean and return on one of the many cruise options available in one and a half to two hours cruising time.
		At 421 metres deep Doubtful is the deepest of the fiords and is long and winding with three distinct “arms” and several outstanding waterfalls in the area from Deep Cove to the open ocean, a distance of around 40.4 kilometres.
		The Surreal Beauty of Milford Sound: Milford Sound, described by Rudyard Kipling as the ‘eighth wonder of the world’, was carved out during successive ice ages and, at its deepest point off Mitre Peak, plunges to a depth of 265 metres.
	www.luxuryadventures.co.nz /new_zealand/fiordland.php?dst=nz (1437 words)

	The Dusky Track
		The Dusky Track is quite simply one of the most amazing walks in the world It's an 84 km track straight through the heart of Fiordlands National Park.
		The track isY-shaped with trailheads at Lake Hauroko to the south, Dusky Sound to the west, and Lake Manapouri to the north.
		I had been told that there was a beautiful overlook of the valley and the sound not too far ahead, but the clouds were obscuring the view.
	www.mistermoose.org /nz/dusky.html (5297 words)

	Unique New Zealand wildlife - Fiordland - Dusky Sound
		Most of this work was centred in Dusky Sound, which although inaccessible by road can be reached by float-plane or by launch and road from the Manapouri Hydro Scheme via the Spey and Seaforth rivers.
		Here at Dusky Sound James Cook spent nearly seven weeks in 1773 and during this time the ship’s naturalist, Johann Rheinhold Forster, did a great deal of collecting.
		The first living takahe to come to the attention of the scientific world was collected here at Dusky Sound in 1849 and Richard Henry started transferring endangered birds from here to island sanctuaries in 1895.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~janm/wildlife/fiordland/dusky.htm (485 words)

	Birds » Parrots » Conure - Dusky Headed Main Page
		The Dusky Headed Conure, also known as Wendell's Conure, is not as common in the pet trade as the better known Sun or Nanday Conures, but their popularity is increasing.
		Though the Dusky Headed Conure is considered average in regards to their noise levels, they mostly make noise when they get excited.
		Though Dusky Headed Conures are not as brilliant in color as some other parrots, they make up for it with a calmer disposition and less raucous sounds.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/birds/parrots/prt1299.html (598 words)

	Unique New Zealand wildlife - Fiordland - Milford Sound
		Milford Sound offers the best fiord scenery in the Southern Hemisphere, and there is not much in the Northern Hemisphere to rival it.
		Running into Milford Sound is the Sinbad Valley and until only a few years ago this was home to the last kakapo to survive on the mainland.
		Piopiotahi in Milford Sound is the source of a soft, translucent stone known as tangiwai, which was prized, like greenstone, by the Maori for use in ornaments and they journeyed here from considerable distances to gather it.
	www.ecotours.co.nz /Brian/wildlife/fiordland/milford.htm (615 words)

	Milford Sound and Fiordland Park
		The Diamond Princess arrived at Milford Sound a little before the morning sun…..but the sun did shine…..a rare occurrence in a place that receives over 9 meters (more than 30 feet of rain each year), so we are very lucky.
		As we entered the sound we went to the open front of the ship on deck 15 and the wind must have been hurricane force……many people couldn’t stand at the railing without holding on.
		After sailing up Milford Sound as far as is safe for a vessel this size, we turned and began cruising along the coast of New Zealand passed George Sound, Doubtful Sound, Dusky Sound, Charity Inlet and many, many other little bays, sounds and inlets that dot the coast.
	mysite.verizon.net /rick.longbrake/ricks_site/id32.html (324 words)

	Dusky Sound Wines — Marlborough — New Zealand — Winemaking
		Dusky Sound Wines have the skills and expertise of Matt Thompson as consultant winemaker.
		He most enjoys working with the distinctiveness of the Dusky Sound vineyards which produce excellent fruit for him to make the wines.
		Dusky Sound is part of a new purpose built winery at Riverlands capable of processing 2,000 tonnes of grapes.
	www.duskysound.co.nz /viticulture/winemaking.asp (248 words)

	All About Birds
		A dull flycatcher of western mountains, the Dusky Flycatcher is found in chaparral, streamside thickets, and open brushy areas.
		The Dusky and Hammond's flycatchers are so similar that telling them apart is a true challenge.
		The best character for this species pair in the hand is the length of the outer wing feathers: Dusky has relatively short wingtips, with the outermost feather (primary 10, or "p10") being shorter or the same length as the middle one (p5); Hammond's has long wingtips with p10 being longer than p5.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Dusky_Flycatcher_dtl.html (314 words)

	* NZine * Cruising, fishing, diving, in Dusky Sound where Captain Cook sailed and landed in 1770 - Manapouri, Doubtful ...
		So we all agreed to cruise Dusky Sound in about twelve months time, and our eventual charter was eventually arranged to start on February 21 1998.
		To get to Dusky Sound we had to travel down the coast in open sea for three and a half hours, passing Dagg Sound on the way.
		He had just spent a rigorous voyage in Antarctica and spent the next five weeks in "Dusky Bay" anchoring in Pickersgill Harbour, which is near to the mouth of the Sound.
	www.nzine.co.nz /features/dusky.html (1554 words)

	Dusky dolphin foraging
		Like spinner dolphins, dusky dolphins have a unique set of echo characteristics on sonar, making it possible to distinguish them from their prey and other animals in the environment.
		Dusky dolphins in Kaikoura Canyon exhibit very different behaviors while foraging than Hawaiian spinner dolphins, even though they are both feeding on micronekton sound-scattering layers.
		During this time, dusky dolphins were not actively foraging and no coordination was observed between individual dolphins.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~benoit/duskies.html (298 words)

	NZ Lenscape: Dusky Track (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When the third to least youngest but not younger than the youngest young buck young buck - me - eventually caught up with the least youngest young bucks, I was gutted to learn I’d missed out on seeing the rather attractive American woman strip to her bare necessities to ford the channel.
		I was equally gutted to learn on catching up that the young bucks "short-cut" across the sea-grass covered flats, which I’d duly followed via their muddy footprints, gave Dusky Sound yet another shot at afflicting us with nipplus erectus, with a second deep fording to complete.
		Luckily, having learnt the lesson that one of the Dusky’s hobbies is to collect pack covers (as well as stamps, business cards, and tramper carcasses), had tied the drawcord to my chest strap.
	www.nzlenscape.co.nz /trampduskytrack3.htm (6359 words)

	Kayaking in Fiordland, Milford Sound and Dusky Sound, New Zealand
		Kayaking in Fiordland, Milford Sound and Dusky Sound, New Zealand
		Depending on conditions we may return down Bradshaw Sound paddling to the junction campsite or to the Gut Hut or on to Crooked Arm.
		Carved during the glacial age the lakes are clear, deep water, edged with sandy beaches (great for camping), coves and cliffs, designed with islands, glaciated valleys, intertwined ridges, fed by waterfalls, pure mountain streams, cradled by classic Fiordland native bush and mountain scenery.
	www.firstlighttravel.com /kayak_loc_fiordland.html (2017 words)

	natureandco.com - Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
		Milford Sound received an annual average of 6526 mm (257 in.) annually over the period 1969-1998, spread over 180 days of rain per year.
		Temperatures are mild, at least at low altitude: at Milford Sound, over the same period, mean maximum temperature in summer (January) was 18.8 C, against mean minimum temperature of 1.3 C in winter (July).
		Pods of bottlenose dolphins inhabit Milford and Doubtful sounds, and pods of dusky dolphins are also found in the fiords.
	www.natureandco.co.nz /land_and_wildlife/national_parks/fiordland/idx-fiordld.php3 (1231 words)

	Robert Lai's Dusky Conures Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Our life have never be the same after our home are shared with the Dusky Conures.
		Dusky Conures are very exceptionally sweet, cuddly, and affectionate.
		However, there was also sadness on the lost of the 1st Dusky Conure, BoBo.
	www.duskyconure.com (103 words)

	New Zealand 2006: Day 8
		As we rounded the bend, more of the sound came into view, but our eyes were on the seal lounging on the rocks.
		This is the mouth of the sound with the sea in the distance.
		Dusky Sound is quite lovely, with many islands.
	www.bundlings.com /newzealand08.htm (572 words)

	Fiordland New Zealand touring with Dusky Track Lake Hauroko Tours
		We have been operating commercial transport to the Dusky Track and tours on Lake Hauroko for over 20 years.
		It is completely natural with no man made interference, and is a spectacular start to the Dusky Track.
		The Dusky Track is a spectacular four to eight day tramp through the finest alpine scenery of Southwest Fiordland.
	www.duskytrack.co.nz (297 words)

	Guided Dusky Track walk Fiordland
		The Dusky Track has long been recognised as the pinnacle of walking challenges in the Fiordland area.
		We depart from Te Anau flying by helicopter to Supper Cove at Dusky Sound, staying overnight to explore the area, then travel on through the gorge and over the pass, following the spey river to West Arm on the edge of lake Manapouri, staying in huts along the route.
		This track provides views, valley walking, the Dusky Sound, and walking along the edge of the magnificent Spey river.
	www.adventuremanapouri.co.nz /nightwalks.html (287 words)

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		As we reached the entrance to Breaksea Sound the New Zealand fur seals, once almost hunted to extinction, warmed themselves on the rocks.
		The calm waters of Breaksea Sound were a contrast to the two-metre swells of the open coast.
		From Dusky Sound, the only way back to civilisation was by helicopter, across the Southern Alps to Te Anau.
	sip.greensheet.com /travelpublishing/newzealand_fiordland.html (2164 words)

	Lorraine Dusky, Author of Birthmark
		BUT I AM A MOTHER.” When at the age of 23, Lorraine Dusky, an ambitious newspaper reporter from the Midwest who was determined to make it to the top, gave away her baby, her life was changed forever.
		Yes, I was the one who didn't know a lot of people there, but my brothers and their wives, and some of their kids, were there too.
		Lorraine Dusky is the author of the controversial 1979 memoir about surrendering her daughter to adoption, "Birthmark" and is the New York state representative to the American Adoption Congress.
	www.the-seeker.com /birthmarkdusky.htm (1386 words)

	Fiordland National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fiordland's coast is steep and crenellated, with the fiords running into valleys of the southern ranges of the Southern Alps, such as the Kepler and Murchison Mountains.
		The Sutherland Falls, to the southwest of Milford Sound on the Milford Track, are among the world's highest waterfalls.
		Road access to Fiordland is restricted to one highway that runs east to Te Anau and from there turns north, skirting the edge of the park before entering it close to the headwaters of the tip of the Eglinton River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fiordland_National_Park (660 words)

	Dusky Track
		The pinnacle of New Zealand's alpine walking tracks...the Dusky Track offers an opportunity for fit experienced trampers to explore Fiordland back country wilderness at it's rawest.
		We boat across Lake Hauroko the deepest Lake in New Zealand, passing the remains of a Maori princess called the Princess of the Lake resting in the cleft of a rock on Mary Island.
		The track then proceeds up the Hauroko Burn to the Lake Roe Hut set beautifully amongst massive granite outcrops, travels along the tops of the Pleasant Range with spectacular views of Dusky Sound and the surrounding mountains before descending steeply to Loch Maree.
	www.nzwalk.com /dusky-track.html (234 words)

	Titanium in staurolite
		Staurolite occurs in many different parageneses in a wide variety of pelites and metabasites in the Dusky Sound area of Fiordland, New Zealand.
		Figure 1 illustrates a strongly sector-zoned staurolite from a regional metamorphic terrane south of Dusky Sound.
		The analyses are very similar to the corresponding analyses by Hollister and Bence (1967) and Hollister (1970) of the sector-zoned staurolite from the Kwoiek area, British Columbia, in every relative sense, except that the differentiation of the sectors of the Dusky Sound staurolite is slightly less marked.
	www.minsocam.org /msa/collectors_corner/arc/staurolite.htm (3441 words)

	Dusky Pionus Page
		These five are the Blue headed pionus, Bronze wing pionus, Dusky pionus, White cap pionus and Maximillian pionus.
		The remaining three are the Plum crowned, White head and Coral billed (or sordid) pionus.
		Duskies are one of the smallest pionus species.
	www.petbirdpage.com /breed.asp?breed=dusky (753 words)

	Milford Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand
		Milford Sound is one of the most famous of all New Zealand images.
		But for the protesters came the realisation that the pristine wilderness was badly depleted and if they wanted to stop the rot they had to fight for it.
		From Te Anau to Milford Sound is one of the great adventure roads in NZ -- possibly the greatest.
	visitnz.co.nz /fiordland.htm (2291 words)

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