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Index of Subjects It may be of interest to know that during periods of extra high tides such as we are presently having, flocks of shorebirds have been observed roosting in the seclusion of the gypsum quarries, in particular, the one at Miller Creek, which is a short flight for shorebirds feeding in the Windsor area. They wait out the high tide grouped around the edges of the temporary ponds that form in the low zones of the quarry. Sherman Sherman Williams sherm@glinx.com website: http://www.glinx.com/~sherm On 11-Aug-06, at 2:44 PM, Blake Maybank wrote: > took flight and headed SE up the Avon River. We then went to the > Windsor Causeway, but no shorebirds were visible in the thick grass > that now covers the mud flats. The dyke behind the information > centre has been raised, and the wooden stairs dismantled for the > time being. > > We then watched for a while at the Windsor sewage ponds, but the > shorebirds didn't seem to want to land. They flew in, circled for > a bit, then left. It would likely help if the grass were mowed > along the dyke between the two ponds. There was one Pectoral > Sandpiper among the many Black-bellied Plovers. > >
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