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I'll bet it's not coincidental that the merlin and peregrine came directly out of the sun before Ulli noticed them! Crafty strategy for hunting from raptors that really are good at what they do, even if they miss a lot! When we read about success rates for hunting falcons or other raptors, I always wonder how often supposedly hunting birds of prey are just playing around and not really serious? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: Don MacNeill <donmacneill@eastlink.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:05:05 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Hartlen's Point I spent the morning at Hartlen's Pt yesterday. There were 2 whimbrel on one of the fairways as I drove in. The Ring-necked Pheasants must have had a good year as I saw 8 young ones (3, 3 and 2). There weren't a lot of birds at Back Cove and Armed Forces personnel were tearing down their defunct power lines along the trail. I did manage to see some small flocks of warblers, but nothing exciting. Don Don MacNeill donmacneill@eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob McDonald" <bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Tuesday, 12 September, 2006 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Fisherman's Cove and Hartlen Point Saturday September 9 2006 Just a short supplement to Ulli's posting on shorebirds, Bernard Burke pointed out an American Golden Plover to Suzanne B and I as we drove up to Fisherman's Cove late last week. It was our first of the year. Later on, on the golf course nearly every hole had a small flock of Whimbrel according to a group of golfers I spoke with. There were likely hundreds spread out over the 18 holes! Bob McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: <uhoeger@dal.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 4:24 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Fisherman's Cove and Hartlen Point Saturday September 9 2006 > Time to catch up with some recent observations. > Saturday afternoon I went out to Fisherman's Cove, before the > afternoon crowd of people arrived. Tide was still going out and a > good part of the mud flats was exposed. > Shorebird numbers are definitely down from a week earlier. > Species observed: > SB Dowitcher 1 > BB Plover 3 > SP Plover ~150 > SP Sandpiper ~120 > Least Sandpiper <10 > White-rumped Sandpiper 3 > > With increasing people traffic the birds became more skittish, and > when within 15 minutes a Merlin and a Peregrine tried for lunch, the > Peregrine successful, most took off for good. Both falcons came out > of the sun, and I noticed them only after all the shorebirds took > flight. > > No Yellow Legs! > > > A bit down the road towards Hartlen Point on a stretch of sandy beach > Sanderlings ~20 > SP Plovers ~40 > SP Sandpipers ~40 > Least Sandpipers ~15 > White-rumped Sandpipers 2 > > At Hartlen Point on the beach along the road just a few Least > Sandpipers, a Whimbrel, and several Greater Yellow Legs. > Back Cove had several BB Plovers and Willets and additional Greater > Yellow Legs. > Two Harrier and two Osprey were hunting in the area. > > Ulli > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.3/445 - Release Date: 9/11/2006 > >
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