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As it happens, we were at Hartlen Point on Sunday morning and there was a
Military Police vehicle stopped on the side of the road. It wasn't clear if
he was watching us, the golfers or none of the above. We happened to see the
same MP at the SeaGulps coffee place after we left Hartlen. I asked him
directly if they minded birders being on the Hartlen Point property and he
smiled and asked if we were causing trouble. I said no, and he said there
was no problem then. He did say they didn't like people going there at night
because they have had problems.
On the bird front, we saw the Whimbrel and about 10 Am. Golden Plovers.
Someone told me he saw the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo at Back Cove Sunday
morniing, but we didn't see it.
Also, on Sunday there was a Yellow-Breasted Chat at Russell Lake in
Dartmouth
David
-----Original Message-----
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Patricia L. Chalmers
Sent: October 19, 2006 1:18 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Hartlen Point, 14 Oct.
Hi there,
These two posts reminded me that I had meant to report that Jean
Hartley and I set off last Saturday afternoon, too optimistically, for a
walk at Hartlen's Point. We stopped first along the broad shoulder of
Shore Road (just beyond where the road curves) where one can look down on
the beach; no buildup of scaup here yet, but on the shore there were the
following shorebirds among the rocks:
20+ Semipalmated Plovers
3 Sanderling
6+ Semipalmated Sandpipers
a few Least Sandpipers
We next parked down by the shore at Hartlen Point, and on the
beach here found a different mix:
1 Merlin, barrelling along the shore but not obviously chasing
shorebirds
3+ Black-bellied Plovers
1 American Golden Plover
5+ Greater Yellowlegs
Whimbrel (heard only)
7 American Pipits
10+ Savannah Sparrows
5+ Song Sparrows
There were more birds further south along the shore, but we didn't
walk far. By this time the showers were becoming more persistent, but we
still wanted to walk the route through the golf course. We went in via the
old entrance and had barely reached the service buildings when the heavens
opened. We stayed long enough to get thoroughly wet, but we also had a
good look at the pond there, where we were pleased to find :
11 Green-winged Teal
1 Pectoral Sandpiper
There was also a large flock (50+) of Robins among the Mountain
Ashes along the road.
The last time Jean and I were out at Hartlen's, about a month ago,
we were warned off the property at the Point, adjacent to the golf course,
by a uniformed Commissionaire doing his rounds. In the past birders,
cranberry-pickers, dog-walkers and ramblers have always been tolerated
here. This man gave us to understand that security was being stepped up on
DND and Coast Guard properties. Does anyone else know about this?
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
At 03:14 PM 17/10/2006 -0300, Ulli Hoeger wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Just to add to Ian's recent Hartlen Point sightings. I was out along
>the harbour side beach on Sunday (Oct. 15) afternoon just before high
>tide for an hour to check the washed up seaweed for foraging
>shorebirds. Numbers where down from the week before, but this may
>also have been linked to the higher tide level this time (was close
>to low tide last weekend), and the massive sea weed built up on the
>beach.
>I have seen two Killdeers, few (single digit numbers) Greater and
>Lesser Yellowlegs, no peeps or small plovers seen feeding (just
>flying by towards the headland), a good dozen Black-bellied Plovers
>and, most noteworthy, 3 or 4 Golden Plovers. Plenty of Savanna and
>Song sparrows were feeding in the washed up weed.
>
>Cheers
>
>Ulli
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