[NatureNS] Re: Semipalmated Sandpiper

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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:28:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Suzanne Borkowski <suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca>
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Forwarded from Bob Lindsay:


--- Bob Lindsay <rhlindsay@accesswave.ca> wrote:

> Good afternoon, Suzanne.
> 
> I'm writing primarily to tell you about the 13 Semi
> Sandpipers (that's 
> the best ID I could come up with) this afternoon
> (about 4:15) somewhere 
> between Rocky Run and Terminal Beach. I've reported
> them via the NSBS 
> website. I also saw 50 or 60 Canada Geese, and 10 or
> so Ring-billed 
> Gulls. The Semis appeared to be pulling worms out of
> the mud as the tide 
> receded.
> 
> I saw these on a somewhat isolated beach that you
> have to hike to. Here 
> are two ways to get to it:
> 
> 1. Start from the Three Fathom Harbour Road and head
> west (towards 
> Lawrencetown) on the trail. Past the Rocky Run
> bridge, but before the 
> flat marshy area where Soras and Ring-Necked Ducks
> can be heard or seen 
> in the summer, follow a path on your left into the
> woods. Go all the way 
> out to the beach, and then walk along it to the
> right. That's where the 
> Semis were.
> 
> other way:
> 
> 2. Walk along the trail until you reach paths going
> off it to the left, 
> when the land rises to the Terminal Beach cliffs.
> Walk along a path to 
> the left until you find one of the paths that go out
> to the beach. You 
> will then be approaching the beach from the other
> direction.
> 
> Confusing? Oh, well. It's a nice walk, even in the
> cold weather we've 
> had, and you can't get lost. 

 cheers,
 Bob Lindsay
> 


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