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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_UO+7nGoEAEvn37oqIw4p4A) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I was atlassing in Cape Breton recently, so missed the start of shorebird migration at Three Fathom Harbour, HRM. It is now clearly underway, however. Yesterday (July 1) at Shorebird Cove were: Lesser Yellowlegs - 52 Short-billed Dowitcher - 17, mostly of the hendersoni sub-species that can look very much like Long-billed Dowitchers There were also Willets, Spotted Sandpipers and Killdeer. One Killdeer spent quite a bit of time feeding on newly-exposed mud at the cove, using the "foot-trembling" technique to find prey. I had read about this, but had never been close enough to watch it. The Killdeer placed one foot in front of the other on the surface of the mud and "trembled" it slightly back and forth. This apparently causes the prey to move and become more conspicuous, which helps because Killdeer find their food visually, rather than by probing. It must work, as the Killdeer was enjoying good feeding. It alternated feet, trembling first with one and then the other, and kept it up for quite a while. I was forced to take a nice long break from gardening chores, to make certain of this! Cheers, Susann --Boundary_(ID_UO+7nGoEAEvn37oqIw4p4A) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was atlassing in Cape Breton recently, so missed the start of shorebird migration at Three Fathom Harbour, HRM. It is now clearly underway, however. Yesterday (July 1) at Shorebird Cove were:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lesser Yellowlegs - 52</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Short-billed Dowitcher - 17, mostly of the <EM>hendersoni</EM> sub-species that can look very much like Long-billed Dowitchers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There were also Willets, Spotted Sandpipers and Killdeer. One Killdeer spent quite a bit of time feeding on newly-exposed mud at the cove, using the "foot-trembling" technique to find prey. I had read about this, but had never been close enough to watch it. The Killdeer placed one foot in front of the other on the surface of the mud and "trembled" it slightly back and forth. This apparently causes the prey to move and become more conspicuous, which helps because Killdeer find their food visually, rather than by probing. It must work, as the Killdeer was enjoying good feeding. It alternated feet, trembling first with one and then the other, and kept it up for quite a while. I was forced to take a nice long break from gardening chores, to make certain of this!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Susann</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_UO+7nGoEAEvn37oqIw4p4A)--
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