[NatureNS] Shorebirds at Three Fathom Harbour

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Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 11:25:17 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi,

I am sure the question was asked before, but I must have missed the answer.  Where is Shorebird Cove?  Is this the left hand side mudflat along the causeway leading to Fishermen's Reserve? Or I am thinking in the wrong direction.  Would appreciate clarification.

I went out on the Cole Harbor Saltmarsh Trail.  Only shorebirds seen where ~ 30 Willets between the trail head and the 2nd bridge....

Cheers

Ulli

Susann Myers <myerss@eastlink.ca> wrote:       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


 
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Hi,<br><br>I am sure the question was asked before, but I must have missed the answer.&nbsp; Where is Shorebird Cove?&nbsp; Is this the left hand side mudflat along the causeway leading to Fishermen's Reserve? Or I am thinking in the wrong direction.&nbsp; Would appreciate clarification.<br><br>I went out on the Cole Harbor Saltmarsh Trail.&nbsp; Only shorebirds seen where ~ 30 Willets between the trail head and the 2nd bridge....<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Ulli<br><br><b><i>Susann Myers &lt;myerss@eastlink.ca&gt;</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style>  <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.&nbsp; It is now  clearly underway, however.&nbsp;
 Yesterday (July 1) at Shorebird Cove  were:</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">There were also Willets, Spotted Sandpipers and  Killdeer.&nbsp; One Killdeer spent quite a bit of time feeding on newly-exposed  mud at the cove, using the "foot-trembling" technique to find prey.&nbsp; I had  read about this, but had never been close enough to watch it.&nbsp; The  Killdeer&nbsp;placed one foot in front of the other on the surface of the mud  and "trembled" it slightly back and forth.&nbsp; This apparently causes the prey  to move and become more conspicuous, which helps because&nbsp;Killdeer find  their food visually,
 rather than by probing.&nbsp; It must work, as the  Killdeer&nbsp;was enjoying good feeding.&nbsp; It alternated feet, trembling  first with one and then the other, and kept it up for quite a while.&nbsp; 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>&nbsp;</div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Cheers,</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Susann</font></div></blockquote><br><p>&#32;

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