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Index of Subjects --0-894099394-1183400717=:15327 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 --------------------------------- Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. --0-894099394-1183400717=:15327 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi,<br><br>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.<br><br>I went out on the Cole Harbor Saltmarsh Trail. 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 <myerss@eastlink.ca></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. 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></blockquote><br><p>  <hr size=1>Never miss an email again!
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