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Hello,
I was wondering how the shorebird migration in the Grand Pre area is doing. I had people asking me when it would be best to go there to see the big flocks of sandpipers and where.
I figure that numbers should have built up by now, so that people can observe the miracle of shorebird flocks moving as one mass. I assume that the Evangeline Beach area and the area towards Boot Island is still a good spot to go.
Can anybody give me a quick update? I would appreciate it!
Thanks
Ulli
P.S. I went out to Hartlen Point on Tuesday (July 31) evening and had a look at the shorebirds on the beaches off the golf course. Fog rolling in didn't help much, but still good shorebird watching. Lesser Yellowlegs and SB Dowitchers where dominant (several hundred individuals each), and I have seen considerable numbers of Semipalmated Plovers and Sandpipers inbetween the pebbles. Hard to give numbers for those, but at least 300-400 of each species for sure. Noteworthy: a single Pectoral Sandpiper and half a dozen Ruddy Turnstones (still in full breeding plumage). No Black-bellied Plovers .....
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Hello,<br><br>I was wondering how the shorebird migration in the Grand Pre area is doing. I had people asking me when it would be best to go there to see the big flocks of sandpipers and where.<br><br>I figure that numbers should have built up by now, so that people can observe the miracle of shorebird flocks moving as one mass. I assume that the Evangeline Beach area and the area towards Boot Island is still a good spot to go.<br><br>Can anybody give me a quick update? I would appreciate it!<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Ulli<br><br>P.S. I went out to Hartlen Point on Tuesday (July 31) evening and had a look at the shorebirds on the beaches off the golf course. Fog rolling in didn't help much, but still good shorebird watching. Lesser Yellowlegs and SB Dowitchers where dominant (several hundred individuals each), and I have seen considerable numbers of Semipalmated Plovers and Sandpipers inbetween the pebbles. Hard to give numbers for those, but at least
300-400 of each species for sure. Noteworthy: a single Pectoral Sandpiper and half a dozen Ruddy Turnstones (still in full breeding plumage). No Black-bellied Plovers .....<br><p> 
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