[NatureNS] Black-bellied Plovers - Windsor and Avonport Aug 28 /07

From: "Judy Tufts" <tandove@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:01:19 -0300
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Tues Aug 28 / 07 (High tide - 1.31 p.m.)

 A trek for shorebirds this afternoon - Windsor and close to Wolfville.

 

D. U. farm pond - Ridge Rd, Hortonville, Exit 10, Hwy 101, Kings Co. 

        Gtr. Yellowlegs - 6

        Lsr. Yellowlegs- 2

        S-bill. Dowitcher - 2

        Merlin - 1

 

Windsor Sewage Ponds, Hants Co.:  @High Tide 

        Black-bellied Plover - ~400  

        Lsr. Yellowlegs - 4 

        Gtr Yellowlegs - 3 

        Spotted Sandpiper  - 3 

        S-bill. Dowitcher    - 4 

 

Windsor Causeway, Hants Co :  (seen from the Windsor Information Centre as
well as Falmouth Connector site, sweeping  in from the north - Hantsport? or
Cheverie? direction ) 

        'peeps'  -   ~8,000

         GBH - 5

 

Avonport Beach, Kings Co:  (roosting flocks). 

        'peeps' -   2,000

        Black-bellied Plover - 100 

        S-bill. Dowitcher -   5

        Semip. Plover -   30+

 

Starrs Pt. mud flats  from dyke opposite Wolfville Sewage Ponds, Kings Co: 

        'peeps' -      700 - 800   

        Yellowlegs sp.  - 3

        Short-bill Dowitcher - 6

 

Wolfville Harbour, Kings Co:   

        'peeps'          ~200 

        Gtr. Yellowlegs - 6

 

 

Cheers,

Judy Tufts

 

 

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