[NatureNS] Windsor this morning

From: "john belbin" <jbelbin@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:32:12 -0300
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At 8am (high tide) a large number of birds were sheltering from the
viciously cold winds blowing in off the basin, at the Windsor sewage
lagoons.

Roughly 90 Black Ducks
11 DC Cormorants
150 or so Semi Palmated Sandpipers
10 Lesser Yellowlegs
About 50 Green Winged Teals
Roughly 120 Black bellied Plovers - some of these may have been Golden
Plovers but they were too far away to be sure. All were hunkered down in the
grass area, facing into the wind.
Between 60 and 80 Swallows, both Tree and Barn. They were surprisingly
active given the temperature.
3 Least Sandpipers
Very large numbers of gulls, both Herring and GBB.

At the Windsor tourist bureau, only 20 Black Ducks could be seen but a
single Peregrine did a patrol flight over the grasses.

John Belbin - Hantsport



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