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For those who heard the CBC Maritime Noon Show last Friday things are still=
good on Cherry Hill. We visited today and had nine adults, 14 chicks from=
the beach and three fledged chicks from who knows where. So to explain th=
is better, from the first nest we lost one chick and are now down to three.=
Less than a week to a week and these three will be able to fly. From nes=
t three four healthy chicks, which are only a few days behind. From nest n=
umber two four healthy chicks which are about a week behind the first hatch=
ing. Nest number four is still being incubated with four eggs. Nest numbe=
r five which had four eggs hatched and we saw three, about two day old chic=
ks. We are uncertain as to what happened to the fourth egg/chick. There a=
re a lot of predators in the area of that particular nesting. We had an ad=
ult with three fledged chicks, which is a newcomer to the beach. Adults fr=
om nest one and two were very territorial and kept trying to drive the newc=
omer away.
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Also noted were territorial confrontations between birds from nest one and =
two in regards to the two family units.
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A great day on the beach. Lots of northern gannet diving, which added to t=
he pleasure of the day.
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James R. Hirtle
East LaHave
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For those who heard the CBC Maritime Noon Show last Friday things are still=
good on Cherry Hill. We visited today and had nine adults, 14 chicks=
from the beach and three fledged chicks from who knows where. So to =
explain this better, from the first nest we lost one chick and are now down=
to three. Less than a week to a week and these three will be able to=
fly. From nest three four healthy chicks, which are only a=
few days behind. From nest number two four healthy chicks which are =
about a week behind the first hatching. Nest number four is still bei=
ng incubated with four eggs. Nest number five which had four eggs hat=
ched and we saw three, about two day old chicks. We are uncertain as =
to what happened to the fourth egg/chick. There are a lot of predator=
s in the area of that particular nesting. We had an adult with three =
fledged chicks, which is a newcomer to the beach. Adults from nest on=
e and two were very territorial and kept trying to drive the newcomer away.=
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<BR>
Also noted were territorial confrontations between birds from nest one and =
two in regards to the two family units.<BR>
<BR>
A great day on the beach. Lots of northern gannet diving, which added=
to the pleasure of the day.<BR>
<BR>
James R. Hirtle<BR>
East LaHave<BR><br /><hr /> </body>
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