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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_KHPgqcXiUBmFu3jHFXQixg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1250 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi All: =20 Jeff and I were walking on Carter=92s Beach in Port Mouton at night on Saturday night and we saw a very interesting sight =96 little = luminescent green specks in the sand with the incoming tide. We saw them right at = the water=92s edge, when a wave receded these things were left behind. We = tried to pick some up to figure out what they were using a flashlight to go through the grains of sand, and all I could see was a little white thing that looked a piece of a shell, but it was very flat and elongated. = Once disturbed by me shining the light on it and sorting through the sand = with my finger it stopped glowing. I did a Google search to try and find out = what they were and Red Tide kept coming up. Could this be a red tide? =20 Shorebird question: =20 I=92ve been going to Carter=92s Beach for years and there are Willets = that breed there every year. When we were there in July, we saw the Willets and = their fledglings feeding in the marsh behind the beach. This time, there was = no sign of any of them. Would they have headed south already? Also, we = didn=92t see any shorebirds of any type here. Why would shorebirds not be = present on this beach? Do they follow certain migratory paths and Carter=92s Beach happens to be outside that path? Or maybe it=92s too early yet? =20 As a side note, the birds we did see here were: =20 Common Nighthawk Common Terns Great Black-backed Gulls Herring Gulls DC Cormorant Song Sparrows =20 Cheers, Cindy No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG.=20 Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1579 - Release Date: = 7/29/2008 6:43 AM =20 --Boundary_(ID_KHPgqcXiUBmFu3jHFXQixg) Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1250 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1250"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Hi All:</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Jeff and I were walking on Carter=92s Beach in Port Mouton at night on Saturday night and we saw a very interesting sight = =96 little luminescent green specks in the sand with the incoming = tide. We saw them right at the water=92s edge, when a wave receded these things = were left behind. We tried to pick some up to figure out what they were = using a flashlight to go through the grains of sand, and all I could see was a = little white thing that looked a piece of a shell, but it was very flat and = elongated. Once disturbed by me shining the light on it and sorting through the = sand with my finger it stopped glowing. I did a Google search to try and = find out what they were and Red Tide kept coming up. Could this be a red = tide?</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Shorebird question:</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I=92ve been going to Carter=92s Beach for years and = there are Willets that breed there every year. When we were there in = July, we saw the Willets and their fledglings feeding in the marsh behind the beach. This time, there was no sign of any of them. Would = they have headed south already? Also, we didn=92t see any shorebirds of any type here. Why would shorebirds not be present on this = beach? Do they follow certain migratory paths and Carter=92s Beach happens to be outside that path? Or maybe it=92s too early = yet?</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>As a side note, the birds we did see here = were:</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Common Nighthawk</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Common Terns</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Great Black-backed Gulls</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Herring Gulls</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>DC Cormorant</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Song Sparrows</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Cheer