[NatureNS] Hartlen Point

From: "Elizabeth Doull" <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:12:50 -0300
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

I had to postpone my plans to tomorrow (due to weather) so I decided to =
go back to Hartlen Point to see what 's new.  Hundreds of shore birds =
showed up, really hungry and voraciously feeding on the seedweeds. They =
were oblivious to my presence, only 5 metres away from them.  As well, I =
noticed that some semipalmated sandpipers were courting by cocking its =
tail upward and lowering its wings?? and dancing a bit??  One made an =
attempt on one female. No graphic stuff here, thank you. A  few were =
snapping at some white rumps, while others were fighting with each other =
over food?  Spent three hours studying them.  =20

As for the dunlin/ curlew sandpiper, the shorebird looked like a red =
knot (plumpy and plain looking) but with a long, droopy thick beak.   =
Maybe someone would go to the Hartlen Point and investigate?  Birds I =
saw were:

1 Baird's sandpiper
1 Pectoral sandpiper
1 Dunlin (or could it be Curlew Sandpiper??)
6 Sanderlings
50 + White rumped sandpiper
40+ Ruddy Turnstones
10 + Lesser Yellowlegs
few Greater Yellowlegs
150 Semipalmated sandpipers (small to plump)
75 + Semipalmated plovers
15 Least sandpipers
15 Short billed dowitchers
few Black bellied plovers
No dowitchers or willets

And there were 3 White rumped sandpipers amid 100+ semipalmated plovers =
at McCormack Beach.  And there was a pied billed grebe at Bissett Lake.=20

Cheers, liz
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Thursday, August 28, 2008</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I had to postpone my plans to tomorrow (due to =
weather)=20
so&nbsp;I decided to go back to Hartlen Point to see what&nbsp;'s =
new.&nbsp;=20
Hundreds of&nbsp;shore birds showed up,&nbsp;really hungry and =
voraciously=20
feeding on the seedweeds.&nbsp;They were oblivious to my presence, only =
5 metres=20
away from them.&nbsp; As well, I noticed that some semipalmated =
sandpipers were=20
courting by cocking its tail upward and lowering its wings??&nbsp;and =
dancing a=20
bit?? &nbsp;One made an attempt on one female. No graphic stuff here, =
thank you.=20
A &nbsp;few were snapping at some white rumps, while others were =
fighting with=20
each other over food?&nbsp;&nbsp;Spent three hours studying =
them.&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>As for the dunlin/ curlew sandpiper, the =
shorebird looked=20
like a red knot (plumpy and plain looking) but with&nbsp;a long, droopy =
thick=20
beak.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe someone would go to the Hartlen Point and=20
investigate?&nbsp; Birds I saw were:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 Baird's sandpiper</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 Pectoral sandpiper</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 Dunlin (or could it be Curlew =
Sandpiper??)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>6 Sanderlings</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>50 + White rumped sandpiper</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>40+ Ruddy Turnstones</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>10 + Lesser Yellowlegs</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>few Greater Yellowlegs</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>150 Semipalmated sandpipers (small to =
plump)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>75 + Semipalmated plovers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>15 Least sandpipers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>15 Short billed dowitchers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>few Black bellied plovers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>No dowitchers or willets</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>And there were 3 White rumped sandpipers amid =
100+=20
semipalmated plovers at McCormack Beach.&nbsp; And t</FONT><FONT =
face=3DArial>here=20
was a pied billed grebe at Bissett Lake. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Cheers, liz</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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