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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_FBDPwvOuDlXw1RLEdgiMgA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Liz, Where is this place? =97Paul On Aug 28, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Elizabeth Doull wrote: > Thursday, August 28, 2008 > > I had to postpone my plans to tomorrow (due to weather) so I decided =20= > to go back to Hartlen Point to see what 's new. Hundreds of shore =20 > birds showed up, really hungry and voraciously feeding on the =20 > seedweeds. They were oblivious to my presence, only 5 metres away =20 > from them. As well, I noticed that some semipalmated sandpipers =20 > were courting by cocking its tail upward and lowering its wings?? =20 > and dancing a bit?? One made an attempt on one female. No graphic =20 > stuff here, thank you. A few were snapping at some white rumps, =20 > while others were fighting with each other over food? Spent three =20 > hours studying them. > > As for the dunlin/ curlew sandpiper, the shorebird looked like a red =20= > knot (plumpy and plain looking) but with a long, droopy thick =20 > beak. Maybe someone would go to the Hartlen Point and =20 > 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 =20 > plovers at McCormack Beach. And there was a pied billed grebe at =20 > Bissett Lake. > > Cheers, liz --Boundary_(ID_FBDPwvOuDlXw1RLEdgiMgA) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Liz,<div><br></div><div>Where = is this place?</div><div><br></div><div>=97Paul</div><div><br><div><div>On= Aug 28, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Elizabeth Doull wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div><font = face=3D"Arial">Thursday, August 28, 2008</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div><font face=3D"Arial">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. </font></div><div><font = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div><font face=3D"Arial">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:</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div><font face=3D"Arial">1 Baird's = sandpiper</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">1 Pectoral = sandpiper</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">1 Dunlin (or could it be = Curlew Sandpiper??)</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">6 = Sanderlings</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">50 + White rumped = sandpiper</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">40+ Ruddy = Turnstones</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">10 + Lesser = Yellowlegs</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">few Greater = Yellowlegs</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">150 Semipalmated = sandpipers (small to plump)</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">75 + = Semipalmated plovers</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">15 Least = sandpipers</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">15 Short billed = dowitchers</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">few Black bellied = plovers</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">No dowitchers or = willets</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div><font face=3D"Arial">And there = were 3 White rumped sandpipers amid 100+ semipalmated plovers at = McCormack Beach. And t</font><font face=3D"Arial">here was a pied = billed grebe at Bissett Lake.</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div><font face=3D"Arial">Cheers, = liz</font></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_FBDPwvOuDlXw1RLEdgiMgA)--
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