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All: Although the best tactic in refinding shorebirds is to turn up at the same place and time/tide, I went off at about 9 a.m. to try to find the Red-necked Stint and Curlew Sandpiper reported seen yesterday about 5 p.m. by Clarence Stevens and his father - see description of the former and directions on his posting. The tide was still fairly high, but falling, when I got to the beach running along the DND property. There were about 20 peeps - mostly Semipalmated Sanpipers, with fewer Leasts than yesterday, and a like number of Semipalmated Plovers. There was nothing that stood out among them, but I had little chance to study them when a young anatum Peregrine stooped at them and scared up the lot, some of which flew off to the opposite of Chezzetcook Inlet - not a good sign. However, I hung around and by mid-morning shorebirds began to arrive in large numbers on the uncovering flats to the left of the causeway road running north fron the T junction at the beach. That is always a good place for feeding shorebirds. I spent a good hour scoping the mostly rather distant birds, and saw nothing unusual. However, light was not ideal. (Two juvenile Western Willets on the pool at the T junction were a poor booby prize.) One might recommend going out late in the day tomorrow, but such birds are certainly worth pursuing at at any time of day. Cheers, Ian McLaren
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