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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0390_01C919C0.B41CA080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Hartlen Point - front, side, back (not = golf course) The most dramatic moment was when at least 20 peeps stormed towards and = past me. It was almost like many balls being thrown at me! I reacted = and ducked a bit. Fortunately, no collisons. It was apparent that the = merlin was somewhere at the beach (by the willow tree). At one point, a = merlin caught a peep and worked on it while some yellowlegs nearby were = busy feeding!!?? Then it flew away with its breakfast Birds seen = were: 1 American pipit 2 Horned Larks 1 Catbird 1 Lincoln sparrow (Tuesday)=20 ...................................... -- Black tern was last seen Tuesday at 8 am -- Willet was seen Tuesday, but not Wednesday ............................ 1 Wilson's Phalarope (evening, too briefly, due to the hawks)=20 1 Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) 1 Hudsonian Godwit (moves around from spot to spot) 1 Whimbrel 2 Dunlins 1 Buff Breasted sandpiper 5 Baird's sandpipers 30 + Sanderlings (amazing sight to see all in a tight group! They = looked so white. =20 10 White rumped sandpipers 3 Golden Plovers (did not check the golf course) 2 Black bellied Plovers 2 Pectoral Sandpipers 10 Ruddy Turnstones 40 + Semipalmated Sandpipers Greater Yellow legs (one of them had only ONE leg!)=20 Lesser Yellowlegs No Least sandpipers Cheers, liz ------=_NextPart_000_0390_01C919C0.B41CA080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: = 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma } </STYLE> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY class=3Dhmmessage bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Hartlen = Point -=20 front, side, back (not golf course)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The most dramatic moment was when at least 20 peeps stormed towards = and=20 past me. It was almost like many balls being thrown at=20 me! I reacted and ducked a bit. Fortunately, no collisons. = It was=20 apparent that the merlin was somewhere at the beach (by the willow = tree). At one point, a merlin caught a peep and worked on it = while=20 some yellowlegs nearby were busy feeding!!?? Then it flew away = with=20 its breakfast Birds seen were:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>1 American pipit</DIV> <DIV>2 Horned Larks</DIV></DIV> <DIV>1 Catbird</DIV> <DIV>1 Lincoln sparrow (Tuesday) </DIV> <DIV>......................................</DIV> <DIV>-- Black tern was last seen Tuesday at 8 am</DIV> <DIV>-- Willet was seen Tuesday, but not Wednesday</DIV> <DIV>............................</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 Wilson's Phalarope (evening, too = briefly, due to=20 the hawks) </FONT></DIV> <DIV>1 Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile)</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 Hudsonian Godwit (moves around from spot = to=20 spot)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 Whimbrel</FONT></DIV> <DIV>2 Dunlins</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>1 Buff Breasted sandpiper</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>5 Baird's sandpipers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>30 + Sanderlings (amazing sight = to see all=20 in a tight group! They looked so white. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>10 White rumped sandpipers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>3 Golden Plovers (did not check the golf=20 course)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>2 Black bellied Plovers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>2 Pectoral Sandpipers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>10 Ruddy Turnstones</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>40 + Semipalmated Sandpipers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Greater Yellow legs (one of them had only ONE = leg!)=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Lesser Yellowlegs</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>No Least sandpipers</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cheers, liz</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0390_01C919C0.B41CA080--
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