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--Boundary_(ID_00ul6Bjx1Qk0HVh2D98PRw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT August 10, 2009 - I visited THE GUZZLE at ne. Grand Pre at 6 p.m. very briefly, at about 1.5 hours after high tide, just to see if there were more SHOREBIRDS/PEEPS there than yesterday before high tide. Sure enough, between the north end of the main dyke there and to the west to the east end of Evangeline Beach, there were HORDES OF PEEPS IN FLIGHT over the water, mostly as linear flocks of 1000-2000 peeps each, roughly 6-8 flocks visible at once, flying out from shore and then back and from east to west and vice versa, joining up and splitting and re-uniting. Thus the total number of peeps must have been 10,000 to 20,000?, but I claim no expertise at such guesses. The high tide is so high right now that there was little or no beach for these birds to roost on, except for the small area just west of where I was standing. Tonight there was no roost there, but I'll bet they are using that spot on some occasions. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Jim (James W.) Wolford 91 Wickwire Ave. Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 1W3 phone 902-542-9204 e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> "In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau ------------------------ Humans aren't the only species on the earth - we just act like it. P Please consider the environment before printing this email [last two lines from Linda Lusby] ------------------------ --Boundary_(ID_00ul6Bjx1Qk0HVh2D98PRw) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">August 10, 2009 - <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; = ">I visited <b>THE GUZZLE</b> at ne. Grand Pre at 6 p.m. very briefly, = at about <b>1.5 hours after high tide</b>, just to see if there were = more <b>SHOREBIRDS/PEEPS</b> there than yesterday before high = tide. Sure enough, between the north end of the main dyke there = and to the west to the east end of Evangeline Beach, there were = <b>HORDES OF PEEPS IN FLIGHT</b> over the water, mostly as linear flocks = of 1000-2000 peeps each, roughly 6-8 flocks visible at once, flying out = from shore and then back and from east to west and vice versa, joining = up and splitting and re-uniting. Thus the total number of peeps = must have been <b>10,000 to 20,000?</b>, but I claim no expertise at = such guesses. The high tide is so high right now that there was little = or no beach for these birds to roost on, except for the small area just = west of where I was standing. Tonight there was no roost there, = but I'll bet they are using that spot on some = occasions.</span><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; "></span><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Jim (James W.) Wolford</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">91 Wickwire Ave.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">B4P 1W3</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">phone 902-542-9204</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">e-mail = <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"In = wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David = Thoreau</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">------------------------</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" color=3D"#6d1a7d" style=3D"font: 13.0px = Helvetica; color: #6d1a7d">Humans aren't the only species on the earth - = we just act like it.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Monaco" size=3D"6" color=3D"#3b7c17" style=3D"font: 24.0px = Monaco; color: #3b7c17">P</font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" = color=3D"#2c4a7a" style=3D"font: 15.0px Helvetica; color: #2c4a7a"> = </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" color=3D"#3b7c17" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Helvetica; color: #3b7c17">Please consider the = environment before printing this email</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; = color: rgb(59, 124, 23); min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"4" color=3D"#3b7c17" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Helvetica; color: #3b7c17">[last two lines from = Linda Lusby]</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">------------------------</font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Helvetica"><br></font></div></font><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_00ul6Bjx1Qk0HVh2D98PRw)--
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