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--Boundary_(ID_TAFEUaOi93ZUDQbZ9p3jeA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT In my shorebirds report for Aug. 10, I forgot to write about the striped bass fishing at The Guzzle: 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. As I was leaving The Guzzle, a STRIPED BASS FISHER was also packing up for the day, and I inquired whether he had had any luck that day? "Just small ones today", he said. I asked how many he caught, and he said "seven, and two of them were TAGGED" -- one tag was a BLUE one, with an Acadia Univ. Biol. address from Jeremy Broome (a student of Mike Dadswell) who has been tagging in various places in the Minas Basin, I believe; and the other tag was YELLOW and had a Halifax address on it. For those who don't know, STRIPED BASS have to be 27 inches in length in order for the fisher to keep it. Smaller stripers are unhooked and released, with their tags if present, in order to perhaps grow and get re-caught somewhere in the future. I don't know much about how good the fishers are at the catch-and- release technique, nor what percentage of released fish are likely to survive and grow. ---------------------------------------- AUGUST 11, 2009 - I checked on Wolfville Harbour for roosting SHOREBIRDS at 5:30 p.m. (just after the 17:08 high tide) -- as usual, they were on the rocks below the railroad tracks just east of the harbour pavilion/bandshell: 2 WILLETS, 18 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and at least one smaller shorebird that was not a dowitcher. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204 --Boundary_(ID_TAFEUaOi93ZUDQbZ9p3jeA) 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; ">In my shorebirds report for = Aug. 10, I forgot to write about the striped bass fishing at The = Guzzle:<div><br></div><div>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><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Arial">As I was leaving = The Guzzle, a <b>STRIPED BASS FISHER </b>was also packing up for the = day, and I inquired whether he had had any luck that day? "Just = small ones today", he said. I asked how many he caught, and he = said "seven, and two of them were <b>TAGGED</b>" -- one tag was a = <b>BLUE</b> one, with an Acadia Univ. Biol. address from Jeremy Broome = (a student of Mike Dadswell) who has been tagging in various places in = the Minas Basin, I believe; and the other tag was<b> YELLOW</b> and had = a Halifax address on it. For those who don't know, <b>STRIPED = BASS</b> have to be 27 inches in length in order for the fisher to keep = it. Smaller stripers are unhooked and released, with their tags if = present, in order to perhaps grow and get re-caught somewhere in the = future. I don't know much about how good the fishers are at the = catch-and-release technique, nor what percentage of released fish are = likely to survive and grow.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Arial">----------------------------------------</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Arial"><b>AUGUST 11, = 2009 </b>- I checked on <b>Wolfville Harbour </b>for <b>roosting = SHOREBIRDS</b> at 5:30 p.m. (just after the 17:08<b> high tide</b>) -- = as usual, they were on the rocks below the railroad tracks just east of = the harbour pavilion/bandshell: 2 <b>WILLETS</b>, 18 <b>GREATER = YELLOWLEGS</b>, and at least one smaller shorebird that was not a = dowitcher.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, = 542-9204</font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Arial"><br></font></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_TAFEUaOi93ZUDQbZ9p3jeA)--
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