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A few hardy souls appeared for today's pre-hurricane field trip to Cherry Hill Beach. It turned
out to be a lovely day in all respects, foggy but not too foggy, breezy but not too windy (kept
the mosquitoes on their toes), sea lavender (Limonium) in glorious bloom, tide just right -
and a pile of our regular shorebirds on the inner flats and then on the outer beach as the tide
rose - and rose - and rose. There was nothing rare, but stunningly close views of many
species, including two fine Baird's Sandpipers (a juvenile and an adult), six Piping Plover (an
adult and five immatures of various ages), unusual numbers of White-rumped Sandpipers
(30), a Red Knot, an Eastern Willet, a couple of Whimbrels, and the usual other faces. It was
interesting to see so many juvenile Least Sandpipers (the number has been increasing
practically daily in this area), and the appearance of numbers of juvenile Semipalmated
Sandpipers in the flocks that were scrambling to feed on the wave-swept outer beach. A
great morning!
Eric L. Mills
286 Kingsburg Road
RR#1 Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0
Canada
e.mills@dal.ca
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">A few hardy souls appeared for today's pre-hurricane field trip to Cherry Hill Beach. It turned
out to be a lovely day in all respects, foggy but not too foggy, breezy but not too windy (kept
the mosquitoes on their toes), sea lavender (<i>Limonium)</i> in glorious bloom, tide just right -
and a pile of our regular shorebirds on the inner flats and then on the outer beach as the tide
rose - and rose - and rose. There was nothing rare, but stunningly close views of many
species, including two fine Baird's Sandpipers (a juvenile and an adult), six Piping Plover (an
adult and five immatures of various ages), unusual numbers of White-rumped Sandpipers
(30), a Red Knot, an Eastern Willet, a couple of Whimbrels, and the usual other faces. It was
interesting to see so many juvenile Least Sandpipers (the number has been increasing
practically daily in this area), and the appearance of numbers of juvenile Semipalmated
Sandpipers in the flocks that were scrambling to feed on the wave-swept outer beach. A
great morning!</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Eric L. Mills</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">286 Kingsburg Road</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">RR#1 Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Canada</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">e.mills@dal.ca</span></font></div>
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