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Yesterday=2C I had my first two common grackles show up at the feeder in ap=
proximately two months. So a new bunch of these birds must be moving throu=
gh in migration. Today my mourning dove flock went from about 12 birds to =
27. =20
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On September 21 David Walmark and I took a birding run from LaHave to Beach=
Meadows. Beach Meadows was dead in comparison to what I heard was present=
there on the Saturday before=2C when Clarence Sr. and Jr. had 72 species. =
Along from LaHave to Cherry Hill the birding was good though with lots of =
warblers and other species. =20
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For shorebirds on Cherry Hill Beach. Sylvia Fullerton=2C please feel free =
to include this information with your shorebird stats. It was a fine day w=
ith no cloud or percipitation. The time was 11:26 to 12:10. I did not go =
beyond the parking area=2C but observed from the beach edge at high tide. =
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Greater yellowlegs 3
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Pectoral Sandpiper 4
Sanderling 100
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Semi-palmated Plover 20
Semi-palmated Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 4
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In addition we had four swamp sparrows there and another at Crescent Beach.
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At the entrance to Crescent Beach there was a nice fall-out of migrants=2C =
which included Yellow-rumped warbler=2C common yellowthroat=2C magnolia war=
bler and Blackpoll warbler with a number of other species.
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Yesterday I took a walk out to Conrad's Island Beach at Lower Rose Bay.
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Of note: =20
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Hooded merganser 5
Yellow-rumped warbler 51
Greater yellowlegs 4
Black-bellied Plover 15
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
American Golden Plover 1
Semi-palmated Sandpiper 4
Semi-palmated Sandpiper 1
Killdeer 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
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At Mahone Bay 60 common mergansers
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There were also lots of Canada Geese on the move yesterday.
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James R. Hirtle
Bayport
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Yesterday=2C I had my first two common grackles show up at the feeder in ap=
proximately two months. =3B So a new bunch of these birds must be movin=
g through in migration. =3B Today my mourning dove flock went from abou=
t 12 birds to 27. =3B <BR>
 =3B<BR>
On September 21 David Walmark and I took a birding run from LaHave to Beach=
Meadows. =3B Beach Meadows was dead in comparison to what I heard was =
present there on the Saturday before=2C when Clarence Sr. and Jr. had 72 sp=
ecies. =3B Along from LaHave to Cherry Hill the birding was good though=
with lots of warblers and other species. =3B <BR>
 =3B<BR>
For shorebirds on Cherry Hill Beach. =3B Sylvia Fullerton=2C please fee=
l free to include this information with your shorebird stats. =3B It wa=
s a fine day with no cloud or percipitation. =3B The time was 11:26 to =
12:10. =3B I did not go beyond the parking area=2C but observed from th=
e beach edge at high tide. =3B <BR>
 =3B<BR>
Greater yellowlegs 3<BR>
Spotted Sandpiper 4<BR>
Pectoral Sandpiper 4<BR>
Sanderling 100<BR>
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1<BR>
Semi-palmated Plover 20<BR>
Semi-palmated Sandpiper 3<BR>
Least Sandpiper 4<BR>
 =3B<BR>
In addition we had four swamp sparrows there and another at Crescent Beach.=
<BR>
 =3B<BR>
At the entrance to Crescent Beach there was a nice fall-out of migrants=2C =
which included Yellow-rumped warbler=2C common yellowthroat=2C magnolia war=
bler and Blackpoll warbler with a number of other species.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
Yesterday I took a walk out to Conrad's Island Beach at Lower Rose Bay.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
Of note: =3B <BR>
 =3B<BR>
Hooded merganser 5<BR>
Yellow-rumped warbler 51<BR>
Greater yellowlegs 4<BR>
Black-bellied Plover 15<BR>
Lesser Yellowlegs 6<BR>
Pectoral Sandpiper 1<BR>
American Golden Plover 1<BR>
Semi-palmated Sandpiper 4<BR>
Semi-palmated Sandpiper 1<BR>
Killdeer 3<BR>
Short-billed Dowitcher 2<BR>
 =3B<BR>
 =3B<BR>
At Mahone Bay 60 common mergansers<BR>
 =3B<BR>
There were also lots of Canada Geese on the move yesterday.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
James R. Hirtle<BR>
Bayport<BR> <br /><hr />We are your photos. Share us now with <=
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