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July 27 / 10 A pair of obviously recently fledged Merlins - with very visible fluffy down feathers being ruffled by the light winds blowing - were calling rather plaintively from the top of a dying tree on the edge of Acadia University campus (Acadia St and Highland Ave ) at noon today. As I passed the area again several hours later I could still hear their frantic appeals for attention in roughly the same area. Visited Grand Pre around high tide looking for shorebirds. Didn't find any beach' roost' at The Guzzle, though heard at least 1-2 Black Bellied Plover and a Sh-billed Dowitcher calling, possibly in flight. Noted ten or so bass anglers at the eastern tip (eight vehicles). Before I left small flocks of Semipalmated Sandpipers began arriving from a southerly direction - Avonport? Windsor? or possibly even from a field roosting location, I could not tell. The flocks varied from 20 , 100, 150, but did not land. As I left via the western end of Long Island heading south along the western dyke road, I found another flock of 200+ SPSAs restlessly waiting for the tide to turn, flying back and forth, before finally settling on rocks towards the northern end of this dyke. Cheers, Judy Tufts >>>>>>>>>> Judy Tufts Wolfville NS <<<<<<<<<<
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