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Hi all,
I dropped in at a number of spots in the Windsor and Grand Pre area
yesterday (July 27) at several times throughout the day. In some spots I
saw nothing; in others, I saw thousands of Semipalmated Sandpipers.
Seeing thousands of distant Semipalmated Sandpipers flying against dark
clouds is remarkably like seeing rivers of glitter.
I had the best luck at the eastern tip of Long Island where I found lots
of Semipalmated Sandpipers with some Semipalmated Plovers and at least a
couple of Least Sandpipers mixed in. I also saw one Greater Yellowlegs
and one Black-bellied Plover, and, I think, one White-rumped Sandpiper.
At dusk a number of small flocks of Short-billed Dowitchers flew over. I
missed the Willets, curiously.
Sydney Penner
Berwick, N.S.
On 07/28/2010 10:29 PM, Richard Stern wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I too saw a Whimbrel yesterday flying towards Wolfville Harbor from
> the area of the rocky beach opposite the sewage plant. There were also
> 50+ Semi. Sandipers and a few Semi. Plovers. When I checked the
> Harbor, I couldn't find it, but did see about 20 Willets, and a few Gr
> and 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, and a few Dowitchers.
>
> Today on the way back from Halifax, I checked the Windsor Sewage Plant
> - no special birds, but they have changed the layout at the north end
> - removed bushes, filled in a ditch, and put up a wire fence - MUCH
> better than before for watching both ponds and the grassy area between
> them where shorebirds tend to congregate when present.
>
> Richard
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:08 PM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com
> <mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi all:
>
> For the record my friend, David Walmark had a whimbrel at the end
> of Hells Point today and six ruddy turnstones at the end of the
> Hell in Kingsburg.
>
> James R. Hirtle
> Bayport
>
>
>
>
> --
> #################
> Richard Stern,
> 317 Middle Dyke Rd.
> Port Williams, NS, Canada
> B0P 1T0
>
> sternrichard@gmail.com <mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com>
> ###################
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
I dropped in at a number of spots in the Windsor and Grand Pre area
yesterday (July 27) at several times throughout the day. In some
spots I saw nothing; in others, I saw thousands of Semipalmated
Sandpipers. Seeing thousands of distant Semipalmated Sandpipers
flying against dark clouds is remarkably like seeing rivers of
glitter.<br>
<br>
I had the best luck at the eastern tip of Long Island where I found
lots of Semipalmated Sandpipers with some Semipalmated Plovers and
at least a couple of Least Sandpipers mixed in. I also saw one
Greater Yellowlegs and one Black-bellied Plover, and, I think, one
White-rumped Sandpiper. At dusk a number of small flocks of
Short-billed Dowitchers flew over. I missed the Willets, curiously.<br>
<br>
Sydney Penner<br>
Berwick, N.S.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 07/28/2010 10:29 PM, Richard Stern wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTi=k=O+9AHOO1Gxq0o37ab10ca+6uXhrfTBaLnAU@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi,<br>
<br>
I too saw a Whimbrel yesterday flying towards Wolfville Harbor
from the area of the rocky beach opposite the sewage plant. There
were also 50+ Semi. Sandipers and a few Semi. Plovers. When I
checked the Harbor, I couldn't find it, but did see about 20
Willets, and a few Gr and 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, and a few
Dowitchers.<br>
<br>
Today on the way back from Halifax, I checked the Windsor Sewage
Plant - no special birds, but they have changed the layout at the
north end - removed bushes, filled in a ditch, and put up a wire
fence - MUCH better than before for watching both ponds and the
grassy area between them where shorebirds tend to congregate when
present.<br>
<br>
Richard<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:08 PM, James
Hirtle <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com">jrhbirder@hotmail.com</a>></span>
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Hi all:<br>
<br>
For the record my friend, David Walmark had a whimbrel at
the end of Hells Point today and six ruddy turnstones at the
end of the Hell in Kingsburg.<br>
<br>
James R. Hirtle<br>
Bayport<br>
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-- <br>
#################<br>
Richard Stern, <br>
317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>
Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>
B0P 1T0<br>
<br>
sternrichard@gmail.com<br>
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