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Index of Subjects We survived Earl with little effort and cleanup. It seemed the birds knew where to come and hunker down. Our trees, under growth and beds were loaded with small birds including several hummingbirds and warblers (many were yellow rumped), Verios, Sparrows, various; a couple flickers and grackles, lots of grackles. The mourning doves have pulled away since we stopped feeding them daily but a few watch and wait. I expect they are scouts for the large flock that is always here. There are a number of goldfinches and blue jays are showing up again. Earlier this am there were a large number of bigger birds but as I was looking into the sun, I couldn't tell what they were......too much noise and sun......may have been the wax wings that have been coming irregularly regular. There were chickadees, a couple robins, the first I have seen in awhile and even a solitary tree swallow. Steve is out doing some much needed yardwork so bird wise it has gone fairly quiet for now. After the storm we did our usual rounds of the beaches looking for surf photos, and saw many big groups of gulls, all a jumble, on the piles of smashed kelp and sea weeds, tucked out of the high winds. We saw quite large numbers of sanderlings and such tucked in on the leeside of beaches. More than I have seen in awhile. I tried a few photos of the gull groups but they aren't very good. My inexpertise and the dying camera are both to blame. If someone wants them to see what they can identify I will happily send them along. At Andrews Head was the largest concentration I could get even close to now as I cannot walk the rocks any longer. Out in the cove to the right of the old pier, there were very small white gulls, with pointy wings, feeding, just hovering at wave height feeding. I tried for photos but they didn't come out at all. On looking them up I come to think maybe Icelandic gulls but I don't know. Very tired, small, black headed gulls at Western Head at the causeway were setting down in the roadway and letting cars drive around them. In the cove behind the old beach meadows school there were a lot of seals tucked in there as well as a variety of sea ducks. Oh For those who are curious, Cranberry Creek stayed on the 1st crescent (parking lot side) of Carter's beach. There were many hoping it would revert but it isn't ready to yet! I didn't see them but someone coming off the beach while we were there said the back beach (where the creek settled into the blown out dune) was packed with hundreds and hundreds of tiny birds feeding. I may try to go tomorrow and see how it is then. Best regards, Marg Millard, White Point, Queens http://MargMillard.ca
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