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Thurs Sept 9 /10 3.45.- 4.15 p.m. The Black Skimmer was still here at The Guzzle, eastern point of Evangeline Beach (E. Long Is Rd., Grand Pre). I found it this afternoon at High Tide. We are experiencing the highest tides of the month here today and tomorrow. As a result of this there was quite a bit of flooding of the marshy grass area at the point; I had some close-up views of some 'peeps' resting among the puddles left as the tide fell - they barely moved as I walked past them, possibly exhausted? Once the beach became exposed shorebirds began arriving, so did an adult Peregrine! It chased various flocks but left without catching anything. I checked the various viewing areas along Evangeline Beach and found ~3000 shorebirds, Semipalmated Sandpipers, noticeable increased numbers of Least Sandpipers, White-rumps, very few Semip. Plovers, plus a couple of Sanderlings and a Dunlin. As I left a female N. Harrier made a successful drop into a ditch and left clutching its prey. Cheers, Judy Tufts >>>>>>>>>> Judy Tufts Wolfville NS <<<<<<<<<<
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