[NatureNS] shorebirds at Evangeline Beach

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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:15:13 -0300
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Sorry I screwed up the subject line below.  Cheers from bumbling Jim

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> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Date: September 20, 2010 5:00:01 PM ADT
> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: [NatureNS] Date:   Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:57:05 -0300
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Sept. 20, 2010 - Today's Minas Basin high tide was 11:30 a.m.  I  
> walked the eastern part of Evangeline Beach from 1.5 to 2 hours  
> after high tide to check on shorebirds.  I guessed a total of 1000  
> to 1500 peeps today -- no identifications today, except that  
> semipalmated plovers were among them.  And there were 2 small  
> peregrine falcons (males) flying together and drifting west (ages  
> unknown) -- one of these made some short, unsuccessful passes at  
> flying flocks of peeps, and the flushing of the eastern peeps was  
> doubtlessly related to the presence of the falcons.  Initially on  
> my walk flocks of peeps were mostly moving from east to west, but  
> this was reversed at about 2 hrs. after high tide, thus making  
> total numbers hard to guess, as usual.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
>
> Jim (James W.) Wolford
> 91 Wickwire Ave.
> Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
> B4P 1W3
>
> phone 902-542-9204
> e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
>
> "In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau
>
> "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford  
> to let alone" -- Henry David Thoreau
>


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Sorry I screwed up the subject line below. &nbsp;Cheers from bumbling =
Jim<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
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</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> Sept. 20, 2010 =
-&nbsp;<span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; =
font-size: 17px; ">Today's Minas Basin high tide was 11:30 a.m.&nbsp; I =
walked the eastern part of Evangeline Beach from 1.5 to 2 hours after =
high tide to check on shorebirds.&nbsp; I guessed a total of =
</span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; =
font-size: 17px; "><b>1000 to 1500 peeps</b></span><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; =
"> today -- no identifications today, except that </span><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; =
"><b>semipalmated plovers </b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; ">were among them.&nbsp; =
And there were </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; "><b>2 small peregrine =
falcons</b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: =
Arial; font-size: 17px; "> (males) flying together and drifting west =
(ages unknown) -- one of these made some short, unsuccessful passes at =
flying flocks of peeps, and the flushing of the eastern peeps was =
doubtlessly related to the presence of the falcons.&nbsp; Initially on =
my walk flocks of peeps were mostly moving from east to west, but this =
was reversed at about 2 hrs. after high tide, thus making total numbers =
hard to guess, as usual.</span><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; "><br></span></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</font></div><div =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jim =
(James W.) Wolford</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">91 =
Wickwire Ave.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Wolfville, Nova Scotia, =
Canada</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">B4P 1W3</font></div><div =
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face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">phone =
902-542-9204</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
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face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"In =
wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David =
Thoreau</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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