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face=3D"Arial, Helvetica --0016364d265b6eefe5049750840a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, You get the same perspective from a kayak there at high tide, so you don't necessarily need a waterproof camera (if you're brave!). Richard On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:28 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>wrote: > I can't resist adding a bit of a correction for the info' stated just > below the video screen: these semipalmated sandpipers arrive in upper parts > of Bay of Fundy from the arctic and James Bay in early to mid July, and they > are present in numbers until at least early October, with peak numbers in > the first two weeks of August -- thus the "sandpiper season" is about 3 > months, not 1 month. > > If anyone out there would like to share this info' on Flickr, whatever that > is, please feel free and thank you for that. > > Cheers from Jim Wolford in Wolfville, who has been observing this aerobatic > spectacle for 35 years now. > ------------------------- > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Elizabeth Doull <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca> > *Date: *December 13, 2010 10:49:08 AM AST > *To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject: **Re: [NatureNS] FWD: Interesting Sandpiper air show video...* > *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Trevor said his camera was waterproof according to what he explained in > Flickr... Liz > > ............. > > Trevor Gertridge, of Moncton, asked if I'd advise NatureNS subscribers > regarding an interesting video he took of the summer Semipalmated Sandpiper > air show at Grand Pre. The video shows the wheeling flight of a large > flock of sandpipers from an unexpected perspective. The video is here: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/reddragonflydmc/4933682724/ > > I wonder how he kept his camera dry? > > My thanks to Trevor for sharing his video. > > Good birding, > > Blake > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Blake Maybank > maybank@ns.sympatico.ca > 902-852-2077 > > Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" > http://nsbs.chebucto.org > > Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club > *http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel* > > author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" > *http://tinyurl.com/birdingns > *Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: > http://tinyurl.com/mr627d > > White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada > > > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --0016364d265b6eefe5049750840a Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<div><br></div><div>You get the same perspective from a kayak there at h= igh tide, so you don't necessarily need a waterproof camera (if you'= ;re brave!).</div><div><br></div><div>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu= ote"> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:28 PM, James W. Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></span= > wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bo= rder-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> I can't resist adding a bit of a correction for the info' stated ju= st below the video screen: these semipalmated sandpipers arrive in upper pa= rts of Bay of Fundy from the arctic and James Bay in early to mid July, and= they are present in numbers until at least early October, with peak number= s in the first two weeks of August -- thus the "sandpiper season"= is about 3 months, not 1 month.<div> <br></div><div>If anyone out there would like to share this info' on Fl= ickr, whatever that is, please feel free and thank you for that.</div><div>= <br></div><div>Cheers from Jim Wolford in Wolfville, who has been observing= this aerobatic spectacle for 35 years now.</div> <div>-------------------------<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</d= iv><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:= 0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>From: </= b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica= ">Elizabeth Doull <<a href=3D"mailto:edoull@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_= blank">edoull@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:1= 2.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica">December 13, 2010 10:49:08 AM A= ST</font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:1= 2.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" s= ize=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebuc= to.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:1= 2.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helveti= ca" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] FWD: Inter= esting Sandpiper air show video...</b></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:1= 2.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvet= ica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@= chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left= :0px;min-height:14px"><br></div> <span style=3D"border-collapse:separate;co= lor:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:norma= l;font-weigh