[NatureNS] re Interesting Sandpiper air show video...

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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
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>
> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada
>
>
>


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Hi,<div><br></div><div>You get the same perspective from a kayak there at h=
igh tide, so you don&#39;t necessarily need a waterproof camera (if you&#39=
;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">&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</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&#39;t resist adding a bit of a correction for the info&#39; 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 &quot;sandpiper season&quot;=
 is about 3 months, not 1 month.<div>

<br></div><div>If anyone out there would like to share this info&#39; 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 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:edoull@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_=
blank">edoull@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&gt;</font></div>

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: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>

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