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l;font-weigh --Boundary_(ID_t1yuiLOsH3VXNo1UlT7fQg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT And I meant to add that I have heard from several other people that swimmers who are showing only their heads don't seem to bother the shorebirds at all, and people in the water get amazing shows of aerobatics at close range, and of course occasional looks at either merlins or peregrine falcons chasing and catching the small sandpipers and plovers. Just check in your Blomidon Naturalists Society calendar (available at many places in and near Wolfville, Greenwich, and Port Williams) for the times of high tide, and good luck! Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> > Date: December 13, 2010 4:25:58 PM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re Interesting Sandpiper air show video... > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > 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 > ################### --Boundary_(ID_t1yuiLOsH3VXNo1UlT7fQg) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> And I meant to add that I have heard from several other people that = swimmers who are showing only their heads don't seem to bother the = shorebirds at all, and people in the water get amazing shows of = aerobatics at close range, and of course occasional looks at either = merlins or peregrine falcons chasing and catching the small sandpipers = and plovers. Just check in your Blomidon Naturalists Society = calendar (available at many places in and near Wolfville, Greenwich, and = Port Williams) for the times of high tide, and good = luck!<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><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">Richard Stern <<a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>></fon= t></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: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 13, 2010 4:25:58 PM = AST</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: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">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: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] re Interesting = 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: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">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> = Hi,<div><br></div><div>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!).</div><div><br></div><div>Richard<br><br><div = class=3D"gmail_quote"> 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>></spa= n> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 = .8ex;border-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 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.<div> <br></div><div>If anyone out there would like to share this = info' on Flickr, 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:</div><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:12.0px 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 AST</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:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" 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= "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Subject: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px = Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] FWD: Interesting 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:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Reply-To: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" 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;color:rgb(0, 0, = 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight= :normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:auto;text-inde= nt:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:m= edium"><div> <font face=3D"Times New Roman">Trevor said his camera was = waterproof according to what he explained in Flickr... = Liz</font></div><div><font face=3D"Times New = Roman"></font> </div>.............<br><br>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:<br> <br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial, Helvetica"><a = href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/reddragonflydmc/4933682724/" = target=3D"_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/reddragonflydmc/4933682724/= </a><br><br></font>I wonder how he kept his camera dry?<br> <br>My = thanks to Trevor for sharing his video.<br><br>Good = birding,<br><br>Blake<br><br><p>------------------------------------------= -----------------------------------<br>Blake Maybank<br><a = href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca" = target=3D"_blank">maybank@ns.sympatico.ca</a><br> = 902-852-2077<br><br>Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br><a = href=3D"http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" = target=3D"_blank">http://nsbs.chebucto.org<br><br></a>Organiser, = Maritimes Nature Travel Club<br><font color=3D"#0000ff"><u><a = href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" = target=3D"_blank">http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel</a></u></font><span>&nbs= p;</span><br> <br>author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br><font = color=3D"#0000ff"><u><a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" = target=3D"_blank">http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<br></a></u></font>Downloada= ble Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<br> <a = href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/mr627d" = target=3D"_blank">http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</a><span> </span><br><br>= White's Lake, Nova Scotia, = Canada</p></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br= ><br clear=3D"all"> <br>-- <br>#################<br><br>Richard Stern, = <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P = 1T0<br><br><a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>#####= ##############<br> </div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_t1yuiLOsH3VXNo1UlT7fQg)--
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