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Index of Subjects --20cf3071ca4a8cf1bd04a4b82feb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi David, One of our volunteers has been checking Conrads Beach for Piping Plovers regularly, but none yet. In fact, plovers have not been seen on any Halifax-Dartmouth area beach, including Martinique. We've set up a few signs at Martinique in hope of reducing trampling through nesting habitat in case plovers show up. It's been a slow spring for plovers across Atlantic Canada, so perhaps we'll have some late breeders show up. Thanks, Sue Abbott Bird Studies Canada On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:10 PM, David Schlosberg < dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > At around 4:00 this afternoon the tide was still quite low. We were > surprised at how much sand has moved in to the beach recently. We could > walk halfway out to Fox Point before hitting much rock, and even after that > there was a lot of sand between the rocks, so walking was relatively > painless. There were about 20 *cormorants* on the point and a large flock > of ducks in and near the surf off the point. They were mostly *eiders*, > but we saw a few *surf scoters* with them. They were diving so actively > that we only got glimpses. > There was a small flock of semi-palmated sandpipers on the shore--only > five. We didn't see any piping plovers. Has anyone else seen them? There > were *willets* active in the marsh. > Jane&Dave Schlosberg > --20cf3071ca4a8cf1bd04a4b82feb Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi David,<br><br>One of our volunteers has been checking Conrads Beach for = Piping Plovers regularly, but none yet.=A0 In fact, plovers have not been s= een on any Halifax-Dartmouth area beach, including Martinique.=A0 We've= set up a few signs at Martinique in hope of reducing trampling through nes= ting habitat in case plovers show up.<br> <br>It's been a slow spring for plovers across Atlantic Canada, so perh= aps we'll have some late breeders show up.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Sue Abbott= <br>Bird Studies Canada<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, May 31, 2= 011 at 9:10 PM, David Schlosberg <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:ds= chlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca">dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<= br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">At around 4:00 this afternoon the tide= was still=20 quite low.=A0 We were surprised at how much sand has moved in to the beach= =20 recently.=A0 We could walk halfway out to Fox Point before hitting much roc= k,=20 and even after that there was a lot of sand between the rocks, so walking w= as=20 relatively painless.=A0 There were about 20 <b>cormorants</b> on=20 the point and a large flock of ducks in and near the surf off the=20 point.=A0=A0They were mostly <b>eiders</b>, but we saw a few=20 <b>surf scoters</b> with them.=A0 They were diving so actively that=20 we only got glimpses.</font></div> <div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">There was a small flock of semi-palmat= ed sandpipers=20 on the shore--only five.=A0 We didn't see any piping plovers.=A0 Has=20 anyone else seen them?=A0 There were <b>willets</b> active in the=20 marsh.</font></div> <div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Jane&Dave Schlosberg</font></div><= /div> </blockquote></div><br> --20cf3071ca4a8cf1bd04a4b82feb--
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