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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01CC512A.9F671130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Is it odd that on one day you would see 98 Herring Gulls, and the next = only two? They are usually all over the place. A couple of nights ago some kids in Tiverton at the other end of Long = Island called to tell me they had a bird that had been "wobbling" in the = middle of the road. They didn't know what it was, or what to do with it. = I drove up and discovered they had a Greater Shearwater. I took it down = to Beautiful Cove in Freeport, and after checking that its wings and = legs weren't broken, and that other than some ruffled feathers on its = head, it didn't have any obvious injuries, I tossed it into the water. I = expected that it would immediately swim out and then take off, as has = been my previous experience with a few Shearwaters. Instead, it flapped = its wings, then swam back to shore. I caught it and tried again, but = once again it came ashore. The rocks were far too slippery to continue = the exercise, so I just wished it well and hoped the coyotes wouldn't be = patrolling the beach that night. Early the next morning, there was no = sign of it. Any theories as to why it wouldn't head offshore to safety? Chris ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Stern=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 3:01 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Pond Cove, Brier Island shorebirds Hi, Here are the birds I counted at and then after high tide on Sun. and = Mon. at Pond Cove. Jul 31, 2011 12:35 PM - 1:52 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 kilometer(s) 14 species Common Eider 111 Double-crested Cormorant 10 Great Blue Heron 8 Semipalmated Plover 50 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Willet 2 Ruddy Turnstone 10 Semipalmated Sandpiper 500 Least Sandpiper 50 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Herring Gull 98 Great Black-backed Gull 9 American Crow 2 Common Yellowthroat 2 Aug 1, 2011 2:35 PM - 4:50 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 kilometer(s) 14 species Common Eider 100 Northern Harrier 1 Semipalmated Plover 250 Killdeer 2 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Ruddy Turnstone 5 Semipalmated Sandpiper 200 Least Sandpiper 50 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 20 Herring Gull 2 Great Black-backed Gull 9 Song Sparrow 1 Richard --=20 ################# Richard Stern,=20 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01CC512A.9F671130 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19088"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Is it odd that on one day you would see = 98 Herring=20 Gulls, and the next only two? They are usually all over the = place.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A couple of nights ago some kids in = Tiverton at the=20 other end of Long Island called to tell me they had a bird that had been = "wobbling" in the middle of the road. They didn't know what it was, or = what to=20 do with it. I drove up and discovered they had a Greater Shearwater. I = took it=20 down to Beautiful Cove in Freeport, and after checking that its wings = and legs=20 weren't broken, and that other than some ruffled feathers on its head,=20 it didn't have any obvious injuries, I tossed it into the water. I = expected=20 that it would immediately swim out and then take off, as has been my = previous=20 experience with a few Shearwaters. Instead, it flapped its wings, then = swam back=20 to shore. I caught it and tried again, but once again it came ashore. = The rocks=20 were far too slippery to continue the exercise, so I just wished it well = and=20 hoped the coyotes wouldn't be patrolling the beach that night. Early the = next=20 morning, there was no sign of it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Any theories as to why it wouldn't head = offshore to=20 safety?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Chris</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dsternrichard@gmail.com = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">Richard=20 Stern</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 02, 2011 = 3:01=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Pond Cove, = Brier=20 Island shorebirds</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>Here are the birds I counted at and then = after high=20 tide on Sun. and Mon. at Pond Cove.<BR><BR>Jul 31, 2011 12:35 PM - = 1:52=20 PM<BR>Protocol: Traveling<BR>3.0 kilometer(s)<BR>14 = species<BR><BR>Common=20 Eider 111<BR>Double-crested Cormorant 10<BR>Great Blue = Heron=20 8<BR>Semipalmated Plover 50<BR>Greater Yellowlegs=20 5<BR>Willet 2<BR>Ruddy Turnstone 10<BR>Semipalmated=20 Sandpiper 500<BR>Least Sandpiper 50<BR>Pectoral Sandpiper=20 1<BR>Herring Gull 98<BR>Great Black-backed Gull=20 9<BR>American Crow 2<BR>Common Yellowthroat = 2<BR><BR>Aug 1,=20 2011 2:35 PM - 4:50 PM<BR>Protocol: Traveling<BR>2.0 = kilometer(s)<BR>14=20 species<BR><BR>Common Eider 100<BR>Northern