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species<BR><BR>Common Eider &nbsp;100<BR>Northern --Apple-Mail-4--1000570044 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Chris, I guess the Herring gulls must have been somewhere other than Pond Cove whil= e I was there yesterday afternoon. There were thousands all over the rest of= the Island all w/e as usual - I just didn't do a complete weekend list dor t= he whole Island for eBird. However that sort of observation shows the proble= m with partial or incomplete surveys. I'm afraid I don't have any theories about the Shearwater, unless it was sic= k or disoriented for some reason. There were very few on yesterday's whale w= atch off Moores and NW Ledges. I saw a Great cormorant waddling up a drivewa= y in Westport 3 weeks ago - also very odd, particularly for that species in m= id- Summer. Cheers, Richard Richard Stern sternrichard@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Aug 2, 2011, at 3:41 PM, "Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan" <slickdog1@gmail= .com> wrote: > Hi, > =20 > Is it odd that on one day you would see 98 Herring Gulls, and the next onl= y two? They are usually all over the place. > =20 > A couple of nights ago some kids in Tiverton at the other end of Long Isla= nd called to tell me they had a bird that had been "wobbling" in the middle o= f the road. They didn't know what it was, or what to do with it. I drove up a= nd discovered they had a Greater Shearwater. I took it down to Beautiful Cov= e in Freeport, and after checking that its wings and legs weren't broken, an= d that other than some ruffled feathers on its head, it didn't have any obvi= ous injuries, I tossed it into the water. I expected that it would immediate= ly 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 caug= ht 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 c= oyotes wouldn't be patrolling the beach that night. Early the next morning, t= here was no sign of it. > =20 > Any theories as to why it wouldn't head offshore to safety? > =20 > Chris > =20 > =20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Stern > To: NatureNS > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 3:01 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] Pond Cove, Brier Island shorebirds >=20 > Hi, >=20 > Here are the birds I counted at and then after high tide on Sun. and Mon. a= t Pond Cove. >=20 > Jul 31, 2011 12:35 PM - 1:52 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 3.0 kilometer(s) > 14 species >=20 > 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 >=20 > Aug 1, 2011 2:35 PM - 4:50 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 2.0 kilometer(s) > 14 species >=20 > 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 >=20 > Richard > --=20 > ################# > Richard Stern,=20 > 317 Middle Dyke Rd. > Port Williams, NS, Canada > B0P 1T0 >=20 > sternrichard@gmail.com > ################### --Apple-Mail-4--1000570044 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><div>Hi Chris,</div><div><br></div><div>I gu= ess the Herring gulls must have been somewhere other than Pond Cove while I w= as there yesterday afternoon. There were thousands all over the rest of the I= sland all w/e as usual - I just didn't do a complete weekend list dor the wh= ole Island for eBird. However that sort of observation shows the problem wit= h partial or incomplete surveys.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm afraid I don't= have any theories about the Shearwater, unless it was sick or disoriented f= or some reason. There were very few on yesterday's whale watch off Moores an= d NW Ledges. I saw a Great cormorant waddling up a driveway in Westport 3 we= eks ago - also very odd, particularly for that species in mid- Summer.</div>= <div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Richard<br><br><div>Ric= hard Stern</div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"-webkit-tap-h= ighlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: r= gba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128,= 180, 0.230469); "><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gm= ail.com</a></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"-webk= it-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill= -color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba= (77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Sent from my iPhone</span></div></div><div><br>O= n Aug 2, 2011, at 3:41 PM, "Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan" <<a href=3D"ma= ilto:slickdog1@gmail.com">slickdog1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><d= iv></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Hi,</font></div> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">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></d= iv> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">A couple of nights ago some kids in Tiv= erton at the=20 other end of Long Island called to tell me they had a bird that had been=20 "wobbling" in the middle of the road. They didn't know what it was, or what t= o=20 do with it. I drove up and discovered they had a Greater Shearwater. I took i= t=20 down to Beautiful Cove in Freeport, and after checking that its wings and le= gs=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 expe= cted=20 that it would immediately swim out and then take off, as has been my previou= s=20 experience with a few Shearwaters. Instead, it flapped its wings, then swam b= ack=20 to shore. I caught it and tried again, but once again it came ashore. The ro= cks=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 nex= t=20 morning, there was no sign of it.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Any theories as to why it wouldn't head= offshore to=20 safety?</font></div> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Chris</font></div> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font> </div> <blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADD= ING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><b= >From:</b>=20 <a title=3D"sternrichard@gmail.com" href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com"= >Richard=20 Stern</a> </div> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title=3D"naturens@chebucto.n= s.ca" 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, Brie= r=20 Island shorebirds</div> <div><br></div>Hi,<br><br>Here are the birds I counted at and then after h= igh=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 Harrier=20 1<br>Semipalmated Plover 250<br>Killdeer 2<br>Greater=20= Yellowlegs 3<br>Lesser Yellowlegs 4<br>Ruddy Turnstone=20 5<br>Semipalmated Sandpiper 200<br>Least Sandpiper=20 50<br>Pectoral Sandpiper 1<br>Short-billed Dowitcher=20 20<br>Herring Gull 2<br>Great Black-backed Gull 9<br>Son= g=20 Sparrow 1<br><br clear=3D"all">Richard<br>--=20 <br>#################<br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port=20= Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br><br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmai= l.com">sternrichard@gmail.com<= /a><br>###################<br></blockquote> </div></blockquote></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-4--1000570044--
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