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--Boundary_(ID_DYHsnRkCwT/hgoKD11w/7Q) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Here in eastern King's County, the impression I have is that gulls seem to behave very socially as flocks. We often see them sitting for hours in open fields (roosting), and then they will lift off as big groups and circle up high and soar for awhile, sometimes so high that it would be easy to miss them without looking or when driving from place to place. And much of their activities are probably tide- related as well, or timed with farming activities such as when tractors are creating newly plowed open fields. Does that help at all? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan <slickdog1@gmail.com> > Date: August 2, 2011 3:41:19 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Pond Cove, Brier Island shorebirds, plus > Greater Shearwater question > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > 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 ----- > From: Richard Stern > To: NatureNS > 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 > -- > ################# > Richard Stern, > 317 Middle Dyke Rd. > Port Williams, NS, Canada > B0P 1T0 > > sternrichard@gmail.com > ################### --Boundary_(ID_DYHsnRkCwT/hgoKD11w/7Q) 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; "> Here in eastern King's County, the impression I have is that gulls seem = to behave very socially as flocks. We often see them sitting for = hours in open fields (roosting), and then they will lift off as big = groups and circle up high and soar for awhile, sometimes so high that it = would be easy to miss them without looking or when driving from place to = place. And much of their activities are probably tide-related as = well, or timed with farming activities such as when tractors are = creating newly plowed open fields. Does that help at all? = 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">Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan <<a = href=3D"mailto:slickdog1@gmail.com">slickdog1@gmail.com</a>></font></di= v><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">August 2, 2011 3:41:19 PM ADT</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] Pond Cove, Brier = Island shorebirds, plus Greater Shearwater question</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; "&