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--0015174794a41523b904ae097713 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The past 2 days have been very high tides. Yesterday was 14.7 m & today was 15.5 m. They will peak tomorrow at 15.8 m for this cycle. Just for reference, the bottom of the cycle was just last Wednesday at 8.3 m. At the lowest tides the shorebirds just move towards the upper beach. At these extreme tides there is no dry land whatsoever on the wet side of the dyke. The shorebirds either move right up onto the top of the dyke or fly off into the fields on the dykeland, or far inland e.g. Black River Lake & Pete Luckett's vineyard. The 1 1/2 hours before high tide is a good time for photography if you're prepared to look around for the birds & are willing to move slowly & softly. High tide tomorrow is 14:45 PM. There are various ways in which you can quickly get into serious trouble with these extreme tides, but not if you stay up on top of the dyke or on the dry side of the dyke. Yesterday I got photos of Sanderlings, Semipalmated Sandpipers & Semipalmated Plovers. Today I got photos of one Pectoral Sandpiper, Dunlin, Black-bellied Plovers & American Pipits. I've posted 11 that I'm happiest with starting here: http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds-July-2011/17831138_m4NQwJ#1501261823_HL5HqKf Rick Whitman --0015174794a41523b904ae097713 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The past 2 days have been very high tides. Yesterday was 14.7 m & today= was 15.5 m. They will peak tomorrow at 15.8 m for this cycle. Just for ref= erence, the bottom of the cycle was just last Wednesday at 8.3 m. At the lo= west tides the shorebirds just move towards the upper beach. At these extre= me tides there is no dry land whatsoever on the wet side of the dyke. The s= horebirds either move right up onto the top of the dyke or fly off into the= fields on the dykeland, or far inland e.g. Black River Lake & Pete Luc= kett's vineyard. The 1 1/2 hours before high tide is a good time for ph= otography if you're prepared to look around for the birds & are wil= ling to move slowly & softly. High tide tomorrow is 14:45 PM. There are= various ways in which you can quickly get into serious trouble with these = extreme tides, but not if you stay up on top of the dyke or on the dry side= of the dyke.<div> <br></div><div>Yesterday I got photos of Sanderlings, Semipalmated Sandpipe= rs & Semipalmated Plovers. Today I got photos of one Pectoral Sandpiper= , Dunlin, Black-bellied Plovers & American Pipits. I've posted 11 t= hat I'm happiest with starting here:</div> <div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds-= July-2011/17831138_m4NQwJ#1501261823_HL5HqKf">http://rickwhitman.smugmug.co= m/Nature/Birds-July-2011/17831138_m4NQwJ#1501261823_HL5HqKf</a><br clear=3D= "all"> <div><br></div>Rick Whitman<br> </div> --0015174794a41523b904ae097713--
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