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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01CD57E3.BCC78F00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all At Big I. there was an sign of beginning shorebird migration as well. = The tide was very high when I was there early this morning so hard to = get much of a count as shorebirds were in the saltmarsh. I did however = see 6 Lesser Yellowlegs and 3 Black-bellied Plover including one in full = breeding costume.=20 I counted at least 13 local Willets but I am sure there are more than = that. A pair of Piping Plovers nested at Big I. this year from which = there are 2 young birds A pair of Piping Plovers elsewhere in Pictou = Co. have just started nesting and on fresh eggs a day or 2 ago- busy = beach and poor location for the nest and such a late start. It would be = remarkable if this nest was successful,. but we can always hope. I don't = think there were any Piper nests in Pictou Co. last year, so this is a = much better year as long as the young make it.=20 cheers Ken ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01CD57E3.BCC78F00 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 8.00.6001.19258"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>At Big I. there was an sign of beginning = shorebird=20 migration as well. The tide was very high when I was there early this = morning so=20 hard to get much of a count as shorebirds were in the saltmarsh. I did = however=20 see 6 Lesser Yellowlegs and 3 Black-bellied Plover including one in full = breeding costume. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I counted at least 13 local Willets but I = am sure=20 there are more than that. A pair of Piping Plovers nested at Big I. this = year=20 from which there are 2 young birds A pair of Piping Plovers=20 elsewhere in Pictou Co. have just started nesting and on fresh eggs a = day or 2=20 ago- busy beach and poor location for the nest and such a late start. It = would=20 be remarkable if this nest was successful,. but we can always = hope. I=20 don't think there were any Piper nests in Pictou Co. last year, so this = is a=20 much better year as long as the young make it. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Ken</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01CD57E3.BCC78F00--
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