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While most birders will enjoy seeing a Peregrine Falcon, it's important for anyone driving to the Grand Pre area to enjoy the shorebirds to realize that PEFA activity can have a very significant impact on what you see. Over the past 7 days I've been between Horton Landing (S end of dyke) & East Point aka The Guzzle (N end of dyke) on six days. I have seen 1 or 2 PEFA on 5 of those 6 days and I've seen direct attacks on shorebirds on 3 days. These attacks have a huge impact on the shorebird flocks & also on what you may or may not see. I believe the entire viewing experience is far more unpredictable than what many would remember from years past. Yesterday a huge flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers converged precisely on East Point (point), right next to the fishermen, about 30 minutes or so before high tide. They seemed to come in from the east over the water. Within 10 minutes, from a S viewpoint, I saw a PEFA dive on the flock as it left in panic and as far as I could see those birds broke into numerous flocks, leaving in all directions, and never did reconverge anywhere. Some could have been on the north-facing shore as I didn't look. The point is the SESA are there but a single visit could be pretty underwhelming, depending on the exact situation. I don't tend to visit Evangeline Beach so it may be somewhat different there, but certainly not free of PEFA. Rick Whitman
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