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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CD8F45.B0611440 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The annual Cape Breton Shorebirds field trip of the Nova Scotia Bird = Society and its Cape Breton chapter took place in ideal weather = conditions on Saturday, September 8. Sixteen birders attended, = including two from California, one from Oregon and one from Vancouver, = all of whom learned about the trip on the website of the Nova Scotia = Bird Society. Also present were NS Bird Society member Al Mickey from = Manitoba, Edward Fiander of Dartmouth, myself as trip leader and Cape = Breton Bird Society members Bill and Dianne Bussey, Billy Digout and = daughter April, Barb Glassey, Bethsheila Kent, Weldon MacPhail, Michelle = MacPhee and Dave McCorquodale. We began the day with two hours on the runways of the Sydney Airport, = thanks to the generous cooperation of the Sydney Airport Authority and = commissionaire Frank MacNeil, who is becoming more interested in the = birds we're seeing with each passing year. The highlights at the airport = were unusually good looks at juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpipers, with a = very good count of 15, and two American Pipits that flew through. Other = shorebirds found there were about 60 Black-bellied Plovers, 80 = American-Golden Plovers, 13 Killdeer, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 40 Whimbrel = and 8 Pectoral Sandpipers. A brief stop at the settling pond on Tower Road, Glace Bay, yielded the = usual Wood Ducks, a Mallard, Green-winged Teal and Ring-necked Ducks. = Dave McCorquodale spotted two Solitary Sandpipers at a small adjacent = pond. We carried on to Morien Bar to catch views of shorebirds there on = the quickly rising tide, and added Semipalmated Plover, Red Knot, Least = Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitcher to the day's shorebird list. This = site also brought good views of Black Guillemots, Common Mergansers, = fishing Common Terns and Osprey, a Bald Eagle, Great Blue Herons, Song = and Savannah Sparrows and others. The day ended with a great display of = Ring-billed Gulls feeding overhead on flying ants. Forty-six bird = species were seen in a relaxed morning of birding. The California = birders were delighted with having added ten species to their life = lists, and gave us a new appreciation for the beauty of the Blue Jay.=20 Susann Myers ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CD8F45.B0611440 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 8.00.6001.19298"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The annual Cape Breton Shorebirds field = trip of the=20 Nova Scotia Bird Society and its Cape Breton chapter took place in ideal = weather=20 conditions on Saturday, September 8. Sixteen birders attended, = including=20 two from California, one from Oregon and one from Vancouver, all of whom = learned=20 about the trip on the website of the Nova Scotia Bird Society. Also = present=20 were NS Bird Society member Al Mickey from Manitoba, Edward Fiander of=20 Dartmouth, myself as trip leader and Cape Breton Bird Society members = Bill and=20 Dianne Bussey, Billy Digout and daughter April, Barb Glassey, Bethsheila = Kent,=20 Weldon MacPhail, Michelle MacPhee and Dave McCorquodale.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We began the day with two = hours on the=20 runways</FONT> <FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>of the Sydney Airport, = thanks to the=20 generous cooperation of the Sydney Airport Authority and commissionaire = Frank=20 MacNeil, who is becoming more interested in the birds we're seeing with = each=20 passing year. The highlights at the airport were unusually good looks at = juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpipers, with a very good count of 15,=20 and two American Pipits that flew through. Other = shorebirds found=20 there were about 60 Black-bellied Plovers, 80 American-Golden Plovers, = 13=20 Killdeer, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 40 Whimbrel and 8 Pectoral=20 Sandpipers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A brief stop at the settling pond on = Tower Road,=20 Glace Bay, yielded the usual Wood Ducks, a Mallard, Green-winged Teal = and=20 Ring-necked Ducks. Dave McCorquodale spotted two Solitary = Sandpipers at a=20 small adjacent pond. We carried on to Morien Bar to catch views of=20 shorebirds there on the quickly rising tide, and added Semipalmated = Plover, Red=20 Knot, Least Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitcher to the day's shorebird=20 list. This site also brought good views of Black Guillemots, = Common=20 Mergansers, fishing Common Terns and Osprey, a Bald Eagle, Great Blue = Herons,=20 Song and Savannah Sparrows and others. The day ended with a great = display=20 of Ring-billed Gulls feeding overhead on flying ants. Forty-six bird = species=20 were seen in a relaxed morning of birding. The California birders were = delighted=20 with having added ten species to their life lists, and gave us a new=20 appreciation for the beauty of the Blue Jay. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Susann Myers</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CD8F45.B0611440--
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