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--Apple-Mail-18-732068441 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Julie Paquet > <Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.ca>, Roy Bishop <rlb@eastlink.ca>, Sue Abbott > <sabbott@bsc-eoc.org>, John Owen <john.owen@ns.sympatico.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] shorebirds & squid eggs at Evangeline > Beach, July 18/13 > > JULY 18, 2013 - Regarding shorebirds at Evangeline Beach, North > Grand Pre, I talked with Roy Bishop last night at the annual > meeting of the North Grand Pre Community Association (Roy is > President). Roy, who owns a cottage along Plover Lane east of the > canteen & motel, told me that the first "peeps" that he noticed, a > few small flocks, showed up on July 13/13, and then yesterday he > saw one flock he estimated at 400 peeps. (Last night's meeting > included a nice slide-show from Rick Whitman, featuring several > species and plumages plus Rick's photos of banded/flagged peeps > found last year, some banded in South America and New Jersey and > others banded in Minas Basin -- one of the latter stayed around for > a remarkable four weeks!) > > Today's daytime high tide, a very low high tide, was at 9:08 a.m. > I was too late in getting out there to Evangeline Beach by at least > a half-hour. At 11 a.m., when I began my usual walk east from the > new public stairs and viewing platform, I saw two flocks of peeps > in quick succession, flying east to west along the water/mudflat > edge. These flocks had about 300 and 150 peeps respectively, > totalling 450. It is probably safe to assume that I missed at > least that many more or quite possibly even more, so I will try to > get a relatively much earlier start tomorrow, perhaps starting by > just sitting next to the viewing platform. > > On my walk, taking a half-hour with periodic scans with binoculars, > east to the end of the trees (past house of Jean Merks & Peter > Jackson), I saw only a single other shorebird, very probably a > least sandpiper, who flushed from the large boulders on the upper > beach. No flocks of peeps were at the east end of the beach at > 11:30 a.m. > > Last year Evangeline Beach and several other local beaches, > including Delhaven and Scots' Bay, had lots of "see mops", clusters > of egg-sacs of long-finned squids (Loligo pealei)(check this for > new name from authorities). Thus it was nice today to come upon at > least seven such egg-mops, mostly in the area in front of the > cottages east of the motel. > > Other birds seen were an immature bald eagle on a rock on the > intertidal flats (also an adult bald eagle at the north end of the > paved road across the dykelands), about 12+ gulls (herring?), and 2 > flying great blue herons (from Boot Island). > > Also there were just a few butterflies along the beach, none > identified, but one was a fritillary sp. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-18-732068441 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><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>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>>, Julie Paquet <<a = href=3D"mailto:Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.ca">Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.ca</a>>, Roy = Bishop <rlb@eastlink.ca>, = Sue Abbott <<a = href=3D"mailto:sabbott@bsc-eoc.org">sabbott@bsc-eoc.org</a>>, John = Owen <<a = href=3D"mailto:john.owen@ns.sympatico.ca">john.owen@ns.sympatico.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>[ValleyNature] shorebirds & = squid eggs at Evangeline Beach,<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>July 18/13</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>JULY 18, 2013 - Regarding shorebirds at Evangeline = Beach</b>, North Grand Pre, I talked with <b>Roy Bishop </b>last night = at the annual meeting of the <b>North Grand Pre Community = Association</b> (Roy is President). Roy, who owns a cottage along = Plover Lane east of the canteen & motel, told me that the<b> first = "peeps" that he noticed, a few small flocks, showed up on July = 13</b>/13, and then yesterday he saw one flock he estimated at 400 = peeps. (Last night's meeting included a nice <b>slide-show from = Rick Whitman</b>, featuring several species and plumages plus Rick's = photos of banded/flagged peeps found last year, some banded in South = America and New Jersey and others banded in Minas Basin -- one of the = latter stayed around for a remarkable four = weeks!)</font></div></b></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Today's daytime high tide, a very low high tide, = was at 9:08 a.m. </b> I was too late in getting out there to = Evangeline Beach by at least a half-hour. <b>At 11 a.m., when I = began my usual walk east</b> from the new public stairs and viewing = platform, I saw <b>two flocks of peeps</b> in quick succession, flying = east to west along the water/mudflat edge. These flocks had about = <b>300 and 150 peeps respectively, totalling 450</b>. It is = probably safe to assume that I missed at least that many more or quite = possibly even more, so I will try to get a relatively much earlier start = tomorrow, perhaps starting by just sitting next to the viewing = platform.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">On my walk, taking a half-hour with periodic scans = with binoculars, east to the end of the trees (past house of Jean Merks = & Peter Jackson), I saw only a single other shorebird, very probably = a<b> least sandpiper</b>, who flushed from the large boulders on the = upper beach. No flocks of peeps were at the east end of the beach = at 11:30 a.m.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Last year Evangeline Beach and several other local = beaches, including Delhaven and Scots' Bay, had lots of <b>"see mops", = clusters of egg-sacs of long-finned squids</b> (<i>Loligo = pealei</i>)(check this for new name from authorities). Thus it was = nice today to come upon <b>at least seven such egg-mops</b>, mostly in = the area in front of the cottages east of the motel.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Other = birds seen</b> were an immature bald eagle on a rock on the intertidal = flats (also an adult bald eagle at the north end of the paved road = across the dykelands), about 12+ gulls (herring?), and 2 flying great = blue herons (from Boot Island).</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Also there were just a = few<b> butterflies</b> along the beach, none identified, but one was a = fritillary sp.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-18-732068441--
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