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--Apple-Mail-82--829600485 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: 2095+ shorebirds at Evangeline Beach today, after high > high tide > > JULY 24, 2013 - One northern harrier seen on Grand Pre dykelands, > plus a not-unusual red-tailed hawk perched on the power line along > the paved road. > > Today there was an extreme high high tide in the Minas Basin, > predicted for 2:51 p.m., with an amplitude of 15.6 metres. I > decided to go to Evangeline Beach and do a shorebirds vigil as that > big tide receded, from the comfort of my portable folding chair, > which I set up next to the viewing platform. I didn't arrive until > 4:45, and the ebbing water edge was only about 40 m. from the rocks > (quite close). Weather was partly cloudy sky with frequent sunny > stretches, cool, with a nice breeze from the east (frequent here). > > I can summarize my vigil by saying that the total numbers are still > pretty low, with a few dozens of small flocks of less than 100 > birds which peaked at about 5:15 p.m. when I might have missed > some birds while writing my notes. I quit at 5:27, then drove to > Jean Merks' home near the east end of the trees along the beach, > where I found a nice dense flock of about 700 flying and then > feeding along the water's edge just north of Merks' property. > > Here are the details of times and numbers seen of peeps (small > unidentified shorebirds, very probably mostly semipalmated > sandpipers): > > 4:47 - 35 peeps flew from east to west without stopping (most > flocks did the same thing); > 4:59 - 40 + 60 more; > 5:00 - 140+ and also 30 flew toward the east; > 5:04 - 10 + 50 more; > 5:10 - 50; > 5:12 - 100 + 40; > then 100 + 50 + 200 + 50 in quick succession; > 5:16 - 40, and 10 more flew eastward; > then, in quick succession, 50 + 75 + 75 + 75 + 20; > 5:19 - 50 more; > and 10 landed at the water edge; > 5:22 - 75 more; > 5:27 - 7 flew eastward; > I departed at 5:32 (and briefly looked at the great signage at the > viewing platform). > > My subtotal here so far is 1395 peeps (not counting ones flying east). > > Then I quickly drove to the Merks/Jackson property, which is just > northeast of the Palmeter farm with the tall silos, arriving there > 5:50 p.m. (where I have ongoing permission to trespass for > shorebird observations). > > Very quickly, while still in my car, at 5:52 a nice big dense flock > of about 500 peeps slowly flew from east to west and landed just > north of the Merks house at the water's edge. At 5:58, 200 more > flew from the west along the shore and landed with them, to form a > long very dense line of very dark shorebirds on the light tan > mudflats. > > These were just a hint of what is hopefully to come, as we get > closer to the peak dates for shorebird abundance, normally from > Aug. 1 to 15 or so. > > Thus we can add these 700 peeps to the previous total of 1395 to > get a minimal total for today for part of this area, of 2095 peeps. > ------------------------- > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-82--829600485 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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>2095+ shorebirds at Evangeline Beach = today, after high high tide</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; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>JULY = 24, 2013</b> - </font><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">One <b>northern harrier </b>seen on Grand = Pre dykelands, plus a not-unusual <b>red-tailed hawk</b> perched on the = power line along the paved road.</span></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">Today there was an = <b>extreme high high tide in the Minas Basin</b>, predicted for 2:51 = p.m., with an amplitude of <b>15.6 metres</b>. I decided to go to = <b>Evangeline Beach </b>and do a <b>shorebirds vigil </b>as that big = tide receded, from the comfort of my portable folding chair, which I set = up next to the viewing platform. I didn't arrive until 4:45, and = the ebbing water edge was only about 40 m. from the rocks (quite = close). Weather was partly cloudy sky with frequent sunny = stretches, cool, with a nice breeze from the east (frequent = here).</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>I can summarize my vigil by</b> saying that the = total numbers are still pretty low, with a few dozens of small flocks of = less than 100 birds which peaked at about 5:15 p.m. when I might = have missed some birds while writing my notes. I quit at 5:27, = then drove to Jean Merks' home near the east end of the trees along the = beach, where I found a nice dense flock of about 700 flying and then = feeding along the water's edge just north of Merks' = property.</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">Here are the details of times and numbers seen of = peeps (small unidentified shorebirds, very probably mostly semipalmated = sandpipers):</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">4:47 - 35 peeps flew from east to west without = stopping (most flocks did the same thing);</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">4:59 - 40 + 60 more;</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">5:00 - 140+ and also 30 flew toward the = east;</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">5:04 - 10 + 50 = more;</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">5:10 - 50;</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">5:12 - 100 + 40;</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">then 100 = + 50 + 200 + 50 in quick succession;</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">5:16 - = 40, and 10 more flew eastward;</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">then, in = quick succession, 50 + 75 + 75 + 75 + 20;</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">5:19 - 50 more;</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">and 10 = landed at the water edge;</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">5:22 - 75 = more;</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">5:27 - 7 flew = eastward;</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">I departed at 5:32 (and = briefly looked at the great signage at 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"><b>My subtotal here so far is 1395 peeps </b>(not = counting ones flying east).</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">Then I quickly drove to the Merks/Jackson property, = which is just northeast of the Palmeter farm with the tall silos, = arriving there 5:50 p.m. (where I have ongoing permission to trespass = for shorebird observations).</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">Very quickly, while still in my car, at 5:52 a nice = big dense flock of about 500 peeps slowly flew from east to west and = landed just north of the Merks house at the water's edge. At 5:58, = 200 more flew from the west along the shore and landed with them, to = form a long very dense line of very dark shorebirds on the light tan = mudflats.</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">These were just a hint of what is hopefully to come, = as we get closer to the peak dates for shorebird abundance, normally = from Aug. 1 to 15 or so.</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>Thus we can add these 700 peeps to the previous = total of 1395 to get a minimal total for today for part of this area, of = 2095 peeps.</b></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">-------------------------</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> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-82--829600485--
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