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All: Returned from 3 days with family members (a son, daughter, grandchildren) on Seal I. last evening. Birding rather routine. Did note that Blackpoll Warblers were holding their own, about half as common as "Myrtles", which is better than it has been during recent summers. A handful of Fox Sparrows was also reassuring that the island hasn't been abandoned by these mainly boreal species, and the complete lack of Boreal Chickadees was surely attributable to their secretive ways at this season. Shorebirds were a good show, with the usual range of migrants including 6 early Am. Golden-Plovers that flushed from a sheep meadow 31 Aug. We were told by reliable local observers that a WHITE-WINGED DOVE had favoured a feeder on the island 10 July to at least 14 July. More details on NS-RBA. Added a few plants to my personal Seal I. list (tracked in a copy of the old 2-volume Roland and Smith on the island). Two stands of Platanthera blephariglottis (still valid name?) were new. Some years ago we found a Purple F.-orchid, that was eaten by sheep shortly after we found it. We planted the remnant within an exclossre, nut it didn't work. Not found since. Leps were notably absent - except for Ctenucia moths and the usual un-id'd micrioleps. Always a great pleasure to be there.
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