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--Apple-Mail-784-1008899547 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > I forgot to mention the butterflies seen along the edge of the > bluff at Evangeline Beach: I saw 10++ sulphurs, probably all > clouded sulphurs, and several cabbage whites. Jim > >> Subject: [NatureNS] Evangeline Beach shorebirds & falcons, Sept. 7/13 >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> >>> Subject: Evangeline Beach shorebirds & falcons, Sept. 7/13 >>> >>> All week I viewed the shorebirds roosting below the motel at >>> Evangeline Beach at high tide. Two people at the motel were very >>> nice and allowed me to gawk on their land. >>> >>> Today's high tide, Sept. 8, is at 15:35 with an amplitude of 13.1 >>> metres. >>> >>> SEPT. 7, 2013 - Whereas yesterday was very cool, overcast, and >>> rainy, today was nice and sunny. I returned to Evangeline Beach, >>> but timed my arrival to be one hour before high tide (latter was >>> 3 p.m.). Roughly the same-sized flock of about 2000 peeps was >>> there on the rocks and flying around from time to time, >>> especially when scared up by falcons, and roosting inactively >>> when they could. >>> >>> I saw single peregrine falcons twice, and one did some chases of >>> peep flocks briefly, and a single merlin -- but I think I missed >>> a merlin surprising the roosting peeps and taking one before they >>> flushed (Peter and Greg Allen were the witnesses, and I was >>> standing just a few metres from them at the time)(can't look >>> everywhere!). >>> >>> I sat at the edge of the bluff on motel land for about an hour, >>> until high tide, and just watched the peeps standing on the rocks >>> and flying around and re-landing. I had only binoculars, but >>> some peeps were quite close to me at times, and picking out the >>> other species was quite easy. My guess for others would be about >>> 40+ semipalmated plovers, 50 + white-rumped sandpipers, 5 least >>> sandpipers, and the rest all semipalmated sandpipers. >>> >>> Today I was able to see the tiny weblet (semipalmation) between >>> two of the toes on several semi' sandpipers. >>> >>> AND I was very happy to spot a single banded semipalmated >>> sandpiper. What I noticed was the blue flag high on the left >>> leg, and I believe the middle letter on the flag was a P. >>> >>> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-784-1008899547 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><div><br></div><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = <div><div>I forgot to mention the butterflies seen along the edge of the = bluff at Evangeline Beach: I saw 10++ sulphurs, probably all = clouded sulphurs, and several cabbage whites. = Jim</div><div><br></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>[NatureNS] Evangeline Beach shorebirds & falcons, = Sept. 7/13</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" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = <div><div><br></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>Evangeline Beach = shorebirds & falcons, Sept. 7/13</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; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>All = week I viewed the shorebirds roosting below the motel at Evangeline = Beach at high tide. Two people at the motel were very nice and = allowed me to gawk on their land.</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"><b><br></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"><b>Today's high tide, Sept. 8, is at 15:35 with an amplitude = of 13.1 metres.</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"><b><br></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"><b>SEPT. = 7, 2013</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6"> - Whereas yesterday = was very cool, overcast, and rainy, today was nice and sunny. I = returned to </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Evangeline Beach</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">, but timed my arrival to be one hour before high tide (latter = was 3 p.m.). Roughly the </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>same-sized flock of about 2000 peeps = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6">was there on the rocks = and flying around from time to time, especially when scared up by = falcons, and roosting inactively when they could.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = color: rgb(0, 30, 230); 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" color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6">I saw single = </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>peregrine falcons </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">twice, and one did some chases of peep flocks briefly, and a = single </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>merlin</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6"> -- = but I think I missed a merlin surprising the roosting peeps and taking = one before they flushed (Peter and Greg Allen were the witnesses, and I = was standing just a few metres from them at the time)(can't look = everywhere!).</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 30, 230); 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" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">I sat at the edge of the bluff on motel land for about an hour, = until high tide, and just watched the peeps standing on the rocks and = flying around and re-landing. I had only binoculars, but some = peeps were quite close to me at times, and picking out the other species = was quite easy. My guess for others would be about </font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>40+ = semipalmated plovers, 50 + white-rumped sandpipers, 5 least sandpipers, = and the rest all semipalmated sandpipers</b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001ee6">.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 30, 230); 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" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">Today I was able to see the tiny </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>weblet = </b>(semipalmation) </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">between two of the toes on several semi' = 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; color: rgb(0, 30, 230); 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" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">AND I was very happy to spot a </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>single banded = semipalmated sandpiper</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">. What I noticed was the </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>blue flag high on the = left leg</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6">, and I believe the = </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>middle letter on the flag was a P</b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001ee6">.</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"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001ee6"><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" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001ee6">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div> = </blockquote></div><br></blockquote></div><br><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-784-1008899547--
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