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> Subject: [ValleyNature] Evangeline Beach Oct. 2/13 shorebirds etc.
>
> OCT. 2, 2013 - EVANGELINE BEACH - Today's daytime high tide was at  
> 11:35 a.m. with a low amplitude, and my walk today was too late for  
> shorebirds but very pleasant indeed.  Sunny, breezy, and warm.  At  
> the parking lot it was obvious that the tourist season is over,  
> because not only was the canteen closed (has been so for a few  
> weeks), but most of the shorebirds signage has been removed for the  
> winter (necessary but too early) and all the garbage receptacles  
> are gone (also too bad for obvious reasons).
>
> I began my walk east from the parking lot two hours after high tide  
> and returned an hour later.  Sightings included only 2 bald eagles,  
> numerous gulls (herring, ring-billed, gr. black-backed), and one  
> flock of 40 peeps flying from east to west along the ebbing water  
> edge.  I'm sure more shorebirds are still around, but I will need  
> better timing to find out.  Perhaps Rick Whitman can let us know  
> about the Hortonville dyke and Guzzle areas recently?  Also there  
> were a few each of cabbage whites and sulphur (clouded?)  
> butterflies flying about the tops of the banks.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>OCT. 2, 2013 - EVANGELINE =
BEACH </b>- Today's daytime <b>high tide was</b> at 11:35 a.m. with a =
low amplitude, and my walk today was too late for shorebirds but very =
pleasant indeed.&nbsp; Sunny, breezy, and warm.&nbsp; At the parking lot =
it was obvious that the<b> tourist season</b> is over, because not only =
was the canteen closed (has been so for a few weeks), but most of the =
shorebirds signage has been removed for the winter (necessary but too =
early) and all the garbage receptacles are gone (also too bad for =
obvious reasons).</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">I began my walk east from the parking lot two hours =
after high tide and returned an hour later.&nbsp; Sightings included =
only 2 bald eagles, numerous gulls (herring, ring-billed, gr. =
black-backed), and one flock of <b>40 peeps </b>flying from east to west =
along the ebbing water edge.&nbsp; I'm sure more shorebirds are still =
around, but I will need better timing to find out.&nbsp; Perhaps Rick =
Whitman can let us know about the Hortonville dyke and Guzzle areas =
recently?&nbsp; Also there were a few each of <b>cabbage whites and =
sulphur (clouded?) butterflies</b> flying about the tops of the =
banks.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:=
 12.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div><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; =
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