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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0468_01CF114C.6F6720D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi Charlie I see the answer. Butterfly was in Egerton! Ken ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ken McKenna=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:14 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Baird's and Solitary Sandpipers Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Charlie Kendell and I did some birding yesterday Aug 19 at Big I. The = tide was high most of the day and although I did a shorebird count, I am = sure many more were left unseen in the salt marsh grasses.=20 Highlight was a new bird for Charlie, a Baird's Sandpiper (juv) along = the Strait side of the east end of the causeway on the upper sand in the = first 100 m or so of the east end of the causeway.=20 On the way out we drove the MacLellans Brook Rd and at the NE end just = before the intersection of the Sherbrooke Rd. we saw 4 Solitary = Sandpipers along with 2 Least and a Semipalmated Sandpiper in a wet area = along the road=20 The Solitary Sandpiper remains at the McGee Pond half way along the = Big I. road. A Sora with at least 3 young is also there and has been = seen for a numbers of weeks. Charlie and I noticed interesting behaviour = of the adult as it seemed to be carrying nest material into a clump of = high grass. It made 6-7 trips in with grasses. This seems to be odd = behaviour as there were young birds present and it seems late in the = year for nest building. Land birds were not plentiful with the heat of the day. We did note a = few butterflies- nothing new- Northern Crescent, Clouded Sulphurs, = Cabbage White and a unid'd largish Fritillary likely Great Spangled. In = Egerton we had a Black Swallowtail.=20 Bird results have been posted to eBird. ------=_NextPart_000_0468_01CF114C.6F6720D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23543"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi Charlie</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I see the answer. Butterfly was in=20 Egerton!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dkenmcken@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca">Ken=20 McKenna</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 20, 2013 = 10:14=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Baird's and = Solitary=20 Sandpipers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Charlie Kendell and I did some = birding yesterday=20 Aug 19 at Big I. The tide was high most of the day and although I did = a=20 shorebird count, I am sure many more were left unseen in the salt = marsh=20 grasses. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Highlight was a new bird for Charlie, = a=20 <STRONG>Baird's Sandpiper</STRONG> (juv) along the Strait side of = the=20 east end of the causeway on the upper sand in the first 100 m or so of = the=20 east end of the causeway. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On the way out we drove the = MacLellans Brook Rd=20 and at the NE end just before the intersection of the Sherbrooke = Rd. we=20 saw 4 <STRONG>Solitary Sandpipers</STRONG> along with 2 Least and a=20 Semipalmated Sandpiper in a wet area along the road </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The <STRONG>Solitary = Sandpiper</STRONG> remains=20 at the McGee Pond half way along the Big I. road. A <STRONG>Sora = </STRONG>with=20 at least 3 young is also there and has been seen for a numbers of = weeks.=20 Charlie and I noticed interesting behaviour of the adult as it seemed = to be=20 carrying nest material into a clump of high grass. It made 6-7 trips = in with=20 grasses. This seems to be odd behaviour as there were young birds = present and=20 it seems late in the year for nest building.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Land birds were not plentiful with = the heat of=20 the day. We did note a few butterflies- nothing new- Northern = Crescent,=20 Clouded Sulphurs, Cabbage White and a unid'd largish Fritillary likely = Great=20 Spangled. </FONT><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>In Egerton we had a = Black=20 Swallowtail. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Bird results have been posted to = eBird.=20 </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0468_01CF114C.6F6720D0--
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