[NatureNS] shorebirds at Avonport, squid eggs at Grand Pre

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] shorebirds at Avonport, squid eggs at Grand =
Pre
> Date: July 20, 2014 at 9:29:15 PM ADT
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Roy Bishop =
<rlb@eastlink.ca>, Sue Abbott <sabbott@bsc-eoc.org>, Richard Stern =
<sternrichard@gmail.com>
> Cc: Rick Whitman <rick.whitman@ns.sympatico.ca>, Julie Paquet =
<Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.ca>, John Owen <john.owen@ns.sympatico.ca>
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> JULY 20, 2014 - We had a call from Heather MacDonald of Avonport Beach =
=97 In early morning a bit before high tide, which was 8:13 a.m., she =
saw LOTS OF FLOCKS OF SMALL SHOREBIRDS, alias =93peeps=94, and some of =
the flocks were quite large, but no overall numbers given.
>=20
> Pat & I walked at Evangeline Beach, westward from the public steps, to =
the nesting colony of bank swallows about a kilometre west of the steps =
=97 the nesting burrows need counting, but I would guess more than 10 =
and up to 20 pairs perhaps =97 only a few were flying around at once.  =
We walked a bit beyond the obvious outcrop point but did not find any =
more swallows there.
>=20
> The only thing otherwise reportable on our walk was a single =92sea =
mop=92, a jelly-like cluster of dozens of finger-shaped egg-capsules =
from a long-finned Loligo squid, alias Peale=92s squid, the same species =
that has deposited lots of eggs on local beaches for the past two =
summers.
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> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;<br><=
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</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[ValleyNature] =
shorebirds at Avonport, squid eggs at Grand Pre</b><br></span></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, =
0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">July 20, 2014 at 9:29:15 PM =
ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c=
a</a>&gt;, Roy Bishop &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:rlb@eastlink.ca">rlb@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;, Sue Abbott =
&lt;sabbott@bsc-eoc.org&gt;, =
Richard Stern &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br><=
/span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Rick Whitman &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:rick.whitman@ns.sympatico.ca">rick.whitman@ns.sympatico.ca<=
/a>&gt;, Julie Paquet &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.ca">Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.ca</a>&gt;, =
John Owen &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:john.owen@ns.sympatico.ca">john.owen@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&gt=
;<br></span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" =
content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>JULY 20, 2014 </b>- =
We had a call from Heather MacDonald of <b>Avonport Beach</b> =97 In =
early morning a bit before high tide, which was 8:13 a.m., she saw =
<b>LOTS OF FLOCKS OF SMALL SHOREBIRDS</b>, alias =93peeps=94, and some =
of the flocks were quite large, but no overall numbers given.</div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px;">Pat &amp; I walked at <b>Evangeline Beach</b>, westward from the =
public steps, to the nesting colony of bank swallows about a kilometre =
west of the steps =97 the nesting burrows need counting, but I would =
guess more than 10 and up to 20 pairs perhaps =97 only a few were flying =
around at once.&nbsp; We walked a bit beyond the obvious outcrop point =
but did not find any more swallows there.</div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">The only =
thing otherwise reportable on our walk was a <b>single =92sea mop=92, a =
jelly-like cluster of dozens of finger-shaped egg-capsules from a =
long-finned </b><i>Loligo</i><b> squid</b>, alias Peale=92s squid, the =
same species that has deposited lots of eggs on local beaches for the =
past two summers.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>N=
ature mailing list<br><a =
href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c=
a</a><br>http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnat=
uralists.ca<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>=

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