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--Apple-Mail=_92A3CD18-61AF-4105-8E6E-2FF6B553DF2D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] banded semipalmated sandpiper spotted, = Evangeline Beach, etc. > Date: July 27, 2014 at 3:42:55 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >=20 >=20 >> From: Roy Bishop <rlb@eastlink.ca> >> Date: July 27, 2014 at 12:47:40 PM ADT >>=20 >> Hi Jim et al., >>=20 >> Sunday morning, 11:25 a.m., July 27, 181 Plover Lane, Evangeline = Beach. >>=20 >> The tide is coming in, and sandpipers are numerous and active. Flocks = of 200 to 2000 (rough guesses) are coming and going in front of my = cottage. No peregrines in sight. >>=20 >> In binoculars (15x, stabilized) I spotted one semi-palmated amongst a = few hundred running over the sand that has a blue leg band. The band is = rectangular, about an inch long and maybe 1/4 inch wide, and it is = pointing forward. The bird was too far away to read what may have been = on the band. >>=20 >> Roy >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> On 2014-07-23, at 6:05 PM, Rick & Janet Whitman wrote: >>=20 >>> Thanks Jim ! >>>=20 >>> I think your numbers are solid. I had 120 Semipalmateds on Monday & = Phil Taylor had 400 SESA yesterday, both at The Guzzle around high tide. = I also had one Peregrine and it dispersed the birds, leading me to = leave. >>>=20 >>> I am coming to think that the Peregrines are changing Peep behaviour = significantly. I know they are native and natural but it is approaching = the point where they are ruining the experience for me. On Monday, the = Peregrine had one peep separated from the flock & was gaining on it. = Just when I thought the peep was lost, the Peregrine broke off & just = circled around. I couldn=92t age the Peregrine but I felt it was just = playing with the peep.=20 >>>=20 >>> On the way home I spotted a small flock of Semipalmated Plovers = passing high tide in a plowed field in Melanson. This would be several = km from the coast. >>>=20 >>> Rick Whitman >>>=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_92A3CD18-61AF-4105-8E6E-2FF6B553DF2D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><br><div style=3D""><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><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>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><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>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[ValleyNature] = banded semipalmated sandpiper spotted, Evangeline Beach, = etc.</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 27, 2014 at = 3:42:55 PM ADT<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>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>><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><div><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Roy Bishop <<a = href=3D"mailto:rlb@eastlink.ca">rlb@eastlink.ca</a>></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">July 27, 2014 at = 12:47:40 PM ADT</span></div><br><div><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; ">Hi Jim et al.,<div><br></div><div>Sunday morning, = 11:25 a.m., July 27, 181 Plover Lane, Evangeline = Beach.</div><div><br></div><div>The tide is coming in, and sandpipers = are numerous and active. Flocks of 200 to 2000 (rough guesses) are = coming and going in front of my cottage. No peregrines in = sight.</div><div><br></div><div>In binoculars (15x, stabilized) I = spotted one semi-palmated amongst a few hundred running over the sand = that has a <font class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#1060f6">blue</font> = leg band. The band is rectangular, about an inch long and maybe 1/4 inch = wide, and it is pointing forward. The bird was too far away to read what = may have been on the = band.</div><div><br></div><div>Roy</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div= ><br><div><div>On 2014-07-23, at 6:05 PM, Rick & Janet Whitman = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><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;">Thanks = Jim !<div><br></div><