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--Apple-Mail=_7B65CAC4-DD6C-4240-B6F6-A66AF17BE839 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 >> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >> Subject: shorebirds Aug. 5/14, east Evangeline Beach (long) >> Date: August 5, 2014 at 3:51:38 PM ADT >>=20 >> AUG. 5, 2014 - EVANGELINE BEACH =97 high tide was 8:14 a.m. with 9.7 = metres of amplitude (small tide, neap tide)(vs. 16 m. in a few days) =97 = I arrived for my shorebird-monitoring walk at 9:50 a.m., 1.5 hrs. after = high tide =97 sky overcast but excellent visibility, nice breeze from = west, cool =97 here are my raw numbers of unidentified peeps (small = sandpipers and/or plovers, both flying and on tidal flats: >>=20 >> 10:00 a.m. - 1500+ peeps flew from east toward west, and an immature = bald eagle flew by in same direction (the only eagle seen today); >>=20 >> 10:02 - 1500 more peeps flew westward (toward mouth of Cornwallis = River and toward Wolfville); >>=20 >> 10:06 - 800 peeps flew east, and other flocks of peeps were flying in = both directions (west or east); >>=20 >> 10:10 - 1200 peeps flew west, then back to east, then again to west; >>=20 >> 10:12 - 1200 more peeps flew west; >>=20 >> 10:13 - 1200 more peeps flew west, and small flocks flew eastward; >>=20 >> 10:22 - 700 peeps flew east; >>=20 >> 10:22 - about 1000 more peeps were on the tidal flats all along my = walk in several separate feeding groups; >>=20 >> 10:27 - 700 peeps flew in both directions and then landed to feed on = tidal flats; >>=20 >> 10:27 - also now lots more, about 1000++ peeps visible to the east = feeding on tidal flats; >>=20 >> 10:32 - 900 flew both ways, westward & then eastward; >>=20 >> 10:39 - now I could see oodles more peeps (6000++, possibly 10,000?) = densely feeding near ebbing water edge both north of and northeast of = Jean Merks=92 house, near the east end of the beach (but well west of = The Guzzle, which is mostly monitored by Rick Whitman and sometimes by = Richard Stern); >>=20 >> 10:52 - east end of beach, end of my one-way walk =97 I retraced my = steps back to the west and got back to my car at 11:20 a.m., 3 hrs. = after high tide. >> =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97 >> Numbers of peeps to add up (westward flyers plus those on flats): >>=20 >> 1500+1500-800+1200+1200+1200-100-700+1000+700+1000+8000 =3D=20 >>=20 >> I GET A ROUGH TOTAL OF 15,700 PEEPS SEEN TODAY, but the confidence = limits on this total would be rather large on either side =97 thus the = real total could be less but probably is really considerably more total = peeps. >>=20 >> My overall recommendation for others who wish to see the flying = flocks of shorebirds and their aerobatics would be to generally be at = the beaches from two hours to one hour before high tide, and from one = hour to two hours after high tide. Generally not much happens during = the high-tide period, unless you know where there is a communal roost, = which can be slowly approached sometimes quite closely. >>=20 >> But these times have to be modifyd when the tides get very big (up to = 16 metres of amplitude), which is about to happen in the next 4-6 days, = on account of lunar perigee co-occurring with an extremely close Full = Moon, esp. on Aug. 9 & 10. On days of big tides, observers should start = three hours before any high high tide and then well after any similar = high high tide. >>=20 >> Besides the area of the viewing platform at Evangeline Beach, also = check out East Point, alias The Guzzle, which is the northeasternmost = edge of the Grand Pre dykelands, where all the striped bass fishers hang = out on every high tide. >> =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97 >> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_7B65CAC4-DD6C-4240-B6F6-A66AF17BE839 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;"><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><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';">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;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>shorebirds Aug. 5/14, east = Evangeline Beach (long)</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;"><b>Date: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">August 5, 2014 at 3:51:38 PM = ADT</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; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;"><b>AUG. 5, 2014</b> - <b>EVANGELINE BEACH</b> =97 = high tide was 8:14 a.m. with 9.7 metres of amplitude (small tide, neap = tide)(vs. 16 m. in a few days) =97 I arrived for my = <b>shorebird-monitoring walk </b>at 9:50 a.m., 1.5 hrs. after high tide = =97 sky overcast but excellent visibility, nice breeze from west, cool =97= here are my raw numbers of unidentified peeps (small sandpipers and/or = plovers, both flying and on tidal flats:</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">10:00 a.m. - = 1500+ peeps flew from east toward west, and an immature bald eagle flew = by in same direction (the only eagle seen today);</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: = 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;">10:02 - 1500 more peeps flew westward (toward mouth = of Cornwallis River and toward Wolfville);</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: = 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;">10:06 - 800 peeps flew east, and other flocks of = peeps were flying in both directions (west or east);</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: = 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;">10:10 - 1200 peeps flew west, then back to east, = then again to west;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">10:12 - 1200 more peeps flew = west;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: = Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">10:13 - 1200 more peeps flew west, = and small flocks flew eastward;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">10:22 - 700 = peeps flew east;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">10:22 - about 1000 more peeps = were on the tidal flats all along my walk in several separate feeding = groups;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: = Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">10:27 - 700 peeps flew in both = directions and then landed to feed on tidal flats;</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: = 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;">10:27 - also now lots more, about 1000++ peeps = visible to the east feeding on tidal flats;</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: = 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;">10:32 - 900 flew both ways, westward & then = eastward;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: = Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">10:39 - now I could see oodles = more peeps (6000++, possibly 10,000?) densely feeding near ebbing water = edge both north of and northeast of Jean Merks=92 house, near the east = end of the beach (but well west of The Guzzle, which is mostly monitored = by Rick Whitman and sometimes by Richard Stern);</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: = 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;">10:52 - east end of beach, end of my one-way walk =97= I retraced my steps back to the west and got back to my car at 11:20 = a.m., 3 hrs. after high tide.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: = 13px; font-family: Arial;">=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">Numbers of = peeps to add up (westward flyers plus those on flats):</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: = 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: = Arial;">1500+1500-800+1200+1200+1200-100-700+1000+700+1000+8000 = =3D </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: = Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;"><b>I GET A ROUGH TOTAL OF 15,700 = PEEPS SEEN TODAY, but the confidence limits on this total would be = rather large on either side =97 thus the real total could be less but = probably is really considerably more total peeps.</b></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: = 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;">My overall <b>recommendation for others</b> who = wish to see the flying flocks of shorebirds and their aerobatics would = be to generally be at the beaches from two hours to one hour before high = tide, and from one hour to two hours after high tide. Generally = not much happens during the high-tide period, unless you know where = there is a communal roost, which can be slowly approached sometimes = quite closely.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">But these times have to be = modifyd when the tides get very big (up to 16 metres of amplitude), = which is about to happen in the next 4-6 days, on account of lunar = perigee co-occurring with an extremely close Full Moon, esp. on Aug. 9 = & 10. On days of big tides, observers should start three hours = before any high high tide and then well after any similar high high = tide.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: = Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">Besides the area of the viewing = platform at Evangeline Beach, also check out East Point, alias The = Guzzle, which is the northeasternmost edge of the Grand Pre dykelands, = where all the striped bass fishers hang out on every high = tide.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: = Arial;">=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97</div><div style=3D"margin:= 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>_________________= ______________________________<br>Nature 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>= --Apple-Mail=_7B65CAC4-DD6C-4240-B6F6-A66AF17BE839--
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