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--Apple-Mail=_82313104-85D7-4355-9820-7006123DF8F2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > AUG. 20, 2014 - EVANGELINE BEACH: Today=92s daytime high tide was 9:41 = a.m. with a very mediocre amplitude of 9 metres =97 I arrived late for = my eastward shorebird-monitoring walk from the public steps at the = shorebird viewing platform at 11:40, two hours after high tide, so the = ebbing tide was already well receded from the top of the beach. =20 >=20 > Visible right away from the steps were 250 + 200 foraging peeps just = to eht west and east of me =97 beautiful day, sunny & warm with nice = gentle breeze, visibility good (except for very bright sunlight). >=20 > Immediately I discovered lots of =93sea mops=94 of transparent = egg-sacs (like fingers) of long-finned or Peale=92s squids, Loligo = pealei, or whatever the current name is (Google long-finned squid vs. = short-finned squid, Illex, which is the species in Newfoundland in the = =93squid-jiggin=92 ground=92 song) =97 I counted 85 of these =93sea = mops=94, nearly all of which were near the uppermost sand of the beach, = probably deposited within the past2-3 days? >=20 > 11:45 a.m. =97 some small flocks of peeps were flying in both = directions along shore, either westward or eastward; > 11:50 - 500 more feeding peeps along low ebbing edge of water; > 11:55 - 1000 more feeding, and 500 of them flew eastward; > 12:00 noon - 1000 peeps feeding north of the east end of the cottages = =97 then they flew but I didn=92t see where; > 12:15 p.m. - 2000+ feeding northeast of Merks=92s house; > 12:15 also - a few peeps are still arousing/waking up and emerging = after having roosted among the big rocks at the top of the beach; > 12:20 - feeding flocks appeared to be gradually splitting up and = flying toward the west (gradual movement, flights short with quick = re-landing); > 12:25 - end of walk, at east end of trees and beach =97 1000 densely = packed peeps feeding? (distant) well on the mudflats but well away from = the ebbing edge of the water, in lower intertidal zone;=20 >=20 > On my walk back toward the canteen etc., there was an impressive = assemblage of 5000 peeps feeding north of the eastern cottages; > 12:20 - the big dense feeding flock took flight and gave me a nice = show of aerobatics for perhaps 30 seconds to a minute, then re-landed in = the same spots and resumed feeding (no falcons nor other disturbnce = seen); > 1:00 =97 back to car and ice cream at canteen! > =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97 > Numbers of peeps above to carefully add up: > 450+500+1000+1000+2000 =3D 4950 as a minimum number; > BUT my overall impression was of many more, particularly because of = the massive flock of 5000 or so that gave me an impressive but very = short aerobatics display 2.5 hours after high tide. > =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97 =20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 --Apple-Mail=_82313104-85D7-4355-9820-7006123DF8F2 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><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. 20, = 2014 </b>- <b>EVANGELINE BEACH: </b>Today=92s daytime<b> high tide = was 9:41 a.m.</b> with a very mediocre amplitude of 9 metres =97 I = arrived late for <b>my eastward shorebird-monitoring walk</b> from the = public steps at the shorebird viewing platform at <b>11:40, two hours = after high tide</b>, so the ebbing tide was already well receded from = the top of the beach. </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;">Visible = right away from the steps were 250 + 200 foraging peeps just to eht west = and east of me =97 beautiful day, sunny & warm with nice gentle = breeze, visibility good (except for very bright sunlight).</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;">Immediately I discovered<b> lots of =93sea mops=94 = of transparent egg-sacs (like fingers) of long-finned or Peale=92s = squids, </b><i>Loligo pealei</i><b>, or</b> whatever the current name is = (Google long-finned squid vs. short-finned squid, <i>Illex</i>, which is = the species in Newfoundland in the =93squid-jiggin=92 ground=92 song) = =97<b> I counted 85</b> of these =93sea mops=94, nearly all of = which were near the uppermost sand of the beach, probably deposited = within the past2-3 days?</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;">11:45 a.m. =97= some small flocks of peeps were flying in both directions along shore, = either westward or eastward;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: = 13px; font-family: Arial;">11:50 - 500 more feeding peeps along low = ebbing edge of water;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;">11:55 - 1000 more feeding, and 500 of them flew = eastward;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: = Arial;">12:00 noon - 1000 peeps feeding north of the east end of the = cottages =97 then they flew but I didn=92t see where;</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">12:15 p.m. - = 2000+ feeding northeast of Merks=92s house;</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;"><b>12:15 also - a few peeps = are still arousing/waking up and emerging after having roosted among the = big rocks at the top of the beach</b>;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">12:20 - feeding flocks appeared to = be gradually splitting up and flying toward the west (gradual movement, = flights short with quick re-landing);</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">12:25 - end of walk, at east end = of trees and beach =97 1000 densely packed peeps feeding? (distant) well = on the mudflats but well away from the ebbing edge of the water, in = lower intertidal zone; </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;">On my walk = back toward the canteen etc., there was an impressive assemblage of = <i>5000 peeps feeding</i> north of the eastern cottages;</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;"><b>12:20 - = the big dense feeding flock took flight and gave me a nice show of = aerobatics for perhaps 30 seconds to a minute, then re-landed in the = same spots and resumed feeding</b> (no falcons nor other disturbnce = seen);</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: = Arial;">1:00 =97 back to car and ice cream at canteen!</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: = Arial;">=97=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 above to = carefully add up:</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;">450+500+1000+1000+2000 =3D <b>4950 as a minimum = number</b>;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; = font-family: Arial;"><b>BUT my overall impression was of many more</b>, = particularly because of the massive flock of 5000 or so that gave me an = impressive but very short aerobatics display 2.5 hours 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=97 </div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;">Cheers from = Jim in = Wolfville.</div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body><= /html>= --Apple-Mail=_82313104-85D7-4355-9820-7006123DF8F2--
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