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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-A69E63A1-736C-4DCF-90D1-FCB4E28FB131 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Saw 2 greater yellowlegs this morning at black point, Pictou co. coming from= checking a couple of beaches for the usual nesting shorebirds.=20 Ken=20 Ken McKenna Box 218 =20 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 > On Jun 28, 2015, at 10:17 AM, Susann Myers <myerss@eastlink.ca> wrote: >=20 > Pat McKay and I found yesterday, June 27th, that shorebird migration was a= lready underway at Shorebird Cove, Three Fathom Harbour. Newly arrived shor= ebirds were: > =20 > Lesser Yellowlegs - 10 > Ruddy Turnstone - 1 > Short-billed Dowitcher - 3 > =20 > Also present were the local breeders that we've been watching since April:= Willets, Spotted Sandpipers and most notably a family of Killdeer.=20 > =20 > I've watched, usually with Pat, the arrival of a single Killdeer in late A= pril, then display flights and a pair mating on May 31st. =46rom my car at t= he end of the driveway, we've been able to watch the Killdeer sitting and ex= changing at the nest, in June. The books give 24 to 28 days as the incubati= on time for Killdeer eggs, so I calculated the earliest possible hatching da= te as June 23rd. We were very sad to find the nest abandoned on June 20th, a= nd assumed that a predator had found it. Much to our delight, yesterday the= re were an adult Killdeer and 4 well-grown downy juveniles out on the mudfla= ts at the cove. The temperature was only 14 degrees, with a brisk wind, so w= hen we first saw them the adult was brooding the young. Well, brooding 3 of= them while the 4th tried unsuccessfully to push its way in to join them. W= e've missed the endearing stage of very young Killdeer chicks, but these juv= eniles are still very attractive young birds, already almost half the size o= f the adult. > =20 > It's great to see some breeding success, since we've seen no juvenile Will= ets so far. Altogether, it's already been a great season for watching shore= birds. > =20 > Cheers, > Susann Myers=20 > =20 > =20 --Apple-Mail-A69E63A1-736C-4DCF-90D1-FCB4E28FB131 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Saw 2 greater yellowlegs this morning at black point, Pictou co. coming from checking a couple of beaches for the usual nesting shorebirds. </div><div>Ken <br><br>Ken McKenna<div>Box 218 </div><div>Stellarton</div><div>NS B0K 1S0</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Jun 28, 2015, at 10:17 AM, Susann Myers <myerss@eastlink.ca> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> <meta content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <div><font face="Calibri">Pat McKay and I found yesterday, June 27th, that shorebird migration was already underway at Shorebird Cove, Three Fathom Harbour. Newly arrived shorebirds were:</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div> <div><font face="Calibri">Lesser Yellowlegs - 10</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri">Ruddy Turnstone - 1</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri">Short-billed Dowitcher - 3</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div> <div><font face="Calibri">Also present were the local breeders that we've been watching since April: Willets, Spotted Sandpipers and most notably a family of Killdeer. </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div> <div><font face="Calibri">I've watched, usually with Pat, the arrival of a single Killdeer in late April, then display flights and a pair mating on May 31st. From my car at the end of the driveway, we've been able to watch the Killdeer sitting and exchanging at the nest, in June. The books give 24 to 28 days as the incubation time for Killdeer eggs, so I calculated the earliest possible hatching date as June 23rd. We were very sad to find the nest abandoned on June 20th, and assumed that a predator had found it. Much to our delight, yesterday there were an adult Killdeer and 4 well-grown downy juveniles out on the mudflats at the cove. The temperature was only 14 degrees, with a brisk wind, so when we first saw them the adult was brooding the young. Well, brooding 3 of them while the 4th tried unsuccessfully to push its way in to join them. We've missed the endearing stage of very young Killdeer chicks, but these juveniles are still very attractive young birds, already almost half the size of the adult.</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div> <div><font face="Calibri">It's great to see some breeding success, since we've seen no juvenile Willets so far. Altogether, it's already been a great season for watching shorebirds.</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div> <div><font face="Calibri">Cheers,</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri">Susann Myers </font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div> <div><font face="Calibri"> </font></div> </div></blockquote></body></html> --Apple-Mail-A69E63A1-736C-4DCF-90D1-FCB4E28FB131--
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