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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_479EF62C-2241-431D-BD4A-51645014A750 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] spotted sandpiper hatch and sheltering = behavior > Date: June 28, 2015 at 11:43:14 AM PDT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Julie Paquet <Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.ca> >=20 > Yes, Nancy is hinting here that she knows about the fact that female = spotted sandpipers are aggressive territory-formers and are often = polyandrous, i.e., courting and mating with successive multiple males, = which in turn do the work of incubating the eggs and then raising the = hatchlings to independence. See the following Cornell web site for the = straight goods on this common and widespread species. =20 >=20 > Spotted Sandpiper, Life History, All About Birds - Cornell ... > www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Spotted_Sandpiper/lifehistory > Learn how to identify Spotted Sandpiper, its life history, cool facts, = sounds and calls, and watch videos. The dapper Spotted Sandpiper makes a = great =85 >=20 > Cheers from Jim, still in B.C. but not much longer. >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> >> Subject: [NatureNS] spotted sandpiper hatch and sheltering behavior >> Date: June 28, 2015 at 11:13:51 AM PDT >> To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>=20 >> I thought I saw something move down in the grasses below and located = a newly hatched Spotted Sandpiper teetering along through the dirt and = greenery. After a while another movement came into view and a second one = was in range. Then the father(?) which was peeping in the background = landed nearby, raised one wing, bent it and fanned it out over its back = and the two fledglings climbed up and sheltered underneath this = "umbrella"- a cool rain is falling. Soon two more fluffy little guys = joined them on the adult's back as well. Four fledglings is a good = hatch, two is the norm here. I had never seen an adult make a protective = space under its wing like that before. But it would certainly have made = for a much warmer, drier environment than underneath its body on a rainy = day like today. >>=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_479EF62C-2241-431D-BD4A-51645014A750 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] = spotted sandpiper hatch and sheltering behavior</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';">June 28, 2015 at 11:43:14 AM = PDT<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><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';">Julie Paquet <<a = href=3D"mailto:Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.ca">Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.ca</a>><br></s= pan></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;">Yes, = Nancy is hinting here that she knows about the fact that female spotted = sandpipers are aggressive territory-formers and are often polyandrous, = i.e., courting and mating with successive multiple males, which in turn = do the work of incubating the eggs and then raising the hatchlings to = independence. See the following Cornell web site for the straight = goods on this common and widespread species. = <div><br></div><div><ol eid=3D"RD6QVeGoCcevogSk5oagCw" id=3D"rso" = style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); = font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div class=3D"srg"><li class=3D"g" = style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 23px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: = none; line-height: 1.2; font-size: small;"><div class=3D"rc" = data-hveid=3D"38" style=3D"position: relative;"><h3 class=3D"r" = style=3D"font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: = 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a = href=3D"https://www.google.ca/url?sa=3Dt&rct=3Dj&q=3D&esrc=3Ds= &source=3Dweb&cd=3D2&sqi=3D2&ved=3D0CCcQFjAB&url=3Dhtt= p%3A%2F%2Fwww.allaboutbirds.org%2Fguide%2FSpotted_Sandpiper%2Flifehistory&= amp;ei=3DRD6QVeGoCcevogSk5oagCw&usg=3DAFQjCNEmb4wmrOA8HZvAjVB9qXNT5P9-= VQ&bvm=3Dbv.96783405,d.cGU" style=3D"color: rgb(102, 0, 153); = cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Spotted Sandpiper, Life = History, All About Birds - Cornell ...</a></h3><div class=3D"s" = style=3D"max-width: 42em; color: rgb(84, 84, 84); line-height: = 18px;"><div class=3D"f kv _SWb" style=3D"color: rgb(128, 128, 128); = height: 17px; line-height: 16px; white-space: nowrap;"><cite class=3D"_Rm"= style=3D"color: rgb(0, 102, 33); font-style: normal; font-size: = 14px;"><a = href=3D"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/">www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/<= /a><b>Spotted</b>_<b>Sandpiper</b>/lifehistory</cite><div = class=3D"action-menu ab_ctl" style=3D"display: inline; position: = relative; margin: 0px 3px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-user-select: = none;"><a class=3D"_Fmb ab_button" = href=3D"https://www.google.ca/?gws_rd=3Dssl#" id=3D"am-b1" = aria-label=3D"Result details" aria-expanded=3D"false" = aria-haspopup=3D"true" role=3D"button" = jsaction=3D"m.tdd;keydown:m.hbke;keypress:m.mskpe" = data-ved=3D"0CCgQ7B0wAQ" style=3D"border-top-left-radius: 0px; = border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; = border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; cursor: default; font-size: 11px; = font-weight: bold; height: 12px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; = min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; -webkit-transition: = none; transition: none; -webkit-user-select: none; background-color: = white; background-image: none; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); = box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 0px; filter: none; width: 13px; text-decoration: = none; display: inline-block;"><span class=3D"mn-dwn-arw" = style=3D"border-color: rgb(0, 102, 33) transparent; border-style: solid; = border-width: 4px 4px 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; margin-left: 3px; = top: 50%; margin-top: -4px; position: absolute; left: = 0px;"></span></a><div class=3D"action-menu-panel ab_dropdown" = role=3D"menu" tabindex=3D"-1" = jsaction=3D"keydown:m.hdke;mouseover:m.hdhne;mouseout:m.hdhue" = data-ved=3D"0CCkQqR8wAQ" style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); = border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); font-size: 13px; padding: 0px; = position: absolute; right: auto; top: 12px; z-index: 3; = -webkit-transition: opacity 0.218s; transition: opacity 0.218s; = -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, = 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px; left: 0px; visibility: hidden;"><ul = style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><li = class=3D"action-menu-item ab_dropdownitem" role=3D"menuitem" = style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; = -webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class=3D"fl" = href=3D"http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=3Dcache:5BSi1T8y3t4= J:www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Spotted_Sandpiper/lifehistory+&cd=3D2&am= p;hl=3Den&ct=3Dclnk&gl=3Dca" style=3D"text-decoration: none; = color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px = 18px; outline: 0px; font-size: = 14px;"></a></li></ul></div></div></div><span class=3D"st" = style=3D"line-height: 1.4; word-wrap: break-word;">Learn how to = identify <span style=3D"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(106, 106, = 106);">Spotted Sandpiper</span>, its life history, cool facts, sounds = and calls, and watch videos. The dapper <span style=3D"font-weight: = bold; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Spotted Sandpiper</span> makes a = great =85</span></div><div class=3D"s" style=3D"max-width: 42em; = color: rgb(84, 84, 84); line-height: 18px;"><br></div><div class=3D"s" = style=3D"max-width: 42em; color: rgb(84, 84, 84); line-height: = 18px;">Cheers from Jim, still in B.C. but not much = longer.</div></div></li></div></ol></div><div><div><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;"><b>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">nancy dowd <<a = href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>><br></spa= n></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>[NatureNS] spotted sandpiper hatch = and sheltering behavior</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';">June 28, 2015 at 11:13:51 AM = PDT<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>To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a= href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.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>Reply-To: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div>I thought I saw something move down in the grasses = below and located a newly hatched Spotted Sandpiper teetering along = through the dirt and greenery. After a while another movement came into = view and a second one was in range. Then the father(?) which was peeping = in the background landed nearby, raised one wing, bent it and fanned it = out over its back and the two fledglings climbed up and sheltered = underneath this "umbrella"- a cool rain is falling. Soon two more fluffy = little guys joined them on the adult's back as well. Four fledglings is = a good hatch, two is the norm here. I had never seen an adult make a = protective space under its wing like that before. But it would certainly = have made for a much warmer, drier environment than underneath its body = on a rainy day like = today.<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></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=_479EF62C-2241-431D-BD4A-51645014A750--
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