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<div --001a11c1b5488afb34051a0b986b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Where is shorebird cove? -ck On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Kate Steele <katefsteele@gmail.com> wrote: > Chris and I made a quick trip to Shorebird Cove tonight and were pleased > to see a very nice variety of shorebird species for so early in the year. > We were lucky to see the adult and four young Killdeer and Ruddy Turnstone > reported by Susann last weekend as well as two very young Willets. The > complete eBird list follows: > > American Black Duck 2 > Mallard 4 > Green-winged Teal (American) 13 > Common Eider 1 > Ring-necked Pheasant 1 > Double-crested Cormorant 2 > Killdeer 5 > Greater Yellowlegs 6 > Willet 3 > Lesser Yellowlegs 15 > Ruddy Turnstone 1 > Least Sandpiper 1 > Short-billed Dowitcher 175 > Blue Jay 2 > Hermit Thrush 1 > Black-and-white Warbler 1 > Magnolia Warbler 2 > Black-throated Green Warbler 1 > Savannah Sparrow 1 > Nelson's Sparrow 2 > Song Sparrow 3 > White-throated Sparrow 1 > Common Grackle 1 > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Susann Myers <myerss@eastlink.ca> wrote: > >> Pat McKay and I found yesterday, June 27th, that shorebird migration >> was already underway at Shorebird Cove, Three Fathom Harbour. Newly >> arrived shorebirds were: >> >> Lesser Yellowlegs - 10 >> Ruddy Turnstone - 1 >> Short-billed Dowitcher - 3 >> >> Also present were the local breeders that we've been watching since >> April: Willets, Spotted Sandpipers and most notably a family of Killdeer. >> >> 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. >> >> 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. >> >> Cheers, >> Susann Myers >> >> >> > > --001a11c1b5488afb34051a0b986b Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Where is shorebird cove?<div><br></div><div>-ck</div></div= ><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 3, 2= 015 at 10:02 PM, Kate Steele <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:katefs= teele@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">katefsteele@gmail.com</a>></span> wro= te:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-= left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Chris and I made a q= uick trip to Shorebird Cove tonight and were pleased to see a very nice var= iety of shorebird species for so early in the year. We were lucky to see th= e adult and four young Killdeer and Ruddy Turnstone reported by Susann last= weekend as well as two very young Willets. The complete eBird list follows= :<div><br></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">American = Black Duck=C2=A0 2</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span s= tyle=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Mallard=C2=A0 4</span><br style=3D"fo= nt-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Gr= een-winged Teal (American)=C2=A0 13</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001= 907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Common Eider=C2=A0 1= </span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:= 12.8000001907349px">Ring-necked Pheasant=C2=A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-si= ze:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Double-= crested Cormorant=C2=A0 2</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">= <span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Killdeer=C2=A0 5</span><br sty= le=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.80000019073= 49px">Greater Yellowlegs=C2=A0 6</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907= 349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Willet=C2=A0 3</span><b= r style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.800000= 1907349px">Lesser Yellowlegs=C2=A0 15</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.80000= 01907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Ruddy Turnstone=C2= =A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-= size:12.8000001907349px">Least Sandpiper=C2=A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-si= ze:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Short-b= illed Dowitcher=C2=A0 175</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">= <span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Blue Jay=C2=A0 2</span><br sty= le=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.80000019073= 49px">Hermit Thrush=C2=A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px= "><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Black-and-white Warbler=C2= =A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-= size:12.8000001907349px">Magnolia Warbler=C2=A0 2</span><br style=3D"font-s= ize:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Black-= throated Green Warbler=C2=A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734= 9px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Savannah Sparrow=C2=A0 1<= /span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:1= 2.8000001907349px">Nelson's Sparrow=C2=A0 2