[NatureNS] Shorebird Migration and Killdeer, Three Fathom Harbour

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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
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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><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">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:katefs=
teele@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">katefsteele@gmail.com</a>&gt;</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=
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