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2.8000001907349px">Nelson&#39;s Sparrow=C2=A0 2 --Apple-Mail-1-490278611 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I was out at 4 F H today and drove on the road that is under repair = looking for birds to video. Very little luck. Can you please help me to = get to Shorebird Cove. Thanks, Paul. On 2015-07-04, at 9:13 AM, chris kennedy wrote: > Where is shorebird cove? >=20 > -ck >=20 > 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: >=20 > 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 >=20 > 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: > =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 April, then display flights and a pair mating on May 31st. =46rom = 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. > =20 > 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. > =20 > Cheers, > Susann Myers=20 > =20 > =20 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-1-490278611 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I was = out at 4 F H today and drove on the road that is under repair looking = for birds to video. Very little luck. Can you please help me to get to = Shorebird Cove.<div>Thanks, Paul.</div><div><br><div><div>On 2015-07-04, = at 9:13 AM, chris kennedy wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><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, 2015 = at 10:02 PM, Kate Steele <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a = href=3D"mailto:katefsteele@gmail.com" = target=3D"_blank">katefsteele@gmail.com</a>></span> = wrote:<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 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:<div><br></div><div><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">American Black Duck = 2</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Mallard 4</span><br = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Green-winged Teal = (American) 13</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span= style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Common Eider 1</span><br = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Ring-necked Pheasant = 1</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Double-crested Cormorant = 2</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Killdeer 5</span><br = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Greater Yellowlegs = 6</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Willet 3</span><br = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Lesser Yellowlegs = 15</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Ruddy Turnstone 1</span><br = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Least Sandpiper 1</span><br = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Short-billed Dowitcher = 175</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Blue Jay 2</span><br = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Hermit Thrush 1</span><br = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span =