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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01D0C303.52950340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Pat McKay and I counted shorebirds along the Cole Harbour Saltmarsh = Trail on Saturday, July 18 from the Bissett Road parking lot to the = Ready-Aye-Ready bridge, approximately a 3-km distance. We left the = parking lot at about 2:30 and arrived at the first views of the = saltmarsh at 2:40. Low tide for Halifax was at 5 p.m. This site has a = delayed low tide, because of restricted drainage. I find that counting = on the falling tide works well, leaving the Bissett Road parking lot = roughly 2.5 hours before the low tide forecasted for Halifax. We counted the following: Black-bellied Plover 1, 1st year Semipalmated Plover 9 Greater Yellowlegs 24 Willet 51 Lesser Yellowlegs 8 Semipalmated Sandpiper 13 Least Sandpiper 2 Short-billed Dowitcher 679 This is a usual count for dowitchers at this site in mid-July. The peak = count is typically recorded in the coming week. Historic high counts, = by Ulli Hoeger, surveying by bicycle and therefore including areas = beyond the Ready-Aye-Ready bridge, were: July 22, 2007 3500 to 4000 July 25, 2009 2000 to 2500 The coming week would be a terrific time to get out and count shorebirds = at this site, with seasonal high counts expected for Willet and = Short-Billed Dowitcher. Later in the season, it is also a great site for = Hudsonian Godwits, Pectoral Sandpipers and other shorebirds, including = rarities. Cheers, Susann Myers ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01D0C303.52950340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: = 15px"=20 id=3DMailContainerBody leftMargin=3D0 topMargin=3D0 = CanvasTabStop=3D"true"=20 name=3D"Compose message area"> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Pat McKay and I counted shorebirds along the = Cole=20 Harbour Saltmarsh Trail on Saturday, July 18 from the Bissett Road = parking lot=20 to the Ready-Aye-Ready bridge, approximately a 3-km distance. We = left the=20 parking lot at about 2:30 and arrived at the first views of the = saltmarsh at=20 2:40. Low tide for Halifax was at 5 p.m. This site has = a=20 delayed low tide, because of restricted drainage. I find that = counting on=20 the falling tide works well, leaving the Bissett Road parking lot = roughly 2.5=20 hours before the low tide forecasted for Halifax.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>We counted the following:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Black-bellied=20 Plover &= nbsp;1,=20 1st year</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Semipalmated=20 Plover 9</FONT= ></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Greater=20 Yellowlegs &nb= sp; =20 24</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT=20 face=3DCalibri>Willet &nbs= p;  = ; = 51</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Lesser=20 Yellowlegs &nb= sp; 8</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Semipalmated=20 Sandpiper 13</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Least=20 Sandpiper &nbs= p; =20 2</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Short-billed=20 Dowitcher = 679</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>This is a usual count for dowitchers at = this site=20 in mid-July. The peak count is typically recorded in the coming=20 week. Historic high counts, by Ulli Hoeger, surveying by bicycle = and=20 therefore including areas beyond the Ready-Aye-Ready bridge, = were:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>July 22,=20 2007 3500 to = 4000</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>July 25,=20 2009 2000 to = 2500</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>The coming week would be a terrific time to = get out=20 and count shorebirds at this site, with seasonal high counts = expected=20 for Willet and Short-Billed Dowitcher. Later in the season, it is also a = great=20 site for Hudsonian Godwits, Pectoral Sandpipers and other shorebirds, = including=20 rarities.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Susann Myers</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01D0C303.52950340--
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