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--Apple-Mail=_B8659947-DBC6-4873-B586-F0E1D7D138BD Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 JULY 20, 2017 (Thurs.) =97 Shorebird monitoring walk on EVANGELINE = BEACH: - high tide was at 10:37 a.m.; - I arrived at 12:05 p.m., at the viewing platform & public stairs east = of canteen; - conditions brightly sunny, warm, moderate wind from east; - I walked eastward from the stairs, stopping frequently for scanning = with binoculars; - very quickly I found a large claw from a lady crab (Ovalipes); - then, attached to some flotsam seaweed, was a very small cluster of = Loligo squid eggs (no more were seen on this walk today);=20 - I was surprised to find a dying? male luna moth on the moist beach = sand (upper beach); - 2 adult bald eagles with a very large dark fledged youngster; - at 12:53 p.m. I flushed a single peep (unidentified small shorebird = (sandpiper, prob. least or semipalmated) from the large beach rocks = (near the Merks/Jackson home); - near the ebbing water line were 2 herring gulls (ad., imm.) and an ad. = great black-backed gull (on my return walk back to the west I saw about = 20 more herring gulls); - at 1:00 p.m., to the northeast from the Merks/Jackson house near the = east end of the beach, it was nice to see two restless flocks of peeps = (unident. small shorebirds, i.e., sandpipers and/or plovers) =97 there = were 200+ in one and another 200+ in the other flock =97 both flocks, = which joined up and separated and rejoined, were very restless, = frequently taking off and then relanding in dense assemblages, which = were probably still in post-roosting behaviour with not much foraging = yet =97 I didn=92t see any falcons today, but those peep flocks were a = long way off from me on the upper beach; - on my return walk back to the canteen & viewing platform, at 1:27 p.m. = I saw about 40 peeps flying west (from the east) along the water line; - I got back to the canteen at 1:45 p.m.; - other sightings were 1+1 flying double-crested cormorants; - surprisingly, no crows seen today at all. TOTAL PEEP SHOREBIRDS SEEN TODAY: 400+ + 40 + 1 =3D 400+. =97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97= --Apple-Mail=_B8659947-DBC6-4873-B586-F0E1D7D138BD 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;"><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>JULY 20, 2017</b> (Thurs.) =97 <b>Shorebird = monitoring walk on EVANGELINE BEACH</b>:</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- high tide was = at 10:37 a.m.;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- I arrived at 12:05 = p.m., at the viewing platform & public stairs east of = canteen;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- conditions brightly sunny, = warm, moderate wind from east;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- I = walked eastward from the stairs, stopping frequently for scanning with = binoculars;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- very quickly I found a = large <b>claw from a lady crab</b> (Ovalipes);</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">- then, attached to some flotsam seaweed, was a very small cluster = of <b>Loligo squid eggs</b> (no more were seen on this walk = today); </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- I was surprised to find = a <b>dying? male luna moth</b> on the moist beach sand (upper = beach);</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- 2 adult bald eagles with a = very large dark fledged youngster;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- at = 12:53 p.m. I flushed <b>a single peep</b> (unidentified small shorebird = (sandpiper, prob. least or semipalmated) from the large beach rocks = (near the Merks/Jackson home);</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- near = the ebbing water line were 2 herring gulls (ad., imm.) and an ad. great = black-backed gull (on my return walk back to the west I saw about 20 = more herring gulls);</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- at 1:00 p.m., to = the northeast from the Merks/Jackson house near the east end of the = beach, it was nice to see <b>two restless flocks of peeps</b> (unident. = small shorebirds, i.e., sandpipers and/or plovers) =97 there were 200+ = in one and another 200+ in the other flock =97 both flocks, which joined = up and separated and rejoined, were very restless, frequently taking off = and then relanding in dense assemblages, which were probably still in = post-roosting behaviour with not much foraging yet =97 I didn=92t see = any falcons today, but those peep flocks were a long way off from me on = the upper beach;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- on my return walk back to = the canteen & viewing platform, at 1:27 p.m. I saw about <b>40 peeps = flying west </b>(from the east) along the water line;</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">- I got back to the canteen at 1:45 = p.m.;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- other sightings were 1+1 flying = double-crested cormorants;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">- = surprisingly, no crows seen today at all.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">TOTAL PEEP = SHOREBIRDS SEEN TODAY: 400+ + 40 + 1 =3D 400+.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97=97</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_B8659947-DBC6-4873-B586-F0E1D7D138BD--
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