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--Boundary_(ID_qhvQOLopyApx/KZBAgMKCA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sorry I screwed up the subject line below. Cheers from bumbling Jim Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: September 20, 2010 5:00:01 PM ADT > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:57:05 -0300 > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Sept. 20, 2010 - Today's Minas Basin high tide was 11:30 a.m. I > walked the eastern part of Evangeline Beach from 1.5 to 2 hours > after high tide to check on shorebirds. I guessed a total of 1000 > to 1500 peeps today -- no identifications today, except that > semipalmated plovers were among them. And there were 2 small > peregrine falcons (males) flying together and drifting west (ages > unknown) -- one of these made some short, unsuccessful passes at > flying flocks of peeps, and the flushing of the eastern peeps was > doubtlessly related to the presence of the falcons. Initially on > my walk flocks of peeps were mostly moving from east to west, but > this was reversed at about 2 hrs. after high tide, thus making > total numbers hard to guess, as usual. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > > Jim (James W.) Wolford > 91 Wickwire Ave. > Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada > B4P 1W3 > > phone 902-542-9204 > e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > > "In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau > > "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford > to let alone" -- Henry David Thoreau > --Boundary_(ID_qhvQOLopyApx/KZBAgMKCA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Sorry I screwed up the subject line below. Cheers from bumbling = Jim<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">September 20, 2010 5:00:01 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">NatureNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Date: <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:57:05 = -0300</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> Sept. 20, 2010 = - <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; = font-size: 17px; ">Today's Minas Basin high tide was 11:30 a.m. I = walked the eastern part of Evangeline Beach from 1.5 to 2 hours after = high tide to check on shorebirds. I guessed a total of = </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; = font-size: 17px; "><b>1000 to 1500 peeps</b></span><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; = "> today -- no identifications today, except that </span><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; = "><b>semipalmated plovers </b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; ">were among them. = And there were </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; "><b>2 small peregrine = falcons</b></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: = Arial; font-size: 17px; "> (males) flying together and drifting west = (ages unknown) -- one of these made some short, unsuccessful passes at = flying flocks of peeps, and the flushing of the eastern peeps was = doubtlessly related to the presence of the falcons. Initially on = my walk flocks of peeps were mostly moving from east to west, but this = was reversed at about 2 hrs. after high tide, thus making total numbers = hard to guess, as usual.</span><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; "><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jim = (James W.) Wolford</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">91 = Wickwire Ave.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Wolfville, Nova Scotia, = Canada</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">B4P 1W3</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">phone = 902-542-9204</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">e-mail <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"In = wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David = Thoreau</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things = he can afford to let alone" -- Henry David = Thoreau</font></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; = "> </span></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_qhvQOLopyApx/KZBAgMKCA)--
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