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--Boundary_(ID_5c5zSjdoB/sHR9Wb/lX7mg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Begin forwarded message: > From: Rick & Janet Whitman <rick.whitman@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: October 12, 2010 6:34:13 PM ADT > To: BNS Nature ListServe <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] Shorebirds & Raptors on the Dyke > > Bernard Forsythe & I were out shorebirding late this afternoon on > the high tide. We only visited the area at the Wolfville sewage > lagoons & all shorebirds seen today were at the water edge, out > from the dyke, or flying in that area. The best birds were one > American Golden Plover and 2 Hudsonian Godwits (there were probably > 3 but we only confirmed two). Both of these species were > associating with Black-bellied Plovers, both on shore & on the wing. > > There were several dozens of Black-bellied Plovers & modest numbers > of Semipalmated Plovers, Semipalmated Sandpipers, and Dunlins. > > A male Harrier & a Merlin both put the shorebirds to flight & the > good majority never came back after the Merlin passed by. We also > saw a Peregrine Falcon flying by a bit further out. > > There were at least a dozen American Pipits there. > > Rick Whitman > > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Boundary_(ID_5c5zSjdoB/sHR9Wb/lX7mg) 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; "> <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">Rick & Janet Whitman <<a = href=3D"mailto:rick.whitman@ns.sympatico.ca">rick.whitman@ns.sympatico.ca<= /a>></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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">October 12, 2010 6:34:13 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">BNS Nature ListServe <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>></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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] Shorebirds & = Raptors on the Dyke</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Bernard Forsythe & I were = out shorebirding late this afternoon on the high tide. We only visited = the area at the Wolfville sewage lagoons & all shorebirds seen today = were at the water edge, out from the dyke, or flying in that area. The = best birds were one American Golden Plover and 2 Hudsonian Godwits = (there were probably 3 but we only confirmed two). Both of these species = were associating with Black-bellied Plovers, both on shore & on the = wing.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">There were several dozens of Black-bellied Plovers = & modest numbers of Semipalmated Plovers, Semipalmated = Sandpipers,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>and = Dunlins.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">A male Harrier & a Merlin both put the = shorebirds to flight & the good majority never came back after the = Merlin passed by. We also saw a Peregrine Falcon flying by a bit further = out.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">There were at least a dozen American Pipits = there.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Rick Whitman</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_5c5zSjdoB/sHR9Wb/lX7mg)--
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