[NatureNS] Dowitchers, "Shorebird Cove" HRM

Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:19:19 -0300
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All:

It's not often that we can match the shorebird extravaganzas of Cape  
Sable Is., but at near low-tide this a.m. (10:15) there were about 445  
dowitchers with about 40 yellowlegs (both species)  at "Shorebird  
Cove" near 3-Fathom Hbr. Susann Myers reported a Ruff recently there,  
with directions.

The light was very poor as the birds were all facing me into the wind  
and away from the high overhead sun, so photos were not much good. But  
I felt that a good fraction were of subspecies hendersoni from w. of  
Ontario. And there may have been a few adult-plumaged Long-billed, but  
I wouldn't swear to it. A few on poor images seem very long-billed,  
but side-view shape features not available.

Recently there has been pretty good (25 knots) westerly flow from the  
prairies across s. Canada at 859 mb -  a good height for migrant  
shorebirds.

It's certainly the largest throng of dowitchers I've seen there, and  
worth more study in study in better light.

Cheers, KIan
Ian McLaren


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