[NatureNS] Nelson's Sparrow, 4 Shorebird Species Still Here

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Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 17:50:37 -0300
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May 31 the first Nelson's Sparrow was singing on the salt water side
of the dyke right at East Point, N. Grand Pre. About 2 hrs before low
tide there was a mixed flock of 53 Black-bellied Plovers & 6 Ruddy
Turnstones feeding on the mud flats well out from the dyke about 1/3 N
from Horton Landing (to East Point).

Yesterday, May 30, right at morning high tide, the same mixed flock
(52 BBPL, 6 RUTU) was photographed on the rock line off the very rocky
boat launch just N of Horton Landing. The photos are only
eBird-documentation quality. All 52 BBPL & 4 RUTU can be seen. You can
look if you like. They aren't "nice". The 4 photos line up right to
left, cropped precisely to cover the whole flock. I'm sure a few more
were hidden, along with 2 RUTU.

30 minutes earlier yesterday, at East Point, there was a mixed flock
of 17 Semipalmated Sandpipers & 2 Semipalmated Plovers. They were
right down in the rocks immediately E of the big rocky N point. I saw
no sign of them today but they had a huge area at low tide.

http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/eBird-Documentation/22905718_whQ4zt#!i=1876125355&k=4KKD8n7

Rick Whitman

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