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--Apple-Mail-19-676947255 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed SEPT. 22, 2012 - At 3:30 p.m. in Wolfville Harbour, with the tide covering about half of the mudflats, the marbled godwit was easy to spot among about 15 greater yellowlegs on the mud in the middle of the harbour, and the godwit slowly worked its leisurely way toward the wharf for fairly close observations. That "beak that won't quit", plus its large body-size and long legs, makes it not difficult to pick out with binoculars, even at long range -- it's much bigger than the accompanying gtr. yellowlegs. Yesterday I also saw a spotted sandpiper in the harbour. This afternoon there were only 10 or less ducks, mainly mallards, sieving the watery yummy mud, and a single ring-billled gull (with muddy legs and beak). There were two folks from the Bridgewater there viewing and photographing the godwit etc., and also present at the wharf was Pat Pocklington, who is a researcher who specializes on marine polychaete worms and knows a lot about the yummy mud. The godwit was actively foraging, like the yellowlegs, while the incoming tide was covering the flats, and these big sandpipers were doubtlessly getting some worms along with whatever else they were probing. Today's evening high tide was at about 6:30 p.m., and tomorrow's two high tides will be at 7:18 a.m. and about 7:45 p.m. Thus the tomorrow's daytime low tide will be at about 1:30 p.m. or so? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-19-676947255 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>SEPT. 22, = 2012</b> - </font><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">At 3:30 p.m. in<b> = Wolfville Harbour</b>, with the tide covering about half of the = mudflats, the<b> marbled godwit</b> was easy to spot among about 15 = <b>greater yellowlegs</b> on the mud in the middle of the harbour, and = the godwit slowly worked its leisurely way toward the wharf for fairly = close observations. That "beak that won't quit", plus its large = body-size and long legs, makes it not difficult to pick out with = binoculars, even at long range -- it's much bigger than the accompanying = gtr. yellowlegs. Yesterday I also saw a <b>spotted sandpiper</b> = in the harbour. This afternoon there were only 10 or less ducks, = mainly<b> mallards, sieving the watery yummy mud</b>, and a single<b> = ring-billled gull</b> (with muddy legs and beak).</span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; = min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">There were two = folks from the Bridgewater there viewing and photographing the godwit = etc., and also present at the wharf was Pat Pocklington, who is a = researcher who specializes on marine polychaete worms and knows a lot = about the yummy mud. The godwit was actively foraging, like the = yellowlegs, while the incoming tide was covering the flats, and these = big sandpipers were doubtlessly getting some worms along with whatever = else they were probing.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = 13.0px Arial">Today's evening high tide was at about 6:30 p.m., and<b> = tomorrow's two high tides</b> will be at 7:18 a.m. and about 7:45 = p.m. Thus the tomorrow's daytime<b> low tide</b> will be at about = 1:30 p.m. or so?</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px = Arial"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</font></div> </body></html>= --Apple-Mail-19-676947255--
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