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I played golf at Hartlen Pt. yesterday afternoon. There were perhaps a dozen whimbrel feeding on the fairway ahead of us. They would fly off as we approached and appear again on another fairway. I don't know how they managed not to be hit by golf balls. There were a large number of large plovers on the course when we first started at 13:00. They were too far away to ID but I assume they were Black-bellied and American Golden. Don Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <iamclar@dal.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 1:57 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Hartlen Pt,, HRM, this morning - shorebirds gone, not much landbird migration All: Hartlen Point was a different place this morning compared with Sunday.The shorebirds have emigrated. AM. GOLDEN-PLOVER and WHIMBREL are long-distance migrants, and they probably took off over water with clearing skies (when?). The only shorebird that I found on the golf course was a GREATER YELLOWLEGS (near a pond). Interestingly, about 140 SEMI-P PLOVERS (hop-and-stop migrants) and 40 SEMI-P SANDPIPERS were on the flats at Eastern Passage. Of some interest was a group of 9 BLUE-WINGED TEAL on the pond immediately east of the clubhouse. They probably came from further west with clearing weather. Unlike Hans Toom, I found Back Cove rather quiet. Managed to swish out about 4 RED-EVED VIREOS, 6-7 BLACKPOLL, a BLACK & WHITE, and a BL-THR. GREEN WARBLER, all probably migrants, and some quasi-residet YELLOWTHROATS. Only a few A. ROBIN. Hans has noted before that migratory arrivals on the two sides of the harbour sometimes seem to be out of phase, and it appeared so today. BTW, I forgot to note that on Sunday, after the fog lifted in a.m., hundreds of gulls, mostly Ring-billed, became airborne between HP and E. Passage, gobbling up an apparent wide swarming of (large, black) flying ants. Cheers, Ian Ian McLaren
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