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The short answer is that fall-migrant Red-necked Phalaropes traditionally =
concentrated by the
hundreds of thousands in the Passamaquoddy Bay / Eastport Passage area of =
the northern
Bay of Fundy entrance, while Red Phalaropes tended to dominate off Brier I=
sland. Late in the
1980s the numbers of Red-necks fell catastrophically for unknown reasons a=
nd the
separation became less clear. That situation persisted into the past few y=
ears.
There is a discussion of this in The Birds of Brier Island, and at UNB Rob=
in Hunnewell has
been working on the distribution of the two species (Ph.D research probabl=
y now finished but
I haven't seen it yet). So more info may be available soon.
Eric
On 3 Aug 2013 at 13:29, Nancy P Dowd wrote:
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> Hi Eric and All,
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> When you mentioned different Phalarope spp being in different parts
> of the Bay you said:
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> Looks as though the traditional division between the N and S sides
> of the Bay has been restored.
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> Please explain.
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> Thanks, Nancy
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 2013-08-03, at 9:07 AM, Eric Mills <e.mills@dal.ca> wrote:
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> I went out with Mariner Cruises on July 1 and 2, finding some
> openings in the prevalent fog.
> Phalaropes were abundant along the tide-streaks and weed rows. I
> estimated that I saw about 2000
> on the 2nd, but only about 100 Red-necks. Hundreds of others
> were unidentifiable because of
> distance or poor visibility but most appeared to be Reds.
> Through last week I understand that Red-necks dominated off
> Grand Manan. Looks as though the
> traditional division between the N and S sides of the Bay has
> been restored, at least this early in the
> season.
> Other spec
>
Eric L. Mills
286 Kingsburg Road
RR#1, Rose Bay, Nova Scotia B0J 2X0, Canada
e.mills@dal.ca
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