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--Apple-Mail-775-912143754 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: Evangeline Beach shorebirds & falcons, Sept. 7/13 > > All week I viewed the shorebirds roosting below the motel at > Evangeline Beach at high tide. Two people at the motel were very > nice and allowed me to gawk on their land. > > Today's high tide, Sept. 8, is at 15:35 with an amplitude of 13.1 > metres. > > SEPT. 7, 2013 - Whereas yesterday was very cool, overcast, and > rainy, today was nice and sunny. I returned to Evangeline Beach, > but timed my arrival to be one hour before high tide (latter was 3 > p.m.). Roughly the same-sized flock of about 2000 peeps was there > on the rocks and flying around from time to time, especially when > scared up by falcons, and roosting inactively when they could. > > I saw single peregrine falcons twice, and one did some chases of > peep flocks briefly, and a single merlin -- but I think I missed a > merlin surprising the roosting peeps and taking one before they > flushed (Peter and Greg Allen were the witnesses, and I was > standing just a few metres from them at the time)(can't look > everywhere!). > > I sat at the edge of the bluff on motel land for about an hour, > until high tide, and just watched the peeps standing on the rocks > and flying around and re-landing. I had only binoculars, but some > peeps were quite close to me at times, and picking out the other > species was quite easy. My guess for others would be about 40+ > semipalmated plovers, 50 + white-rumped sandpipers, 5 least > sandpipers, and the rest all semipalmated sandpipers. > > Today I was able to see the tiny weblet (semipalmation) between two > of the toes on several semi' sandpipers. > > AND I was very happy to spot a single banded semipalmated > sandpiper. What I noticed was the blue flag high on the left leg, > and I believe the middle letter on the flag was a P. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-775-912143754 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><div><br></div><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Evangeline Beach shorebirds & = falcons, Sept. 7/13</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>All week I viewed the = shorebirds roosting below the motel at Evangeline Beach at high tide. = Two people at the motel were very nice and allowed me to gawk on = their land.</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><br></b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Today's high tide, Sept. 8, is at 15:35 with an = amplitude of 13.1 metres.</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b><br></b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>SEPT. = 7, 2013</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6"> - Whereas yesterday = was very cool, overcast, and rainy, today was nice and sunny. I = returned to </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Evangeline Beach</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">, but timed my arrival to be one hour before high tide (latter = was 3 p.m.). Roughly the </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>same-sized flock of about 2000 peeps = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6">was there on the rocks = and flying around from time to time, especially when scared up by = falcons, and roosting inactively when they could.</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = color: rgb(0, 30, 230); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6">I saw single = </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>peregrine falcons </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">twice, and one did some chases of peep flocks briefly, and a = single </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>merlin</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6"> -- = but I think I missed a merlin surprising the roosting peeps and taking = one before they flushed (Peter and Greg Allen were the witnesses, and I = was standing just a few metres from them at the time)(can't look = everywhere!).</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 30, 230); min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">I sat at the edge of the bluff on motel land for about an hour, = until high tide, and just watched the peeps standing on the rocks and = flying around and re-landing. I had only binoculars, but some = peeps were quite close to me at times, and picking out the other species = was quite easy. My guess for others would be about </font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>40+ = semipalmated plovers, 50 + white-rumped sandpipers, 5 least sandpipers, = and the rest all semipalmated sandpipers</b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001ee6">.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 30, 230); min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">Today I was able to see the tiny </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>weblet = </b>(semipalmation) </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">between two of the toes on several semi' = sandpipers.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 30, 230); min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">AND I was very happy to spot a </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>single banded = semipalmated sandpiper</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001ee6">. What I noticed was the </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>blue flag high on the = left leg</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001ee6">, and I believe the = </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>middle letter on the flag was a P</b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001ee6">.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001ee6"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001ee6">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div> = </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-775-912143754--
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