next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
--Apple-Mail-444-863300418 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] Evangeline Beach Oct. 2/13 shorebirds etc. > > OCT. 2, 2013 - EVANGELINE BEACH - Today's daytime high tide was at > 11:35 a.m. with a low amplitude, and my walk today was too late for > shorebirds but very pleasant indeed. Sunny, breezy, and warm. At > the parking lot it was obvious that the tourist season is over, > because not only was the canteen closed (has been so for a few > weeks), but most of the shorebirds signage has been removed for the > winter (necessary but too early) and all the garbage receptacles > are gone (also too bad for obvious reasons). > > I began my walk east from the parking lot two hours after high tide > and returned an hour later. Sightings included only 2 bald eagles, > numerous gulls (herring, ring-billed, gr. black-backed), and one > flock of 40 peeps flying from east to west along the ebbing water > edge. I'm sure more shorebirds are still around, but I will need > better timing to find out. Perhaps Rick Whitman can let us know > about the Hortonville dyke and Guzzle areas recently? Also there > were a few each of cabbage whites and sulphur (clouded?) > butterflies flying about the tops of the banks. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-444-863300418 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>[ValleyNature] Evangeline Beach Oct. = 2/13 shorebirds etc.</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>OCT. 2, 2013 - EVANGELINE = BEACH </b>- Today's daytime <b>high tide was</b> at 11:35 a.m. with a = low amplitude, and my walk today was too late for shorebirds but very = pleasant indeed. Sunny, breezy, and warm. At the parking lot = it was obvious that the<b> tourist season</b> is over, because not only = was the canteen closed (has been so for a few weeks), but most of the = shorebirds signage has been removed for the winter (necessary but too = early) and all the garbage receptacles are gone (also too bad for = obvious reasons).</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; 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">I began my walk east from the parking lot two hours = after high tide and returned an hour later. Sightings included = only 2 bald eagles, numerous gulls (herring, ring-billed, gr. = black-backed), and one flock of <b>40 peeps </b>flying from east to west = along the ebbing water edge. I'm sure more shorebirds are still = around, but I will need better timing to find out. Perhaps Rick = Whitman can let us know about the Hortonville dyke and Guzzle areas = recently? Also there were a few each of <b>cabbage whites and = sulphur (clouded?) butterflies</b> flying about the tops of the = banks.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:= 12.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-444-863300418--
next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects