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Somewhat picky, to be sure, but Pete's vineyard is in Wallbrook, with the hamlet of Melanson between there and Gaspereau. South Mountaineer Rick Whitman On 7/28/14, Andy Dean <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Last year semipal plovers were often feeding between the rows of vines at > the Pete Lockett vineyards inland at Gaspereau. > > Andy Dean > 86 Baden Powell drive, > Kentville, N.S. > B4N 5P5 > > (902) 678-6243 > aadean@ns.sympatico.ca > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Wolford > To: naturens > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 5:18 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] banded semipalmated sandpiper spotted, Evangeline > Beach, etc. > > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > > Subject: [ValleyNature] banded semipalmated sandpiper spotted, > Evangeline Beach, etc. > > Date: July 27, 2014 at 3:42:55 PM ADT > > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > > > > > > From: Roy Bishop <rlb@eastlink.ca> > Date: July 27, 2014 at 12:47:40 PM ADT > > > Hi Jim et al., > > > Sunday morning, 11:25 a.m., July 27, 181 Plover Lane, Evangeline > Beach. > > > The tide is coming in, and sandpipers are numerous and active. Flocks > of 200 to 2000 (rough guesses) are coming and going in front of my cottage. > No peregrines in sight. > > > In binoculars (15x, stabilized) I spotted one semi-palmated amongst a > few hundred running over the sand that has a blue leg band. The band is > rectangular, about an inch long and maybe 1/4 inch wide, and it is pointing > forward. The bird was too far away to read what may have been on the band. > > > Roy > > > > > > > On 2014-07-23, at 6:05 PM, Rick & Janet Whitman wrote: > > > Thanks Jim ! > > > I think your numbers are solid. I had 120 Semipalmateds on Monday & > Phil Taylor had 400 SESA yesterday, both at The Guzzle around high tide. I > also had one Peregrine and it dispersed the birds, leading me to leave. > > > I am coming to think that the Peregrines are changing Peep behaviour > significantly. I know they are native and natural but it is approaching the > point where they are ruining the experience for me. On Monday, the Peregrine > had one peep separated from the flock & was gaining on it. Just when I > thought the peep was lost, the Peregrine broke off & just circled around. I > couldn't age the Peregrine but I felt it was just playing with the peep. > > > On the way home I spotted a small flock of Semipalmated Plovers > passing high tide in a plowed field in Melanson. This would be several km > from the coast. > > > Rick Whitman > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca > > >
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