[NatureNS] banded semipalmated sandpiper spotted, Evangeline Beach, etc.

From: "Andy Dean" <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Thanks Rick.
Andy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Whitman" <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] banded semipalmated sandpiper spotted, Evangeline 
Beach, etc.


> 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
>>
>>
>>
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