[NatureNS] <1000 shorebirds, Sept. 4/14, east Evangeline Beach

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Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 12:31:08 -0300
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> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] <1000 shorebirds, Sept. 4/14, east Evangeline =
Beach
> Date: September 5, 2014 at 12:28:57 PM ADT
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, John Owen =
<john.owen@ns.sympatico.ca>, Sue Abbott <sabbott@bsc-eoc.org>, Sherman =
Boates <boatesjs@gov.ns.ca>
> Cc: Roy Bishop <rlb@eastlink.ca>, "Donald Sam >" <SAMDX@gov.ns.ca>, =
Julie Paquet <Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.ca>
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> SEPT. 4, 2014 - EVANGELINE BEACH =97 daytime high tide was 08:48 a.m. =
with an amplitude of 10.2 metres =97 sunny with very bright light, warm, =
and nice breeze from west to east along shore =97 my =
shorebird-monitoring walk started late at 11 a.m., more than two hours =
after high tide, and as usual I walked east from the public steps at the =
main parking lot (canteen/motel) =97
> 11:10 a.m. - one immature bald eagle flushed from shore trees and flew =
eastward; at 11:20 a.m. two more bald eagles flushed and flew eastward =
(one adult, one immature); at the same time, at the eastern end of the =
cottages, 750 peeps were foraging near the ebbing water edge and =
occupying about 200 metres of shoreline; some of the peeps were =
gradually moving westward along the shore by flying short distances and =
re-landing to continue foraging; at 11:40 I reached the east end of the =
trees and beach, and no more peeps were seen; then I walked back to the =
car, arriving there at 12:10 p.m.; I saw only a single =93sea mop=94 of =
egg-sacs of a long-finned or Peale=92s squid (and this mop was very =
small and at least a few days old and drying up). =20
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> Thus today I saw less than a thousand small shorebirds in total.  =
However, I was so late in terms of the high tide that I probably missed =
some small flocks or more that were flying earlier and probably headed =
westward toward the mouth of the Cornwallis River with lots of exposed =
mudflats.
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> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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after-white-space;"><br><div style=3D""><br><div>Begin forwarded =
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style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;<br><=
/span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[ValleyNature] =
&lt;1000 shorebirds, Sept. 4/14, east Evangeline =
Beach</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">September 5, 2014 at =
12:28:57 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c=
a</a>&gt;, John Owen &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:john.owen@ns.sympatico.ca">john.owen@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&gt=
;, Sue Abbott &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:sabbott@bsc-eoc.org">sabbott@bsc-eoc.org</a>&gt;, Sherman =
Boates &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:boatesjs@gov.ns.ca">boatesjs@gov.ns.ca</a>&gt;<br></span></=
div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; =
color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Roy Bishop &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:rlb@eastlink.ca">rlb@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;, "Donald Sam =
&gt;" &lt;SAMDX@gov.ns.ca&gt;, =
Julie Paquet &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.ca">Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.ca</a>&gt;<br></s=
pan></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;"><b>SEPT. 4, =
2014 - EVANGELINE BEACH</b> =97 daytime high tide was 08:48 a.m. with an =
amplitude of 10.2 metres =97 sunny with very bright light, warm, and =
nice breeze from west to east along shore =97 my shorebird-monitoring =
walk started late at 11 a.m., more than two hours after high tide, and =
as usual I walked east from the public steps at the main parking lot =
(canteen/motel) =97</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; =
font-family: Arial;">11:10 a.m. - one immature <b>bald eagle</b> flushed =
from shore trees and flew eastward; at 11:20 a.m. two more <b>bald =
eagles</b> flushed and flew eastward (one adult, one immature); at the =
same time, at the eastern end of the cottages,<b> 750 peeps</b> were =
foraging near the ebbing water edge and occupying about 200 metres of =
shoreline; some of the peeps were gradually moving westward along the =
shore by flying short distances and re-landing to continue foraging; at =
11:40 I reached the east end of the trees and beach, and no more peeps =
were seen; then I walked back to the car, arriving there at 12:10 p.m.; =
I saw<b> only a single =93sea mop=94 of egg-sacs of a long-finned or =
Peale=92s squid</b> (and this mop was very small and at least a few days =
old and drying up). &nbsp;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
13px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial;"><b>Thus =
today I saw less than a thousand small shorebirds in total.&nbsp; =
However, </b>I was so late in terms of the high tide that I probably =
missed some small flocks or more that were flying earlier and probably =
headed westward toward the mouth of the Cornwallis River with lots of =
exposed mudflats.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; =
font-family: Arial;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
13px; font-family: Arial;">Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.</div><div><br></div></div>_____________________________________=
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