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Index of Subjects --001a113ddd2eb1163e051a023c9f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Chris and I made a quick trip to Shorebird Cove tonight and were pleased to see a very nice variety of shorebird species for so early in the year. We were lucky to see the adult and four young Killdeer and Ruddy Turnstone reported by Susann last weekend as well as two very young Willets. The complete eBird list follows: American Black Duck 2 Mallard 4 Green-winged Teal (American) 13 Common Eider 1 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Killdeer 5 Greater Yellowlegs 6 Willet 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 15 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Least Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 175 Blue Jay 2 Hermit Thrush 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 2 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Savannah Sparrow 1 Nelson's Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 1 Common Grackle 1 On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Susann Myers <myerss@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Pat McKay and I found yesterday, June 27th, that shorebird migration was > already underway at Shorebird Cove, Three Fathom Harbour. Newly arrived > shorebirds were: > > Lesser Yellowlegs - 10 > Ruddy Turnstone - 1 > Short-billed Dowitcher - 3 > > Also present were the local breeders that we've been watching since > April: Willets, Spotted Sandpipers and most notably a family of Killdeer. > > I've watched, usually with Pat, the arrival of a single Killdeer in late > April, then display flights and a pair mating on May 31st. From my car at > the end of the driveway, we've been able to watch the Killdeer sitting and > exchanging at the nest, in June. The books give 24 to 28 days as the > incubation time for Killdeer eggs, so I calculated the earliest possible > hatching date as June 23rd. We were very sad to find the nest abandoned on > June 20th, and assumed that a predator had found it. Much to our delight, > yesterday there were an adult Killdeer and 4 well-grown downy juveniles out > on the mudflats at the cove. The temperature was only 14 degrees, with a > brisk wind, so when we first saw them the adult was brooding the young. > Well, brooding 3 of them while the 4th tried unsuccessfully to push its way > in to join them. We've missed the endearing stage of very young Killdeer > chicks, but these juveniles are still very attractive young birds, already > almost half the size of the adult. > > It's great to see some breeding success, since we've seen no juvenile > Willets so far. Altogether, it's already been a great season for watching > shorebirds. > > Cheers, > Susann Myers > > > --001a113ddd2eb1163e051a023c9f Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Chris and I made a quick trip to Shorebird Cove tonight an= d were pleased to see a very nice variety of shorebird species for so early= in the year. We were lucky to see the adult and four young Killdeer and Ru= ddy Turnstone reported by Susann last weekend as well as two very young Wil= lets. The complete eBird list follows:<div><br></div><div><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:12.8000001907349px">American Black Duck=C2=A0 2</span><br style=3D"= font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">= Mallard=C2=A0 4</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span styl= e=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Green-winged Teal (American)=C2=A0 13</s= pan><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.= 8000001907349px">Common Eider=C2=A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.80000= 01907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Ring-necked Pheasa= nt=C2=A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"= font-size:12.8000001907349px">Double-crested Cormorant=C2=A0 2</span><br st= yle=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907= 349px">Killdeer=C2=A0 5</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><s= pan style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Greater Yellowlegs=C2=A0 6</span= ><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.800= 0001907349px">Willet=C2=A0 3</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349p= x"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Lesser Yellowlegs=C2=A0 15<= /span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:1= 2.8000001907349px">Ruddy Turnstone=C2=A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.= 8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Least Sandpip= er=C2=A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"= font-size:12.8000001907349px">Short-billed Dowitcher=C2=A0 175</span><br st= yle=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907= 349px">Blue Jay=C2=A0 2</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><s= pan style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Hermit Thrush=C2=A0 1</span><br = style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.80000019= 07349px">Black-and-white Warbler=C2=A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.80= 00001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Magnolia Warble= r=C2=A0 2</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"f= ont-size:12.8000001907349px">Black-throated Green Warbler=C2=A0 1</span><br= style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001= 907349px">Savannah Sparrow=C2=A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.80000019= 07349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Nelson's Sparrow= =C2=A0 2</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:12.8000001907349px">Song Sparrow=C2=A0 3</span><br style=3D"font-si= ze:12.8000001907349px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">White-t= hroated Sparrow=C2=A0 1</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><s= pan style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Common Grackle=C2=A0 1</span><br= style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div= class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Susann Myers <span = dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:myerss@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">mye= rss@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" = style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:r= gb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u> <div