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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_9E6C49AE-858A-42CF-B348-FAD2D8E5A82A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 There were no shorebirds at East Point at high tide on Wednesday, and = none at Avonport Beach at high tide last Saturday. It=92s a bit early = yet - numbers peak in mid-August, but looking at the Ebird reports for = the last 3 years, there should be at least a few hundred by now. Birders = along the South Shore, Halifax Co. etc. are already seeing large numbers = of Dowithchers, and some SESA, so I don=92t know what=92s going on. Richard Stern Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com > On Jul 24, 2015, at 12:50 PM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> = wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca = <mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>> >> Subject: [ValleyNature] no shorebirds on Evang. Beach, 2 big eaglets = still in nest >> Date: July 24, 2015 at 12:49:11 PM ADT >> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca = <mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>> >> Cc: Pam Mills <millspl@gov.ns.ca <mailto:millspl@gov.ns.ca>>, = Kimberley Huskins <HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca <mailto:HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca>>, Mark = Elderkin <elderkmf@gov.ns.ca <mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca>> >>=20 >> JULY 23, 2015 - EVANGELINE BEACH =97 high tide at about 7 p.m. = (amplitude only 9.4 metres) =97 With the tide coming in, I walked east = from the public stairs and observation platform, starting at 4:25 p.m., = taking about a half-hour to get to the Merks home near the east end of = the beach, and walking back for another half-hour, with lots of stopping = and scanning for shorebirds =97 sky was mostly overcast, lighting good, = nice cool wind from the west, and warm temperature but not hot =97 I saw = absolutely zero shorebirds =97 my only notable bird was a great blue = heron (parent?) flying very low from the direction of Boot Island, where = they nest, toward the west. >>=20 >> After my walk I drove to the Leungs=92 home and bald eagle nest on = West Long Island =97 in the nest I could see two large birds that were = lying down and facing away from me, undoubtedly fledglings =97 Jean = Leung told me several days ago that all three fledglings were now flying = about. >>=20 >> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >> _______________________________________________ >> Nature mailing list >> Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca <mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >> = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca >=20 --Apple-Mail=_9E6C49AE-858A-42CF-B348-FAD2D8E5A82A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">There were no shorebirds at East Point at high tide on = Wednesday, and none at Avonport Beach at high tide last Saturday. It=92s = a bit early yet - numbers peak in mid-August, but looking at the Ebird = reports for the last 3 years, there should be at least a few hundred by = now. Birders along the South Shore, Halifax Co. etc. are already seeing = large numbers of Dowithchers, and some SESA, so I don=92t know what=92s = going on.<br class=3D""><div apple-content-edited=3D"true" class=3D""> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; = widows: 2; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: = none;"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div = class=3D""><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Richard Stern</div><div class=3D"">Port = Williams,</div><div class=3D"">NS, Canada</div><div class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" = class=3D"">sternrichard@gmail.com</a></div></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div></div></span><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline" = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: = start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On Jul 24, 2015, at 12:50 PM, Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" = class=3D"">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta = http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252" = class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">Begin = forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite" = class=3D""><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;" class=3D""><b class=3D"">From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';" class=3D"">Jim = Wolford <<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" = class=3D"">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br class=3D""></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;" = class=3D""><b class=3D"">Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';" class=3D""><b class=3D"">[ValleyNature]= no shorebirds on Evang. Beach, 2 big eaglets still in nest</b><br = class=3D""></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;" class=3D""><b class=3D"">Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';" class=3D"">July 24, = 2015 at 12:49:11 PM ADT<br class=3D""></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;" = class=3D""><b class=3D"">To: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';" class=3D"">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca" = class=3D"">nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca</a>><br = class=3D""></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;" class=3D""><b class=3D"">Cc: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';" class=3D"">Pam Mills = <<a href=3D"mailto:millspl@gov.ns.ca" = class=3D"">millspl@gov.ns.ca</a>>, Kimberley Huskins <<a = href=3D"mailto:HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca" class=3D"">HUSKINKD@gov.ns.ca</a>>, = Mark Elderkin <<a href=3D"mailto:elderkmf@gov.ns.ca" = class=3D"">elderkmf@gov.ns.ca</a>><br class=3D""></span></div><br = class=3D""><div class=3D""><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" = content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252" class=3D""><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;" class=3D""><b class=3D"">JULY 23, 2015 - EVANGELINE BEACH </b>=97 = high tide at about 7 p.m. (amplitude only 9.4 metres) =97 With the tide = coming in, <b class=3D"">I walked east from the public stairs</b> and = observation platform, starting at 4:25 p.m., taking about a half-hour to = get to the Merks home near the east end of the beach, and walking back = for another half-hour, with lots of stopping and scanning for shorebirds = =97 sky was mostly overcast, lighting good, nice cool wind from the = west, and warm temperature but not hot =97 I saw<b class=3D""> = absolutely zero shorebirds </b>=97 my only notable bird was a great blue = heron (parent?) flying very low from the direction of Boot Island, where = they nest, toward the west.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;" = class=3D"">After my walk I drove to the Leungs=92 home and <b = class=3D"">bald eagle nest</b> on West Long Island</span><span = style=3D"font-size: 16px;" class=3D""> =97 </span>in the nest I could = see two large birds that were lying down and facing away from me, = undoubtedly fledglings =97 Jean Leung told me several days ago that all = three fledglings were now flying about.</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div></div>_______________________________________________<br = class=3D"">Nature mailing list<br class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca" = class=3D"">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca</a><br class=3D""><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca" = class=3D"">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonn= aturalists.ca</a><br class=3D""></div></blockquote></div><br = class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_9E6C49AE-858A-42CF-B348-FAD2D8E5A82A--
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