[ValleyNature] Valley shorebirds

[Judy Tufts]

Thurs Aug 6;
High Tide (2.00 p.m.)

Windsor Sewage Ponds , Hants Co. 2.20p.m. 

64+  Blk-bellied Plovers 
 1   Lsr Yellowlegs
 1   Gtr Yellowlegs
 1   Ruddy Turnstone


'Eastern tip'- The Guzzle, Long Is., Grand Pre, Kings Co. 

3 hrs after High Tide: ~9500 'peeps' in two flocks. One flock of ~7000 were
along the beach to the west about halfway from The Guzzle to the cottages.
The closer flock (2500) held mostly Semip. Sandpipers but about 5% of the
flock consisted of Semip. Plovers, and I noted 2 Sanderlings and 10+
Wh-rumps also in the mix.  No sign of any raptors.

Half an hour before high tide I had checked The Guzzle area hoping to find a
sizable  'roost' of shorebirds gathering amid the dozen or so bass anglers,
as they have in the past, but there were almost more anglers than
shorebirds! 

Cheers,
Judy Tufts

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