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James Bay
Shorebird Project 2016
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The Wrack |
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The Wrack of kelp was a big attraction
to shorebirds. Hundred at a time fed on it. Allie sampled the
invertebrates to figure out what the shorebirds were eating. It's
teeming with larvae and other invertebrates. All photos below are on
The Wrack. |
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Shorebirds feeding on The Wrack
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Bonaparte's Gulls feeding at The Wrack |
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The Wrack benefited
from being refreshed by higher tides. |
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Adult White-rumped Sandpiper on 7 August
2016. This recently arrived individual from the Canadian Arctic will
soon commence its molt into winter plumage. We counted 3400 molting
adults on 7 August. James Bay is the most important fall staging
area for this sandpiper in North America. After fattening most
overfly southern Canada and the United States going to South
America. |
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Juvenile Semipalmated
Sandpiper arrived in big numbers on 7 and 8 August 2016. |
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Juvenile Hudsonian
Godwit on 7 August 2016. |
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Adult Buff-breasted
Sandpiper on 7 August 2016. |
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Molting adult
Black-bellied Plover on 11 August 2016. |
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Neatly scaled above,
this juvenile Semipalmated Plover fed on The Wrack. 7 August 2016. |
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Adult Ruddy Turnstones
on 7 August 2016. |
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Juvenile Red-necked
Phalarope on 7 August 2016. |
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Killdeer on 11 August |
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The Wrack on 6 August
looked a little dry but was still very attractive to shorebirds. |
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End
of page 3. Please go to page 4. |
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