Hola,

You might or might not have heard about the new community, the Charadrius Society which is going to be an international organisation working for the protection of shorebirds on a global level. It might run under a new name but with the original objectives. Please take a look what we have done within this shore period of existence, and if you like it, join us. No membership fee yet! 

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Happy New Year!
I finally posted the 2019 aerial survey summary on our website: https://www.jamesbayshorebirdproject.com/aerial2019. Sincere thanks to Guy Morrison and Ken Ross for surveying and Mike Ellis for piloting! Further thanks to Yves Aubry, CWS Quebec for funding the Quebec portion of the work.
Counts were significantly lower than in the previous three years and suggest a poor breeding season for Semipalmated Sandpiper and potentially other shorebird species. Apologies for the delay in posting this summary.
Good birding,
Christian
Canadian Wildlife Service
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Good day!

The James Bay shorebird project came to a close on 11 September. We had two field camps operational: Longridge Point and Little Piskwamish Point. We've updated our website with the latest summary<https://www.jamesbayshorebirdproject.com/seasonsummaries> from our field crew for the period 28 August to 10 September 2019. Migrant shorebird numbers decreased over the period, while the proportion of juveniles increased. Waterfowl numbers continued to increase. 

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Good day!

The James Bay shorebird project has been underway since 12 July. This season, we have two field camps operational: Longridge Point and Little Piskwamish Point. We’ve updated our website with the latest summary from our field crew for the period 14-27 August 2019. Highlights include southbound pushes of adult shorebirds and influxes of juvenile shorebirds. A Prothonotary Warbler (2nd record for the region, furthest north record, if accepted) at Longridge is a standout passerine record, and finch numbers continue to impress. 

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Good day!

The James Bay shorebird project has been underway since 12 July. This season, we have two field camps operational: Longridge Point and Little Piskwamish Point. We've updated our website with the latest summary from our field crew for the period 30 July to 13 August 2019. Highlights include large influxes of migrant shorebirds, including first juveniles for many species. We also conducted an aerial survey of the coast 11-15 August from of the coast from Ekwan Point in the north east into Quebec's southern James Bay region. Aerial work has not been completed on the Quebec side since 

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Good day!

The James Bay shorebird project has been underway since 12 July. This season, we have two field camps operational: Longridge Point and Little Piskwamish Point. Early reports suggested that shorebird counts are lower than the previous two seasons during this period. However, numbers have picked up in the current period (30 July to 13 August). For example, 4,000 Red Knot were just recorded at Piskwamish on 6 August. 

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Dear shorebird enthusiasts,

We've posted the summary for this past season’s aerial survey of the James Bay coast from the Quebec border north to Ekwan Point.

Over 240,000 individual shorebirds were recorded during the survey, doubling the totals from 2016 (about 110,000) and 2017 (about 105,600). Reasons for the significantly higher number of birds in 2018 are currently unclear but are likely connected to the widely reported very poor breeding conditions in the Arctic in 2018. 

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Dear shorebird enthusiasts,

We've posted summaries for each of our three remote field camps for 28 August to 10 September. This is our final field camp report for the 2018 season. We will post the aerial survey summary in the coming weeks.

Highlights from this period include primarily juvenile Red Knot counts, influxes of Dunlin and much more. Check out the summaries for more details.
https://www.jamesbayshorebirdproject.com/seasonsummaries/ 

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Dear shorebird enthusiasts,

We've posted summaries for each of our three remote field camps for 13-27 August. Our final report will be posted later this month after our field personnel return late next week.

Highlights from the this period include a project record high count for White-rumped Sandpipers and an average of 1/3 of Red Knot counts are juvenile. Check out the summaries for more details.
https://www.jamesbayshorebirdproject.com/seasonsummaries/ 

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Dear shorebird enthusiasts,

We've posted summaries for each of our three remote field camps for 31 July to 12 August. As additional reports are received we will be posting to our website.

Highlights from the this period include influxes of adult White-rumped Sandpipers during the period and first juvenile Red Knot. Check out the summaries for more details.
https://www.jamesbayshorebirdproject.com/seasonsummaries/
Stay tuned!
Christian Friis
Canadian Wildlife Service
Toronto, Canada

Dear shorebird enthusiasts,

We've posted summaries for each of our three remote field camps for 13-30 July. As additional reports are received we will be posting to our website.

Highlights from the this period include Ruff, confirmed breeding Marbled Godwit, influxes of adults Semipalmated Sandpipers during the period, first juveniles of many of our migrants, and many Lesser Yellowlegs affixed with GPS transmitters. On the passerine side, Black-billed Cuckoo at all camps is a surprise. Check out the summaries for more details.
https://www.jamesbayshorebirdproject.com/seasonsummaries/
Stay tuned! 

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> On Aug 7, 2018, at 11:17, Ron Pittaway <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> This is Jean Iron's first report for the period July 31 to August 7, 2018
> from Longridge Point (51.798942N, 080.69204W) on the southwest coast of
> James Bay in Ontario about 910 km (565 mi) north of Toronto. Two other crews
> are at Little Piskwamish and Northbluff Point. Locations shown on map in
> link #1 below. The vast tidal mudflats and coastal marshes make James Bay
> one of the most important shorebird stopover sites in North America. Surveys
> under the direction 

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This is Jean Iron's first report for the period July 31 to August 7, 2018
from Longridge Point (51.798942N, 080.69204W) on the southwest coast of
James Bay in Ontario about 910 km (565 mi) north of Toronto. Two other crews
are at Little Piskwamish and Northbluff Point. Locations shown on map in
link #1 below. The vast tidal mudflats and coastal marshes make James Bay
one of the most important shorebird stopover sites in North America. Surveys
under the direction of Christian Friis of the Canadian Wildlife Service with
partners Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Bird Studies
Canada 

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Anyone possess any insight on LAGU banding? Pink engraved bands. 
Pat Leary 

Greetings!

The James Bay shorebird project has completed its eighth season. We just posted a summary from all three camps for the period 29 August to 13 September 2017 to https://www.facebook.com/jamesbayshorebirdproject/. It was another great season filled with many highlights, excellent work, and safe return home for our team. Thank you to everyone involved both behind the scenes and out in the field! 

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Dear Birders,

The James Bay shorebird project is in its final of four sessions, and crews have been in the field since 15 July when we opened two remote camps, Longridge Point and Little Piskwamish Point. Northbluff Point field camp opened on the 30th. Below is a link to the summary from all three camps from 14 to 29 August 2017. A final summary from each camp will be posted later this month. Crews close camps on 13 September and begin the journey home. 

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Cree Nation Government, Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board, the Cree Trappers Association, Nature Canada and Faune Nord completed five days of shorebird surveys in Boatswain Bay on the south east side of James Bay. Twenty one species of shorebirds were observed with White-rumped Sandpiper and Semipalmated Sandpiper being the most abundant species. The daily max for rufa Red Knot was 310. A more detailed report will follow. 

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Dear Birders,

The James Bay shorebird project is in it’s third of four sessions, and crews have been in the field since 15 July when we opened two remote camps, Longridge Point and Little Piskwamish Point. Northbluff Point field camp opened on the 30th. We posted a summary of observations from all three field camps for the period 31 July to 14 August 2017 to our Facebook page. Future summaries from each camp will be posted as they are available. 

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Hi All,
Apologies for the delay in posting.

The James Bay shorebird project is in full swing and crews have been in the field since 15 July when we opened two remote camps, Longridge Point and Little Piskwamish Point. Northbluff Point field camp opened on the 30th. We posted a summary of observations from Longridge Point and Little Piskwamish Point for the period 15-30 July 2017 to our Facebook page. Future summaries from each camp will be posted as they are available. 

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This is my second and summary report for the period 6 to 14 August 2017 from
Longridge Point (51.798942N, 080.69204W) on the southwest coast of James Bay
in Ontario about 910 km (565 mi) north of Toronto. This report pertains only
to Longridge. The vast tidal mudflats make James Bay one of the most
important shorebird stopover sites in North America. 

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This is Jean Iron's first report for the period July 29 to August 5, 2017
from Longridge Point (51.798942N, 080.69204W) on the southwest coast of
James Bay in Ontario about 910 km (565 mi) north of Toronto. Two other
survey crews are at Little Piskwamish and Northbluff Point. See locations on
map in link #1 below. The vast tidal mudflats make James Bay one of the most
important shorebird stopover sites in North America. Surveys are under the
direction of Christian Friis of the Canadian Wildlife Service (Environment
and Climate Change Canada) with partners Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources and 

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Dear Friends,

The 4th World Shorebirds Day is around the corner and in a month hundreds of birdwatchers are going out for counting shorebirds. The Global Shorebird Counting is a popular program of World Shorebirds Day that will take part between 1-7 September 2017. Registration is already open and available at this link: https://goo.gl/9Q9ZSN 

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Happy World Shorebirds Day!

6 September marks the celebration of shorebirds and those who cares about them all around the world. Since Friday (2 September) the Global Shorebird Counting Program has been running with full swing. Birdwatchers are in the field counting shorebirds and sharing their records with World Shorebirds Day. If you have been in the field anytime since Friday, consider joining the celebrating crowd and share your records with us through eBird. 

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Dear Shorebirders,

Let me share you a last encouragement email for the 2016 Global Shorebird Counting Program.
https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/sign-up-for-a-big-win/

Have a Happy World Shorebirds Day.

Best, Szimi
https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com

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Dear Friends, The 3rd World Shorebirds Day with it's popular Global Shorebird Counting (GSC) is upon us. In just a week birdwatchers around the world go to their preferred location and count shorebirds. I ask all of you to support and appreciate this special day by joining the GSC. Simply register your location and go counting. For more details please visit our page: https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/globalshorebirdcounting/ You can also win one of the small gifts we have through our partners. Please find more about it in this blog post: https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2016/08/18/raffle-prizes-for-global-shorebird-counting-participants/ I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon. Best, Szimi _______________ Gyorgy Szimuly 

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This is the third and final report. Please see link with 7 pages of photos and videos on my website.
http://jeaniron.ca/2016/JB16/p1.htm

I thank Christian Friis of the Canadian Wildlife Service for the opportunity to surrey shorebirds on James Bay. Ron Pittaway posted my first two reports and provided much valuable information on shorebirds.
Happy shorebirding,
Jean Iron
Toronto, Ontario

This is the third and final report. Please see link with 7 pages of photos and videos on my website.http://jeaniron.ca/2016/JB16/p1.htmI thank Christian Friis of the Canadian Wildlife Service for the opportunity to surrey shorebirds on James Bay. Ron Pittaway posted my first two reports and provided much valuable information on shorebirds.Happy shorebirding,Jean IronToronto, Ontario

"The James Bay Coast is one of the seven ecological wonders of the world. It is a migration highway for shorebirds." Guy Morrison, Senior Shorebird Research Scientist, Canadian Wildlife Service. This is Jean Iron's second report for the period 7 - 13 August 2016 from Longridge Point (Lat 51.798681N, Lon 80.691619W) on the southwest coast of James Bay in Ontario. Longridge is about 910 km (565 mi) north of Toronto. It is one of four shorebird camps this summer. See locations on map in link #1 below. Surveys are under the direction of Christian Friis of the Canadian Wildlife Service 

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while crossing the Greenland icecap! Staying some three weeks on Ellesmere just enough time to lay eggs and recover enough to return while leaving the male to care for the chicks! The Dutch Institute NIOZ had fitted a microtransmitter on her of 2 g. made in California.
Ellesmere and Knots from NW Greenland belong to the race islandica so named by Linnaeus. So do Knots breeding in East Greenland which reach the breeding area after preparing for the journey along the West coast of Britain.
Another staging area during spring is northern Norway. These birds have been well photographed by 

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This is Jean Iron's first report for the period 30 July to 6 August 2016 from Longridge Point (Lat 51.798681 N, Lon 80.691619 W) on the southwest coast of James Bay in Ontario. Longridge is about 910 km (565 mi) north of Toronto. It is one of four shorebird camps this summer. See locations on map in link #1 below. Surveys are under the direction of Christian Friis of the Canadian Wildlife Service with partners the Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Bird Studies Canada, Trent University, Nature Canada and Moose Cree First Nation. Shorebird population 

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Dear Friends,

The 3rd World Shorebirds Day is at the corner and many of us has already saved the dates of the popular Global Shorebird Counting Program. 2-6 September 2016 is an extended weekend for counting shorebirds on multiple locations. Please save the date for you as well. We cannot encourage enough people from here, but surely we can ask for your assistance to invite more people from your local community. 

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Hi Shorebirders!

I have recently launched a new site that collects and maps shorebird
photos, and would love it if you could share any photos you have, or,
share the site with people who would be interested:

https://www.shorebird.org/

We currently have user-submitted photos from 4 continents, and new photos
are being added daily.

In addition, we have a searchable database, which contains public domain
and creative commons images on over 200 shorebird species: 

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Dear Shorebirders,

The 2016 poll to vote for the 'Shorebird of the Year' is now open. Take your 10 seconds to vote and please share it with your network.

https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/poll-opens-for-the-2016-shorebird-of-the-year/

Best wishes, Szimi
—
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://thenewshorebirds.wordpress.com

Dear Friends,

It's my pleasure to unveil the front cover design and artwork of the first volume of the forthcoming shorebird handbook. Please read the related post about it:

https://thenewshorebirds.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/unveiling-the-cover-design-and-art-of-volume-1/

I also take the opportunity to wish all of you a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Best wishes, Szimi
—
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
https://thenewshorebirds.wordpress.com

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This is the third and summary report. Please see link with 6 pages of
shorebird photos and videos on my website.
http://www.jeaniron.ca/2015/JB15/p1.htm

I thank Christian Friis of the Canadian Wildlife Service for the opportunity
to surrey shorebirds on James Bay. Ron Pittaway posted my first two reports
and provided much valuable information on shorebirds.

Happy shorebirding, 

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This is Jean Iron's second report for the period 5 - 14 August 2015 from
North Point on the southwest coast of James Bay 25 km north of Moosonee,
Ontario, Canada. See location on map in link #1 below. The seven crew
members are Ross Wood (crew leader), Theo Cull, Jacqueline Goldstein,
Danielle Hosick, Jean Iron, Lizzie Moore and Walter Wehtje. Two other survey
crews are at Little Piskwamish and Longridge Point. All three survey sites
are globally significant Important Bird Areas. See North Point IBA in ink
#2. Surveys are under the direction of Christian Friis of the Canadian
 

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Hello Everyone,

World Shorebirds Day is pleased to announce the 2015 ‘Shorebird of the Year’, the Red Knot. Please find relevant media release on our website:
https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2015/08/09/red-knot-is-the-2015-shorebird-of-the-year/ <https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2015/08/09/red-knot-is-the-2015-shorebird-of-the-year/>

I’d also like to encourage you to register your counting location for the Global Shorebird Counting to be held on 4–6 September 2015. More information:
https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2015/08/09/red-knot-is-the-2015-shorebird-of-the-year/ <https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2015/08/09/red-knot-is-the-2015-shorebird-of-the-year/> 

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This is Jean Iron's first report for the period 31 July to 4 August 2015
from North Point (Lat 51.489737N, Lon -080.447598W) on the southwest coast
of James Bay in Ontario, Canada. I get her messages by DeLorme inReach
two-way satellite communicator with GPS. North Point is 25 km north of
Moosonee. See location on map in link #1 below. The vast tidal mudflats and
prairie-like coastal marshes make James Bay one of the most important
shorebird staging areas in North America. The seven crew members are Ross
Wood (crew leader), Theo Cull, Jacqueline Goldstein, Danielle Hosick, Jean
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Dear Shorebirders,

Comments on this post are much welcome.

https://thenewshorebirds.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/is-banded-stilt-actually-a-banded-avocet/

Best, Szimi
—
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://thenewshorebirds.wordpress.com
http://szimistylebirding.wordpress.com

HELP NEEDED for creating a global list of active shorebird project database | World Shorebirds Day — Please add yours with the help of a Google form. Find it in the relevant blog post.

http://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2015/01/04/global-list-of-active-shorebird-project-database/

Thanks, Szimi
—
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com
http://szimistylebirding.wordpress.com

Dear All,

For a new project of the World Shorebirds Day, I need Everyone's help. Please have a look at this short blog post and help in completing this list. You can add anyone, but you can also add yourself.

http://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2014/12/03/who-is-for-shorebirds/

Thanks for your kind help!

Best wishes, Szimi
—
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com
http://szimistylebirding.wordpress.com

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Hi!

This report summarizes the observations from three camps staffed from 15 July to 26 August 2014 on the southwestern coast of James Bay. Surveys are conducted under the direction of Christian Friis of the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and Mark Peck of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and their partners the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), Bird Studies Canada, Nature Canada and Moose Cree First Nation. Maximum daily counts and dates for each species are reported below for Longridge (51.798942 N, -80.69204 W), Little Piskwamish (51.683427 N, -80.565783 W) and North Point (51.7027 N, -80.567 W). Surveys were 

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Dear All,

My last update about the very first World Shorebirds Day was posted months ago. Let me share a few details with you. I’d like to encourage you to support this initiative by taking a part of it.

The 6th of September is selected for celebrating shorebirds and raising public awareness for the need of conservation, research and fundraising. 

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This is the third report for the two day period 11 -12 August 2014 from
Little Piskwamish Point on the southwestern coast of James Bay in Ontario,
Canada. Be sure to see photos and videos in link below. Surveys are
conducted under the direction of Christian Friis of the Canadian Wildlife
Service (CWS) and Mark Peck of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and their
partners: the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), Bird Studies
Canada, Nature Canada and Moose Cree First Nation. The Little Piskwamish
crew comprised Mark Peck (crew leader), James Kennerley, Brendan Kelly, Jean
Iron, Eleanor Zurbrigg, Doug 

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This is Jean Iron's second report for the period 4 - 10 August 2014 from
Little Piskwamish Point on the southwestern coast of James Bay in Ontario,
Canada. See map link #2 below. Surveys are conducted under the direction of
Christian Friis of the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and Mark Peck of the
Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and their partners the Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources (OMNR), Bird Studies Canada, Nature Canada and Moose Cree
First Nation. The Little Piskwamish crew comprises Mark Peck (crew leader),
James Kennerley from UK, Brendan Kelly from NL, Jean Iron, Eleanor Zurbrigg,
Doug McRae, 

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This is Jean Iron's first report for the period 30 July to 3 August 2014
from Little Piskwamish Point on the southwestern coast of James Bay in
Ontario, Canada. See map location in link #1 below. James Bay reaches deep
into central Canada to latitude 51 N and is one of the most important and
pristine staging areas for shorebirds in North America. Surveys are
conducted under the direction of Christian Friis of the Canadian Wildlife
Service (CWS) and Mark Peck of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and their
partners the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), Bird Studies
Canada 

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I will be out of the office banding ducks off and on the next couple weeks.. I will try to check email as possible but may not have access to internet. I will return emails as soon as possible. If you need immediate assistance, please call our Information Line at 1-800-858-1549. 

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Dear Friends,

Here is my proposal for setting a commemorative day for shorebirds, naming as ‘World Shorebirds Day’ starting 2014.
Please find the document under this iCloud link bellow. The document is editable!

https://www.icloud.com/iw/#pages/BAIwHEcCD4POVagQyF2BLGEf0q2iZjRjRtuE/World_Shorebirds_Day_Proposal.pages

I am sure this event could be beneficial for many organisations in mid and long term. Feel free to share this to the relevant people! Those who are interested in developing the World Shorebirds Day are kindly invited to join the dedicated mailing list for further discussion: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/worldshorebirdsday 

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On the basis of biometrics Engelmoer & Roselaar (1998) recognize three subspecies of Purple Sandpiper i.e. nominate Calidris m.maritima, C.m.littoralis and C.m.belcheri. C.m.littoralis from Iceland being the largest and C.m.belcheri from the eastern shores of the Hudson Bay + James Bay being the smallest of the three. There is no mention of plumage diffrences between the subspecies.All birds from NE Canada to W.Siberia have been lumped into the nominate race incl.those of Svalbard which colour-ringing has proven to winter along the Dutch shore, an example of which can be seen here: 

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Dear All,

Let me share the latest articles published in the WorldWaders News Blog (http://worldwaders.wordpress.com) highlighting an exciting digital publication project about shorebirds.

http://worldwaders.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/shorebirds-emagazine-is-coming/

Let me hear your thoughts. :)

Best, Szimi
_
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com
http://szimistylebirding.wordpress.com
http://500px.com/SzimiStyle

Hi All,

Posting on behalf of Mike Burrell:

This is the project's fifth report, for the period 31 July - 12 August 2013 from East Point on Hannah Bay, Ontario, on the south coast of James Bay. This camp is located in the heart of the East Point Important Bird Area (http://ibacanada.ca/site.jsp?siteID=ON147&lang=EN). 

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Hi All,

Posting on behalf of Ross Wood:

This is the project's sixth report, for the period 13 August - 27 August 2013 from East Point on Hannah Bay, Ontario, on the south coast of James Bay.

This camp is located in the heart of the East Point Important Bird Area (http://ibacanada.ca/site.jsp?siteID=ON147&lang=EN).

The Hannah Bay crew consists of Ross Wood (volunteer), Kevin Seymour (Royal Ontario Museum), Greg Stewart (volunteer), Shannon Page (MNR), Mark Isaac (volunteer, Moose Cree First Nations) and Thomas Cheena (volunteer, Moose Cree First Nations). 

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This is the project's fourth report, for the period 31 July - 10 August 2013 from Little Piskwamish Point on the south coast of James Bay. The Little Piskwamish Point crew consists of Mark Peck (Royal Ontario Museum), Don Sutherland (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources), Ron Ridout (Bird Studies Canada), Burke Korol (Canadian Wildlife Service), Mark Field (volunteer) and Jeffrey Costa (volunteer). A three day trip was also made to Longridge Point (60 km north of Moosonee). One other crew is at Hannah Bay. See map link below. Study sites are part of the Western James Bay Shorebird Survey. Camps 

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I will be out of the office until Aug 26th. I may be able to check email so I will respond as possible. If you need immediate help with banding, contact Erin Harper. Otherwise, if you need immediate assistance please call our info center at 1-800-858-1549.

John Brunjes

Migratory Bird Program

There are some promising news from the Caribbean. Hopefully the implementation will be as good as this achievement itself.
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/she-did-not-die-in-vain/

Thank you for all those who are supporting the WorldWaders News Blog by visiting and re-visiting. :)

Best, Szimi
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Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com
http://szimistylebirding.wordpress.com
http://500px.com/SzimiStyle

Dear All,

Please find the latest news about shorebirds (http://worldwaders.wordpress.com/). Some more interesting items as well as an innovative initiative to be published soon. Should you have any relevant material to share with us please don't hesitate to send me.

Best for the rest of the summer.

Szimi
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Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com
http://szimistylebirding.wordpress.com
http://500px.com/SzimiStyle

I'll be out of the office Wednesday, 31 July, through Friday, 2 August, with limited email access. I'll reply to your message as soon as I can. Thanks for your patience. - James

This is the third report for the period 26 - 30 July 2013 from East Point on
Hannah Bay, Ontario, on the south coast of James Bay. The Hannah Bay crew
comprised Christian Friis, Shorebird Biologist with the Canadian Wildlife
Service (CWS) and volunteers Jean Iron and Antonio Coral. This report also
includes highlights from Longridge Point (fide Stuart Mackenzie) marked
below with *stars. The Western James Bay Shorebird Survey is a joint effort
of the Canadian Wildlife Service, Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources (OMNR) and Bird Studies Canada in cooperation with the
Moose Cree First Nation. 

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This is Jean Iron's second report by satellite phone for the period 21 - 25
July 2013 from East Point on Hannah Bay, Ontario, on the south coast of
James Bay. Hannah Bay is a new site to survey the shorebirds using
southwestern James Bay. The Hannah Bay crew comprises Christian Friis,
shorebird biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and volunteers
Jean Iron and Antonio Coral. Two other crews are at Longridge Point and
Little Piskwamish Point. A separate summary for Longridge marked with a
*star is included below. See map link below for survey locations. 

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I will be out of the office until July 29th at the Mississippi Flyway Tech section and Council meeting. I will be able to check email so I will respond as possible. If you need immediate help with banding, Contact Erin Harper. Otherwise, if you need immediate assistance please call our info center at 1-800-858-1549. 

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This is Jean Iron's first report by satellite phone for the period 15 - 20
July 2013 from East Point on Hannah Bay, Ontario, on the south coast of
James Bay. Hannah Bay is a new site to survey the shorebirds using
southwestern James Bay. The Hannah Bay crew comprises Christian Friis,
shorebird biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and volunteers
Jean Iron and Antonio Coral. Two other crews are at Longridge Point and
Little Piskwamish Point. See map link below. Study sites are part of the
Western James Bay Shorebird Survey. These studies may lead to legal
protection 

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I am currently on leave from 22 June to 14 July 2013.

I am out of the office and unable to respond to email until July 8. Sorry for any inconvenience. Thank you.

I will be out of the office until July 3rd. If you need immediate assistance please call our info center at 1-800-858-1549.

John Brunjes

Migratory Bird Program

Hi There,

Please find our latest news about one of the most touching shorebird public awareness project ever.
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/spoon-billed-sandpiper-animation-project/

I hope you like it. If you have time, please leave a comment in our blog.

Best, Szimi
_
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com
http://szimistylebirding.wordpress.com
http://500px.com/SzimiStyle

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Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com
http://szimistylebirding.wordpress.com
http://500px.com/SzimiStyle

I will be out of the office from June 10 until June 17. If you need immediate assistance please call our info center at 1-800-858-1549.

John Brunjes

Migratory Bird Program

Please see article about ongoing studies on the coast of Hudson Bay in
Ontario just published in the June 2013 issue of OFO News.
http://www.jeaniron.ca/2013/ShorebirdsJune2013.pdf

Jean Iron
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Hi All,

Quite a bad news from Australia!
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/the-future-of-beach-nesting-birds-is-under-a-cloud/

Best wishes, Szimi
_
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com
http://szimistylebirding.wordpress.com
http://500px.com/SzimiStyle

Dear Members,

Thanks to the contributors of WorldWaders News Blog I have gotten nice and positive feedback on the blog. I would not have been able to run this blog on my own but thanks to the tremendous support we could post news about shorebird conservation, research and other topics. All this is set to raise awareness of the vulnerability of shorebird populations of the world. 

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Dear List Members,

Please find the latest article on migrating Whimbrels.
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/whimbrels-completed-3rd-leg-of-unknown-loop-migration-route/

Should you have any news worth to share with the shorebird community please pass it to me or became the contributor of WorldWaders News Blog. I'd be happy to expand the users.

Best, Szimi
_
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com
http://szimistylebirding.wordpress.com
http://500px.com/SzimiStyle

Dear All,

I would like to share the WorldWaders blog post from today. Images of those birds are shocking!!!
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/bitter-taste-celebration/

I am looking forward to hear your reply in blog (as a comment) if possible.

Thank you, Szimi
_
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com
http://szimistylebirding.wordpress.com
http://500px.com/SzimiStyle

Dear Shorebird Enthusiasts,

Please learn more about the recent shocking news from Victoria, Australia.
WorldWaders News Blog reports: http://worldwaders.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/red-necked-avocets-illegally-shot-in-victoria/

In blog tell us what you think and what changes you would like to see implemented.

Best, Szimi
_
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com
http://szimistylebirding.wordpress.com
http://500px.com/SzimiStyle

Hi,

Today news from Kuwait made me very unhappy. Find a few words about the shooting
of Sociable Lapwings and other waders in the WorldWaders News Blog:
http://worldwaders.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/sociable-lapwings-shot-in-the-middle\
-east/

Please show your support by following or liking the blog. Simple clicks.

Best, Szimi
_
Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, UK
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Ignore the original message.   Steve Holzman North High Shoals, GA Oconee County, USA ________________________________ From: Jenifer Hilburn <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:40 AM Subject: [SHOREBIRDS] Sad Trip..................Dorothy Crowley I really hope you get this fast. I could not inform anyone about our trip, because it was impromptu. we had to be in Philippines for Tour.. The program was successful, but our journey has turned sour. we misplaced our wallet and cell phone on our way back to the hotel we lodge in after we went for sight seeing. The wallet contained all the valuables we 

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I
really hope you get this fast. I could not inform anyone about our
trip, because it was impromptu. we had to be in Philippines for Tour..
The program was successful, but our journey has turned sour. we
misplaced our wallet and cell phone on our way back to the hotel we
lodge in after we went for sight seeing. The wallet contained all the
valuables we had. Now, our passport is in custody of the hotel
management pending when we make payment. 

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Dear Friends,

I am happy to announce that the new blog and website of ’The New Shorebirds Handbook Project' is up and running. Comments are much appreciated.

http://thenewshorebirds.wordpress.com/

Best, Szimi
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom

We are posting this on behalf of Glenn Coady about the passing of Fred
Bodsworth, author of Last of the Curlews.

Jean Iron and Ron Pittaway

The following death notice appeared in Monday's Toronto Star:

BODSWORTH, Fred,
Celebrated Canadian Author, "Mr. Curlew" died September 15, 2012, one month
short of his 94th birthday. He was predeceased by his loving wife Margaret
Banner. Dear father of Barbara Welch (Ed), Nancy Hannah (Rick), and Neville
Bodsworth (Lois Mombourquette). Cherished grandfather of Wendy, Erin, Lisa,
Lori, Tyler, Tara, Margaret, Aidan and Cameron. Doting great grandfather of
Cristian and Holden. Fred was a self-taught 

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This is my fourth and summary report with photos and videos for Longridge
Point on the southwestern coast of James Bay in Ontario. Surveys are a
cooperative project of the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), Royal Ontario
Museum (ROM) and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR). Commonest
shorebird since the last report on 24 August was the White-rumped Sandpiper
with 6402 adults on 27 August and the first juvenile White-rumped was on
28th. A total of 26 species of shorebirds was recorded in August. New birds
since the last report #3 are Red-throated Loon; Turkey Vulture, 1 on 28 Aug
found 

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This report summarizes the sightings from a crew stationed in the Chickney Point area on the western coast of James Bay from 31 July to 16 August as a part of the Western James Bay Shorebird Survey. The Chickney Point camp is the most northerly of the project's three field camps in 2012 and is located just north of Chickney Channel (Albany River) roughly 45 km directly south of Akimiski Island, and about 150 km north-northwest of Moosonee. Extensive mudflats in the region, fuelled with nutrients from the Albany River, its tributaries and the innumerable smaller creeks, provide excellent conditions 

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This report summarizes the sightings from a crew stationed in the Chickney Point area on the western coast of James Bay from July 15 to 31 as a part of the Western James Bay Shorebird Survey. The Chickney Point camp is the most northerly of the project's three field camps in 2012 and is located just north of Chickney Channel (Albany River) roughly 45 km directly south of Akimiski Island, and about 150 km north-northwest of Moosonee. Extensive mudflats in the region, fuelled with nutrients from the Albany River, its tributaries and the innumerable smaller creeks, provide excellent conditions for 

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Subsequent to conducting an island-wide survey of Cumberland Island, GA
today, we stopped at the traditional south end roost site to scan the
birds resting there. Amongst the mass of mixed shorebirds was a leucistic
SEPL. About the same time last summer, we recorded a, less pale, leucistic
SEPL at another regional shorebird site. 

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I'll be on vacation from Friday, 24 August, through Friday, August 31, with no email access. I'll reply to your message following my return. Thanks for your patience. - James

Jean Iron's third report for the period 17 - 23 August 2012 from Longridge
Point on the southwestern coast of James Bay in Ontario. See map link below.
Surveys are a cooperative effort of the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS),
Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR).
The new crew comprises Mark Peck (lead), Barb Charlton, Nancy Coston (Moose
Cree First Nation), Mark Dodds (OMNR), Donnell Gasbarrini, Jean Iron,
Shannon Page, Minnie Sutherland (Moose Cree First Nation), Ross Trapper
(Moose Cree First Nation) and Ross Wood. Mark, Mark, Donnell and Shannon
spent their first 5 days at 

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Dear List Owner,

The American Birding Association (ABA) would like to subscribe to the
SHOREBIRDS listserv as a service to birders, but cannot contact you.

How would ABA subscribe to the SHOREBIRDS list?

Thank you,

Ron Pittaway
Minden ON
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I will be out of the office from August 15 to August 24. I will be back in the office on Monday August 27. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Rob Line at (302) 739-9220.

This is Jean Iron's second report for the period 6 to 15 August 2012 by
satellite phone from Longridge Point on the southwestern coast of James Bay
in Ontario. See location in map link below. The crew comprised Jean Iron
(lead), Barb Charlton, Deborah Cramer, Andrew Keaveney, Ian Sturdee and Josh
Vandermeulen. The surveys are a joint venture of the Royal Ontario Museum
(ROM), Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources (OMNR). 

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This is Jean Iron's first report by satellite phone for the period 30 July
to 5 August 2012 for Longridge Point and Little Piskwamish Point on the
southwestern coast of James Bay in Ontario. Also included are selected
observations from Chickney Channel. See map link below. Surveys are under
the direction of Christian Friis of the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and
Mark Peck of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). These surveys are important
because many shorebird species are declining and some such as the rufa
subspecies of the Red Knot are endangered and the East Atlantic population
of the Whimbrel 

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This is the fourth and summary report for Burntpoint Creek Research Station
on Hudson Bay operated by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR).
The camp closed on 18 July. The first Polar Bear arrived on the 16th as the
sea ice was rapidly disappearing from Hudson Bay. New birds since the last
report were 3 adult Caspian Terns on 16 July (first record) and a juvenile
Northern Shrike on 15th. Commonest shorebird was the Sanderling with 407
adults migrating east along the coast on 16 July. Total species for the
period 22 June - 18 July 2012 was 70 

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This is Jean Iron's third report by satellite phone for the period 7 - 13
July 2012 from Burntpoint Creek Research Station on Hudson Bay. Burntpoint
is operated by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR). The crew
comprises Julie Belliveau (OMNR), Matt Birarda (OMNR), Jean Iron (OFO
volunteer) and Jim Sauer (volunteer).

CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH: Ken Abraham reports that "We started a new program
of research on Ontario Tundra Ecosystems in 2012. The lack of information on
this system and its vulnerability to an accelerated rate of climate change
relative to other Ontario ecosystems have been highlighted in the 

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This is Jean Iron's second report by satellite phone for the period 30 June
to 6 July 2012 from Burntpoint Creek Research Station on the Ontario coast
of Hudson Bay. Burntpoint is operated by the Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources (OMNR). See map link below. The Burntpoint crew comprises Julie
Belliveau (OMNR and Trent University), Matt Birarda (OMNR), Jean Iron (OFO
volunteer) and Jim Sauer (volunteer). The recent daily weather has been
variable ranging from 5 to 25 Celsius affected by wind direction and the
camp's close proximity to Hudson Bay. The coast is 3.5 km from camp and
regular 

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I will be out of the office until Monday July 16. If you need immediate assistance, please call 302-739-9912.
Thanks,
Kevin

I will be out of the office until Monday, July 9th. I will be checking my email periodically and will respond as soon as possible. If there is an urgent issue please contact Terri Symens ([log in to unmask]).

This is Jean Iron's first report by satellite phone for the period 22 - 29
June 2012 from Burntpoint Creek Research Station on the Ontario coast of
Hudson Bay in Polar Bear Provincial Park. Burntpoint is operated by the
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) under the direction of Ken
Abraham, Waterfowl and Wetlands Scientist. The camp is about 1334 km (834
mi) north of Toronto, Ontario and about 74 km (46 mi) east of Peawanuck and
131 km (81 mi) west of Cape Henrietta Maria. The base camp is about 3 km
from the coast. See map link below. 

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Bandedbirds.org and other contacts seek insight re: research projects that
are color-banding SATE. Please convey what you might know in this regard
directly to BB.org or via this listserve.

Thanks,

Patrick Leary, Fernandina Beach, FL

I will be out of the office 1 June to 12 July and unable to check email until then. If you need to contact someone at CCB please email Bryan Watts at [log in to unmask]

Thanks,

Fletcher

Fletcher Smith
Research Biologist
The Center for Conservation Biology
The College of William and Mary & Virginia Commonwealth University
Williamsburg, VA

I also saw a Semipalmated Sandpiper with a yellow flag on its upper right
leg in Ohio (metal band on upper left leg). This SESA was spotted on May
30, 2012 just south of Port Clinton, Ohio, USA, in a privately owned
managed marsh unit on Muddy Creek Bay (small part of Sandusky Bay). I was
unable to read the code before the bird (and the rest of the flock) flew
off; the flock was moving quickly between some sparse vegetation which
obscured my view through the scope. 

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I found a Semipalmated Sandpiper with a yellow flag on its right leg
(bird's frame of reference) today, in a flooded field in Newtown,
Hamilton County, Ohio, USA. Unfortunately I could not get close
enough to read any codes. The field is private property that is
scoped from across a street that borders the property. Crossing the
street onto the property itself would most likely result in flushing
the birds.
Cheers,
Bill Hull
Cincinnati, OH, USA
http://www.mangoverde.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mangoverde/
http://www.youtube.com/user/mangoverde2

I'll be out of the office Tuesday, 28 May, with limited email access. I'll reply to your message as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience. - James

I will be out of the office and unable to respond to email until July 10. I am sorry for the inconvenience but will be working on Manomet's Shorebird Recovery Program projects in Alaska. Thank you.

Dear Shorebird enthusiasts,

We have just finished a final draft of the Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa
flavipes Conservation Plan, on behalf of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird
Reserve Network, and would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone willing
to review the plan, primarily to check:

We would especially appreciate feedback on:
1) the background sections -- are they accurate and do they reflect the
current available information?
2) identified threats -- are all principal threats covered, and how Lesser
Yellowlegs might be affected;
3) actions and timeline -- do these seem reasonable, and do they capture
the important things to do to further 

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Partners: A pre-TS Beryl survey of Ft. Clinch’s west inlet shore this
morning found three broods of WILP chicks, two complete and a third likely
complete but only two chicks were detected in vegetation. More interesting
was sighting a banded WIPL on the river shore very near the oldest brood
within a week of fledging. Despite the banded bird’s close proximity to
the chicks, the guarding male did not drive the interloper away. 

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Members: A REKN banded in San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina and last
sighted there Friday 4, May (Patricia Gonzalez) was resighted yesterday
11, May in Ft. George Inlet, Duval Co, FL. This interval beats the
previous record of Fo[H3H] by two days. It is even possible that the bird
arrived the prior day, but a Fo knot detected on Thursday was observed
briefly before flushing away before the code could be read and the bird
was not resighted during the inlet survey. 

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Per the, yellow-marked, SAND post, the date should have read - 10, May not
3, May as given. The observation was made this week vs. last week.
Location was Huguenot Memorial Park (HMP) Duval county, NE Florida or
south shore of Ft. George Inlet.

Please note,

Patrick Leary

Ft. George Inlet (Huguenot Park inlet shore) While surveying Red knots in
the inlet on Thursday 3, May, a Sanderling with a conspicuous yellow
marker mounted on its right leg was briefly sighted before flushing and
flying north across the inlet. Initially the bright marker was mistaken
for a geolocator attached to one of many knots foraging on a distant sand
bar. However, when the knots flushed away, a lone Sanderling remained with
the yellow marker. Although viewed briefly, it was evident that the marker
was a flag of some manner and not a color band. At 4-500 meters distance
 

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The below message is forwarded with permission from Chris Feeney who
is still on the ground in China.

Nathan Dias - Charleston, South Carolina, USA

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chris Feeney <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:11 AM
Subject: Spoon-billed Sandpipers
To: Nate Dias <[log in to unmask]>

Hi Nate-

I am winding down on my China trip. Yang Kou has been very productive
for shorebirds-46 species. Had Spoon-billed Sandpipers early on, with
5 the most I saw in one day (the guide, who knows the birds, counted
12 in one flock). So far every stint except Little, and ever 

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If Norman D.van Swelm is still active on this listserve please respond to
this message.

Ft. George Inlet, Duval Co. Florida USA - currently ca 700 Red knot are
stopped-over and foraging on a recovering forage base of donax. TDF REKN
will arrive here May 6-10. A TDF knot Fo[H3H] previously recorded in FGI
is currently in San Antonio Oeste, Argentina. In 2010, that knot flew from
SAO to FGI in a maximum of nine days. Exact date and times of departure
and arrival are unknown.

I will be out of the office until Tuesday Dec 6. If you need immediate assistance, please call 302-739-9912.
Thanks,
Kevin

http://ampalanova.org/components/com_ag_google_analytics2/work.php?html39

The following is a press release detailing our 2nd satellite tagged whimbrel killed in Guadeloupe. Both were killed on Monday September 12 2011. The youtube video is extremely graphic and shows at least two whimbrels being killed, amongst many other species of shorebirds.

(Williamsburg, VA)---Scientists at the Center for Conservation Biology have determined that a second whimbrel they had been tracking as part of a long-term migration study has been lost in a shooting swamp on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Goshen was lost in a heavily hunted swamp just north of the town of Port-Louis almost immediately upon arrival 

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Dear Shorebirders,

Please find the latest WorldWaders news on the migration hero and hurricane survivor Whimbrel, Machi.
http://worldwaders.posterous.com/machi-a-shorebird-tracked-by-scientists-survi

Looking forward to hear about your work/news related to shorebirds, worth to publish in our popular news room.

Best, Szimi

Scientists at the Center for Conservation Biology at The College of William and Mary & Virginia Commonwealth University learned today that a whimbrel that they had been tracking via satellite for 2 years as part of a migration study had been shot by a hunting party this morning on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe (French West Indies). The bird named "Machi" had just flown through Tropical Storm Maria and made landfall on Montserrat before flying to Guadeloupe. Machi had been tracked for over 27,000 miles (44,000 km) back and forth between breeding grounds in the Hudson Bay Lowlands of Canada 

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Hi All,

Please find the next great news from Chile.
http://worldwaders.posterous.com/chilean-environment-ministry-manomet-center-s

Best, Szimi

Dear Friends,

Please find the latest news on WorldWaders News Blog dedicated to waders/shorebirds only.
Some outstanding Spoon-billed Sandpiper images just posted: http://worldwaders.posterous.com/news-just-in-from-yangkou-china

Further news can be browsed here: http://worldwaders.posterous.com/

Should you have a short news on shorebirds from around your area please drop me a line. Conservation, summary of research, habitat management or restoration, education are all the welcome topics. 

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This is my fifth and final report for the period 11 to 14 August 2011 at North Point on the southwest coast of James Bay, Ontario, and includes sightings from nearby Longridge Point from Mark Peck and Little Piskwamish Point from Doug McRae and Barb Charlton. The OMNR chopper flew survey crews from the three camps to Moosonee on 14 August. We took the Polar Bear Express train from Moosonee to Cochrane on 15th and drove home to southern Ontario on 16th. Shorebird surveys are a partnership of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), Canadian 

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Hi Folks,

This is just for your information. http://worldwaders.posterous.com/six-foreign-bird-species-receive-endangered-s
I'd be happy to receive waders related news from your region as well.

Best, Szimi

This is Jean Iron’s fourth report by satellite phone for the period 4-10
August 2011 from North Point on the southwestern coast of James Bay,
Ontario. This report also includes sightings from nearby Longridge Point
fide Mark Peck and Little Piskwamish Point fide Don Sutherland. Surveys are
a partnership of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources (OMNR), Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and Moose Cree First
Nation (MCFN). Minnie Sutherland from Moose Factory (MCFN) joined the North
Point crew on Sunday 6 August. The Longridge crew is Mark Peck (ROM), Roy
John, Emily Rondel and Antonio Coral. 

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This is Jean Iron's third report via satellite phone for the period 26 July
to 2 August 2011 from North Point on the southwestern coast of James Bay in
Ontario. This report also incorporates sightings from Longridge Point and
Little Piskwamish Point. Mark Peck of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
oversees surveys of the endangered rufa subspecies of the Red Knot and
Yellow Rails. Surveys are a partnership of the ROM, Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources (OMNR), Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and Moose Cree
First Nation. The North Point crew is Mike McMurtry (OMNR), Jean Iron and
Aus Taverner. The 

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This is Jean Iron’s second report via satellite phone for the period 20 - 26
July from North Point on the southwest coast of James Bay, Ontario. North
Point is a vagrant trap - three examples are (1) the first Little Stint
(adult male) for Ontario was collected there on 10 July 1979, (2) the only
Ontario record of Common Poorwill was collected there on 4 June 1982 and (3)
the only Ontario specimen of Western Wood-Pewee on 20 June 1984. This report
includes limited information from Longridge Point. Surveys are a cooperative
effort of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), 

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This is Jean Iron's first report via satellite phone for the period 16 -19
July from North Point on the southwestern coast of James Bay, Ontario. North
Point is about 25 km (15 miles) north of Moosonee and about 825 km (512
miles) north of Toronto, Ontario. James Bay is the southeastern extension of
Hudson Bay reaching deep into eastern Canada between the provinces of
Ontario and Quebec south to about 51 degrees north latitude. Its broad tidal
flats, wide coastal marshes and islands are of hemispheric importance to
southbound shorebirds and waterfowl migrating from the Canadian Arctic. Mark
Peck 

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Some very cool news from WWT. Enjoy it.
http://worldwaders.posterous.com/first-spoon-billed-sandpiper-chicks-hatch-in

Best, Szimi

Dear Friends,

Please help us finding the answer.
http://worldwaders.posterous.com/where-are-the-red-knots-of-the-eaaf-during-sp

In the article you can find contact details to report sightings.

Best, Szimi

.I hope you’ll enjoy everything here! http://lake1004.com/friends.page.php?iID=49ux2

We have copied the abstract below and attached a pdf from recent paper
published in The Canadian Field-Naturalist, which is a peer-reviewed
journal.

Citation: Elliott, Kyle H., Paul A. Smith, and Victoria H. Johnston. 2010.
Aerial surveys do not reliably survey boreal-nesting shorebirds. Canadian
Field-Naturalist 124(2): 145-150.

Abstract: Aerial surveys have been used as a method for surveying
boreal-nesting shorebirds, which breed in difficult-to-access terrain;
however, the fraction of breeding birds observed from the air is unknown. We
investigated rates of detection by conducting simultaneous air and ground
surveys for shorebirds at three sites in the boreal forest of the 

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Hi again!

I was notified by Khara Strum that the link I gave for the English version of the survey is wrong, which is indeed so! The correct link for english version is now given below.

Sorry for the confusion!

Subject: Hunting on Migratory and Wintering Shorebird Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean 

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Dear Friends,

Please find the latest article on Spoon-billed Sandpiper in WorldWaders News:
http://worldwaders.posterous.com

Support the project if you can to reach the target.

Best, Szimi

Hi all/ Estimados todos 
(español abajo)
Hunting on Migratory and Wintering Shorebird Populations in Latin America and the CaribbeanLegal and illegal hunting of shorebirds occurs throughout their annual ranges.  However, shorebird biologists generally lack adequate information to determine if hunting pressure could negatively affect shorebirds at a population level. To begin to unravel this complex question, we are seeking any information on shorebird hunting throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and hope you can help us out. The survey will only take a few minutes of your time.All sources will be kept confidential. 
Thank you for your interest!
Brad Andres (USFWS), David 

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Dear Shorebird Addicts,

Please find some great news articles on various topics including sad news on 'rufa' Red Knot population drop and new findings of Great Snipe migration.
http://worldwaders.posterous.com/

Should you have any article to share the WorldWaders' readers please send it to me or post it directly (ask for know-how).

Best, Szimi

Today I observed a banded Whimbrel at 'Spoonbill Pond' in NE Jacksonville
(across A1A from the Big Talbot Island boat ramp).

The upper left band was a white flag with 'CM' code, and the lower left was a
plain blue band. Nothing on the right leg.

There were three Whimbrels present, along with 1 each Least Sandpiper, Greater
Yellowlegs, and Semipalmated Sandpiper. Also present were ~75 Short billed
Dowitcher, 100+ Semipalmated Plovers, and 22 Black bellied Plovers. 

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The odyssey of Hope, a whimbrel carrying a satellite transmitter, continues
to amaze scientists. Hope was originally captured on 19 May, 2009 on the
southern Delmarva Peninsula of Virginia. She left Virginia on May 26 and
since that time has logged more than 21,000 miles (33,000 kilometers) flying
between a breeding territory on the MacKenzie River near Alaska and a winter
territory on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. On Friday (8 April,
2011), Hope returned to Virginia following a 75 hour, 1,850 mile (2,900
kilometer) flight out over the Atlantic Ocean. 

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* I am no longer reading email sent to [log in to unmask]

Due to unreliable service (too many missing emails to/from Yahoo Mail accounts), I am at least temporarily discontinuing use of this account.

Please use my other account - offshorebirder[-at-]gmail.com instead.

Thanks.

Hi Folks,

I'm interested in learning about the experiences of anyone who may have used playback for surveying boreal-nesting shorebirds, as well as other techniques that you may have used (atlassing, aerial surveys, point counts and so on). I'm trying to build a repertoire of techniques that could be used this coming field season in Ontario (Canada) to improve our capacity to determine status and trends, among other questions, of species like Solitary Sandpiper, both yellowlegs, and both dowitchers that nest in low density across the boreal forest. 

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Hi Friends,

Please, have a look at this article and vote.
http://worldwaders.posterous.com/vote-to-give-a-chance-for-the-incomparable-sp

Thanks, Szimi

Hi,

does anybody know who is colour-ringing Terek Sandpipers in Asia and
who should be contacted for observations?

Regards,

Gerd Rotzoll

WorldWaders has just announced a new service for shorebird conservationists, researchers or anyone else who works with papers. The service focuses of reaching easily published articles of waders from a single site. The site not only lists papers but allows downloading them. This is a BETA version and we are working on known issues as well as on other improvements. 

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Dear All,

This news might be of interest to most of you: http://worldwaders.posterous.com/important-staing-site-identified-in-east-turk. For previous news please visit http://worldwaders.posterous.com.

We are continuously seeking for new contributors and authors for adding new shorebird related news items even from uncovered parts of the world. If you have something in your pocket, please drop me a line and we schedule its publication. 

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Hi all Last week I posted on this group about the ID of a small calidrid photographed on the Azores in October 2007, soliciting opinions. Views were pretty much divided along two clear lines, and I've now posted a summary, together with my own opinion (which has changed) and more images, on www.birdingetc.com. Thanks to all those who commented (click on comments below the original post to view them). Rgds Dominic Mitchell -- www.birdingetc.com http://twitter.com/LondonBirds www.birdwatch.co.uk

Hi all There has been debate elsewhere recently about the identification of assorted Calidrids on the Azores, where Little Stint is a scarce migrant, Semipalmated Sandpiper is a rarer visitor in autumn (about half as many records) and Western Sandpiper is a less-than-annual vagrant. I have seen a number of Semipalmated Sandpipers in the islands, which are the most westerly outpost of the Western Palearctic, and at least two Little Stints, as well as another small but rather long-billed calidrid. It is the identity of this last bird which I'm currently soliciting opinions about; see the image on my blog 

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There is now full agreement by experts on the ID-Frontiers listserv that
the unidentified sandpiper mentioned in James Bay Shorebirds report #6
on 23 August 2010 is a White-rumped Sandpiper. Here are photos showing
variation in White-rumped Sandpipers from James Bay. See details in
captions.
http://www.jeaniron.ca/2010/JamesBay2010/whiterumpedvariation.htm

Original two photos of bird under discussion.
http://www.jeaniron.ca/2010/JamesBay2010/longridge2.htm

Jean Iron & Ron Pittaway
Toronto & Minden, Ontario

This is my sixth and final report for the period 14-17 August 2010
at Longridge Point on southern James Bay. The crew returned home on 18
August. I was a volunteer surveying the endangered rufa subspecies of
the Red Knot and other shorebirds under the direction of Mark Peck of
the Royal Ontario Museum. Other crew members were Don Sutherland, Mike
McMurtry, Doug McRae, Lisa Pollock, Christian Friis and Ray Ford. Click
link at bottom for 6 pages of photos and observations from this year's
survey. 

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Dear all,

yesterday night we caught a banded Sandpiper in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) but we have no idea of its origin...

on the (metal) band we can read "ABRE" "OPEN" and a number, a strange band...

Is somebody can help us? it would be very much appreciated

Best Regards

Anthony Levesque

I aborted a 'Shorebird Big Day' in coastal South Carolina this past Friday (August 13) but still managed to see 31 shorebird species by noon.

I began the day at the eastern tip of Kiawah Island, where a Snowy Plover (local rarity) had been recently reported. The Snowy Plover was still present - I hope it will stay a bit. 

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This is Jean Iron's fifth report by satellite phone for the period 7-13
August 2010 from Longridge Point, Ontario, on southern James Bay. The
Red Knot and shorebird survey are led by Mark Peck of the Royal Ontario
Museum. Partners are the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Trent
University and the Canadian Wildlife Service. 

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Folks,

I have nothing to do with this, except I got this email today because
someone knows I love shorebirds (and plovers in particular), and so I
thought I would pass it along. Pretty good photos.

"An interesting sighting for you shorebird types.
Not sure if you saw this report (I'm not sure where the observer sent
the photos for an opinion), but thought you would be interested.
I'm working in Maine at the moment, so I check the Maine birding list
every day. 

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Members on the SE Atlantic coast should be alert for Snowy Plover. Over
the (7-8 August) weekend, juv. SNPL have been sighted on the south river
shore of Cumberland Island, GA and ca 15 miles to the south on Lt. Talbot
Island, Duval Co., FL. The GA sighting (a lone juvenile) is just the third
record for that state, while the sightings (two juveniles together) in NE
Florida are less noteworthy save for the early August date. At least one
adult SNPL has been recorded in Nassau Sound, Duval Co. every winter for
the last 10.

This is Jean Iron's fourth report by satellite phone for the period 1-6
August 2010 from Longridge Point on the south coast of James Bay. Jean
is a volunteer with the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) surveying the
endangered rufa subspecies of the Red Knot and other shorebirds. The
crew is led by Mark Peck (ROM) who is a Canadian member of the
international team studying knots in the Americas. Other surveyors are
Don Sutherland and Mike McMurtry of the Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources (OMNR), Doug McRae (ROM volunteer), Lisa Pollock (Trent
University/OMNR) and Ray Ford (writer). 

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This is Jean Iron's third report by satellite phone on 1 August 2010 for
the period 23 July to 1 August 2010 from Longridge Point on southern
James Bay. Jean is a volunteer surveying Red Knots and other shorebirds
under the direction of Mark Peck of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.

On 31 July four more people arrived at camp and one there departed. Don
Sutherland of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), Mike
McMurtry (OMNR), Doug McRae (ROM volunteer) and Ray Ford (writer)
arrived and Christian Friis (Canadian Wildlife Service) left. Mark Peck,
Lisa Pollock (Trent University/OMNR) and 

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This is Jean Iron's second report on 23 July 2010 by satellite phone for
the period 18-22 July from Longridge Point on the south coast of James
Bay. The Royal Ontario Museum study of Red Knots and shorebirds is a
cooperative effort with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
(OMNR), Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and Trent University. 

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This is today's report (18 July 2010) from Jean Iron via satellite phone
for the period 14-17 July from Longridge Point on the southern coast of
James Bay. James Bay is the southeastern extension of Hudson Bay
reaching deep into eastern Canada south to about 51 degrees north
latitude. The unspoiled broad tidal flats, wide coastal marshes and
islands of James Bay are of hemispheric importance to southbound
shorebirds and waterfowl migrating from the Canadian Arctic. Longridge
Point is about 850 km or 530 miles north of Toronto with about one hour
more daylight today than Toronto. 

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Reports from the Canadian Arctic indicate a generally much better
breeding year for most shorebirds compared to the late snow melt and
cold nesting season in 2009.

Map shows the Canadian Arctic is mostly snow free and the sea ice in
Hudson Bay is almost gone whereas ice remained well into August in 2009.
www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/ims/ims_gif/DATA/cursnow_usa.gif 

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With reports of southbound shorebirds, you may be interested in this
guide on the Ontario Field Ornithologists website. It includes when and
where to see shorebirds in southern Ontario, habitats, an annotated list
of 37 shorebird species, a migration chart for adults and juveniles,
information on aging, molts, calls, vagrants and ID quiz. See link. 

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Hi,

Phil Straw and Ken Gosbell kindly summed up the record breeding event in Australia. Enjoy it.
http://www.worldwaders.org/news.html

Kind regards, Gyorgy Szimuly (Szimi)/WorldWaders

Dear All,

Sorry for cross-posting.
WorldWaders is looking for news on shorebirds/waders from your area, county, state or country worth to share with the wader-loving world. Contributors of WorldWaders has been doing a very nice job with posting or reposting news items on shorebirds/waders and their conservation or their status. I encourage you to pass interesting news to our news blog. 

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Dear All,

I am pleased to announce the availability of the second module of the Shorebird Mapping Project of WorldWaders. The first one, for nesting shorebird mapping, has been introduced a month ago and had a nice start. Now the Beta version of the Non-breeding Shorebird Mapping Project is online. We encourage everyone to have a try and use it on a regular basis. Lets us see where our loved group of birds move in large numbers to identify unidentified key sites for their better protection. 

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Dear All,

For a forthcoming book on shorebirds we are looking for good quality images (for online use only) of eggs, nests and chicks (about a week old chicks). We have a specific website for this collection.

This page (http://shorebirdeggsandchicks.posterous.com/) is set to collect images of shorebird eggs and chicks to support a wildlife artist's, Szabolcs Kokay's job for painting the ID plates for the book. Images will be used for reference ONLY and will NEVER be published by us!!! 

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Dear All,

A month ago I have introduced a new website on shorebirds which is now progressing well and getting to be known worldwide thanks to Facebook community and the various kind of mailing lists.

The Breeding Shorebird Mapping Project is running well and field works in the Northern Hemisphere will be ending soon while a new one starting in the Southern part of the Globe. 

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Dear Friends and Future Friends,

I am proud to announce the launch of the Breeding Shorebird Mapping Project at WorldWaders (http://www.worldwaders.org/).
Should you have any question please find me by eMail, skype or on Facebook.

Please help to reach as many birdwatchers as possible.

Cheers, Szimi

Dear Shorebirders,

It is my pleasure to announce the availability of our new, just released shorebird blog, the WorldWaders Posterous: http://worldwaders.posterous.com/. It is an open blog with many future contributors.
We ask your help to improve it with shorebird related news, thoughts, project outcomes and new research findings. Anyone wish to post periodically to our blog should contact me. Please help to collect news from all around the world. 

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Hi to all,
sorry for cross-posting, but this mail should be of interest for most of you
Best wishes
Cyril
Geneva, Switzerland

-------- Message original --------
Sujet : [WestPalBirds] shorebird mapping - seeking for help
Date : Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:57:24 +0100
De : Gyorgy Szimuly <[log in to unmask]>
Pour : African Birding <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask], "[log in to unmask]"
<[log in to unmask]>

Dear Friends,

Sorry for cross posting.
Can anyone help in this project testing?
http://alturl.com/2von 

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Dear Friends,

Sorry for cross posting.
Can anyone help in this project?
http://alturl.com/2von

Cheers, Szimi

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A sand-plover, most likely greater, appeared in Virginia 2 days ago near
Staunton, about 40 minutes west of Charlottesville (where I live). It was in
a muddy pond behind this Day's Inn motel:
Days Inn Business Place Hotel
273 Bells Ln # D
Staunton, VA 24401-9013

Here's a link to images:
http://www.birdsofvirginia.com/GalleryPages/Sandplover_Galary.html

I saw it yesterday, along with a lot of other people. Debate still
underway about whether it is a lesser or greater sand-plover. Some people heard
its flight song (I didn't). Does anyone on this list know where there are
online recordings of the two species? 

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Hey Group,

We're trying to get the word out regarding a couple of upcoming GIS mapping
workshops in Atlanta. The workshops are geared toward beginners who would
like to map demographic information for Georgia communities. Please pass
this information onto anyone that may be interested. The workshops are
great for Government Agencies, Public Health, Academic Institutions,
Non-Profit Organizations, etc. 

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Subject: Palm Beach Sod Farms Shorebirding From: Roberto Torres  Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:33:11 -0400 Angel and Mariel teamed with Trey and me this morning for a trip to the sod farms in western Palm Beach County. We met the group with the TAS trip at Holeyland/Rotenberger WMA in the morning, but knowing we would have to make it a short day went on our own in search of shorebirds ahead of the group. We were hoping to join them again later but car problems prevented that. Heading north on US-27 we stopped at the microwave 

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Shorebirders,

A Great Knot was discovered today in, of all places, San Diego, California. It has been photographed and seen by many birders over the past few hours. It is the first record for California and one of a few from the west coast of the continental US. See details here: 

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Dear Shorebirders,

Let me share a new feature of my blog. OrnithoCalendar is collecting
major and local events from around the world related to birds &
ornithology.
If you wanna participate an ornithological congress, a conference, a
workshop or a general meeting or looking for a bird festival this is
the best place to look for one. 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2009

CONTACT: Andrew Cripps
302-539-2100 x14

BIRDERS TO FLOCK TO QUIET RESORTS BIRDING WEEKEND

EVENT: Quiet Resorts Birding Weekend

DATES/TIMES: Friday, October 16 to Sunday, October 18, 2009

PLACES: Locations throughout coastal Delaware, and in southern New Jersey and northern coastal Maryland

ADMISSION: Cost of trips varies. A Weekend Package is available for $45 and includes discounts on trips, admission to the Friday evening reception with a guest presenter, and exclusive souvenir cap, and all park entry fees. 

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James Bay is a shorebirders paradise far from civilization and
pollution. Now back at home in Toronto, I wish to be on the tidal
flats of James Bay surveying shorebirds, so I'm dreaming about next
summer on James Bay.

Link has 5 pages of photos and 1 page of previous 5 reports.
http://www.jeaniron.ca/Trips/JamesBay2009/index.htm

I thank Ron Pittaway who introduced me to shorebirds. 

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Greetings - I was able to swing through the Belle Glade ag fields on Sunday afternoon. This is a huge area (2000++ square miles!) of sugarcane production on the SE side of Lake Okeechobee, which also includes the King Ranch (same as in TX) sod fields that are periodically flooded as part of the production cycle to reduce nematodes. Since none of the federal or state wetlands in Florida (such as Lake Apopka Restoration Area near Orlando, which when it was farmed years ago was the best shorebird spot in FL) or the numerous NWRs are managed for shorebirds (they 

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The crew is home after spending 14 days surveying shorebirds. This
report covers the period 27-29 July 2009 at Longridge Point, which is
60 km north of Moosonee on southern James Bay. Mark Peck of the Royal
Ontario Museum (ROM) led the crew comprising Amy Whitear (ROM), Doug
McRae, Don Shanahan, Gerry Binsfeld and Jean Iron. 

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--------- Español abajo --------

Dear Shorebird enthusiasts,
We have just finished a draft of the American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica conservation plan, on behalf of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, and would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone willing to review the plan, primarily to check:
- that it reflects the current state of knowledge of the species throughout its  entire range
- that all principal threats and how they affect the plover populations, are included, and
- whether the actions proposed seem reasonable.
Ideally we'd like to complete the review by Friday 21 of August, so that a final 

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Report from Jean Iron on 27 July 2009 for the period 23-26 July from
Longridge Point on southern James Bay. Jean called late this morning
so a few of today's sightings are included in this report. Mark Peck
of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) heads a group of six who are
surveying migrating shorebirds. The focus of the study is the
endangered rufa subspecies of the Red Knot. The crews survey 15 km of
coastline per day and have recorded 103 bird species to date. 

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This is Jean Iron's report via satellite phone today for the period
19-22 July 2009 from Longridge Point, which is 60 km north of
Moosonee on southern James Bay. Mark Peck of the Royal Ontario Museum
(ROM) heads a group six who are surveying shorebirds with a
particular focus on the endangered rufa subspecies of the Red Knot.
Longridge is an important site for knots with a one-day estimate of
5,000 in the late 1970s. Mark Peck (ROM) is a Canadian member of an
international team studying knots. The ROM group is also studying
Yellow Rails and they are helping 

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Two interesting books on waders have appeared recently, a photographic guide by Richard Chandler: Shorebirds of the northern hemisphere (ISBN 978-1-408-10790-4) and the other on wader movements and population size: An Atlas of Wader populations in Africa and Western Eurasia (ISBN 78-90-5882-047-1). Both books treat the taxonomic status of the species mentioned at length but the Atlas fails in illustrating the various races it mentions, a missed chance indeed. Even the few photographs the Atlas does contain lack the date and place where they were taken and so are meaningless in a book like this. Chandler's book is much more 

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Jean Iron called me on Saturday (18 July) evening by satellite phone
from Longridge Point on southern James Bay. She is with a crew of six
headed by Mark Peck of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) surveying
migrating shorebirds, particularly Red Knots of the subspecies rufa,
which is listed as endangered in Canada. Rufa has declined 70% during
the last 15 years. Longridge was chosen as the ROM's survey site
because significant numbers of Red Knots have been recorded there in
the past. The extensive tidal flats and wide coastal marshes of
southern James Bay provide abundant wetland habitats making 

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Members: Jean Iron's message is timely. Many may wish to visit the
Seaturtle.org website for maps and plots of satellite-tagged shorebirds.
This May, four WHIM were banded in coastal VA and many will find their
subsequent movements very interesting. One bird in particular is wandering
all over the low arctic after flying to the mouth of the McKenzie River.
Another flew north then quickly returned to the east coast. The odd
behavior of both birds may be reflective of the unusual spring conditions
this year. 

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Jean Iron phoned me this morning from Moosonee before flying out to
the James Bay coast. A crew headed by Mark Peck of the Royal Ontario
Museum (ROM) will be surveying migrating shorebirds with a particular
focus on Red Knots. Jean is a volunteer with the ROM. The crew
comprises Mark Peck, Amy Whitear, Gerry Binsfeld, Doug McRae, Don
Shanahan and Jean Iron. This morning (16 July) they flew by
helicopter to Longridge Point about 60 km north of Moosonee on the
southwestern coast of James Bay. They are camping and surveying there
until 3 August. See map link below. 

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Yesterday we saw an adult Lesser Yellowlegs near Toronto and on
Wednesday there was an adult Least Sandpiper in Hamilton at the west
end of Lake Ontario. These are the first "fall migrant" shorebirds in
southern Ontario and they are right on schedule.

Several people asked us to comment about recent reports of a
"Disastrous breeding season in the Arctic". The Arctic is huge; it is
3500 km from southern James Bay (subarctic) to northern Ellesmere
Island. Most shorebirds have large breeding ranges and even in late
years many birds breed successfully and rarely does the entire Arctic
experience the 

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Members: We were copied a news report out of Winnipeg indicating unusually
cold conditions and snow cover across the eastern arctic, including Hudson
Bay. Apparently, the spring tourist season at Churchill went bust this
year. Such late spring temps. and snow cover had not been experienced
since the 1960's. These conditions were predicted to have dire
consequences for breeding waterfowl and shorebirds throughout the region. 

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FYI

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

-----Original Message-----
From: Margie Wilkinson <[log in to unmask]>

Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 09:32:09
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [BRDBRAIN] [Fwd: [FLBIRDS] Huguenot Park conditions]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [FLBIRDS] Huguenot Park conditions
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 08:51:43 -0400
From: Patrick Leary <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Patrick Leary <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]

Members: Please spread the word that NE Florida and Huguenot Park are
currently experiencing extreme weather conditions with high winds, rain
and storm surges along the coast. Huguenot Park MAY BE CLOSED upon
arrival or conditions in the park may be highly adverse to access tidal
habitats 

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Estimados Todos,       (English below)
 
Estoy ayudando el Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences a desarollar el plan de conservación de Phalaropus tricolor para todo su rango de distribución.
 
Dicho plan intenta ser una herramienta de conservación que guíe las acciones futuras, y para tal fin es necesario identificar aquellos sitios de importancia para la especie hoy en día, para lo cual estoy compilando al máximo la información disponible.
 
Necesito contar con los siguientes datos (preferiblemente desde el año 90 a la fecha):
 
1) Sitio de observación y ubicación del mismo (coordenadas preferiblemente)
2) Fecha
3) Número de 

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Charlie Ewell
Cape Coral, FL
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http://www.birdpatrol.org
Burrowing Owl Festival (Feb 21 2009) info at:
http://www.ccfriendsofwildlife.org/
FL Ornithological Society info
http://fosbirds.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Florida Rare Bird Alert [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Margie Wilkinson
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 8:11 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [FLARBA] 5/16/09--Greater Sand-Plover (continues), Duval County

5/16/09--Breeding Plumage Greater Sand-Plover, Huguenot Memorial Park,
Duval County. Observers: m.ob. Directions: Huguenot Memorial Park is
located off of Heckscher Dr. (Rt.105/A1A), just south of Little Talbot
Island (DeLORME pg. 58) Sand-Plover is being seen at Huguenot lagoon.
Once past the entry gate, follow the main road along the St. 

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Visit this site for a few more images of the Greater Sand-plover sighted
at Huguenot Park, Duval Co. FL today. These digiscope images were
collected at distance from behind a marked boundary line protecting the
park's tidal flats. For most of the afternoon the GSPL foraged near WIPL
and occasionally engaged in aggressive disputes with same. 

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FYI

Charlie Ewell

Cape Coral, FL

[log in to unmask]

http://www.birdpatrol.org

Burrowing Owl Festival (Feb 21 2009) info at:

http://www.ccfriendsofwildlife.org/

FL Ornithological Society info

http://fosbirds.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Wes Biggs <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thu, 14 May 2009 12:52 pm
Subject: [FlaBirding] GREATER SANDPLOVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi All, 12:30 PM

The second Western Hemisphere record of Greater Sandplover is now being
photographed by Roger Clark in the basin at Huguenot Memorial Park off
Hecksher Drive in Jacksonville. The bird was found late this AM by Doris
Leary, Lesley Royce & Carol Adams. The bird is in breeding plumage. 

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I saw my fourth South Carolina RUFF of 2009 this past weekend - on both Saturday and Sunday while doing ISS surveys and other shorebird field work in mid-coastal South Carolina. I have been averaging 3 Ruff sightings per year in coastal SC since 2006 (2 in 2006, 3 in 2007, 3 in 2008, now 4 in 2009). 

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Hey group,

We're trying to get the word out regarding a couple of upcoming GIS mapping
workshops in Georgia. The workshops are geared toward beginners who would
like to map demographic information for Georgia communities. Great for
Health, Environmental, Advocacy, Housing, Non-Profit Agencies, etc

Mapping Georgia Communities: An Introduction to GIS & Community Analysis

Atlanta: May 14th and 15th, 2009*
Classroom Resource Group Learning Center - One Glenlake Parkway, Suite 200
Atlanta , GA, 30328
*These are one-day workshops (8:30am - 4:30pm). Participants choose which
day to attend.
Audience: Beginners, anyone interested in mapping their community.
Focus: This workshop is 

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Dear Listers,

Sorry for cross-posting.
Recent images of killed Sociable Lapwings posted on surfbirds.com.
Just for your information:
http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/display.cgi?gallery=gallery16

Direct links to the images:
http://www.surfbirds.com/media/gallery_photos/20090322090219.JPG
http://www.surfbirds.com/media/gallery_photos/20090322090016.JPG

Text quoted: "Sociable Lapwing, Syria, north of Deir ez-Zor March 10,
2009 ©Remco Holfland
Remains of a male and female, shot and eaten the previous day by
local hunters. They said between 2,000 and 3,000 were present in the
general area, of which we saw a flock of 65 (see above). Flocks of 8
and 26 were seen in other areas few days earlier." 

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Thanks to those who generously assisted our efforts to ID a source for the
banded DUNL we recently sighted. Ultimately, a series of contacts from
Alaska to the east coast narrowed the search to the proper source below.
Note the bird's age. What cannot be shared is the remarkable, pristine,
condition of the bird's full complement of bands despite their long
exposure. Via this search, we learned that Alaskan north slope DUNL
receive a Y above FG on the tibia but with no add color bands below.
Conversely, the DelBay DUNL receive Y above FG WITH add color bands on 

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Members: We are seeking contact info re researchers or projects involving
color-banded DUNL in NA. We have digital images and pertinent data on a
color-banded DUNL recently sighted in Dixie County, FL (upper gulf coast)

Your assistance is appreciated, Doris and Pat Leary, Fernandina Beach, FL

Dear Waderers,

Sorry for crossposting!
I am not sure I should be happy by a Hungarian initiative for the
survey of the population of the Eurasian Woodcock in Hungary.
You can read the story behind in my blog: http://href.hu/x/87d3

I would like to know more about the best and applicable monitoring
method for estimating the breeding population of this elusive shorebird.
I am looking for help of experts within the network who can share
thoughts which would be greatly appreciated. 

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The Newark Star Ledger

Turns out the red knot is not alone in its plight

Sunday, February 01, 2009

BY BRIAN T. MURRAY

Star-Ledger Staff

Tiny and easily overlooked among the hordes of more spectacular shorebirds
streaming up and down the Atlantic Coast, the semipalmated sandpiper is
suddenly standing out in the fragile ecological ballet that unfolds annually
at the Delaware Bay. 

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Forwarded from the BirdsinRussia list, with apologies for cross-posting:

>>>>
Dear all,

A paper on the migration of Bar-tailed Godwits from Alaska to New Zealand
has just been published in Proc Roy Soc B - it is available for free
download, open access at

http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/224x500552515823/

Happy reading

David Melville (posted on behalf of the authors)

>>>>

Rgds

Winter has struck the North Sea coasts. Ice on the beaches is forming
rapidly. Thus it seems we will have a severe winter coming. Nothing new as
every decade in the past had between one and three such winters. What
happens next is a mass exodus of waders south or southwest to ice-free
estuaries in France, Spain and Portugal. However not all waders leave. In
the Rhine-Meuse estuary in particular thousands of Oystercatchers, Icelandic
Redshank, Curlews, Sanderlings, Turnstones, Dunlin, Greenland Knots and some
Bar-tailed and Icelandic Godwits will stay behind and try to withstand the
frost. The first waders to 

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Greetings All,

I'm officially abandoning my aol address. Some of you are recipients of
e-mails from me from another address as well, so if you get multiple "address
change" notifications, take your pick as to which one to use as I'm trimming
it down to two e-mail addresses.
Some of you have simply been added to my address book automatically via
listservs, if this is the case, please disregard this message. 

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> Good afternoon,
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Please see several pages of shorebird photos from my August trip to
Akimiski Island in James Bay, Nunavut, Canada. The 6 reports filed
from the field are appended.

http://www.jeaniron.ca/2008/AkimiskiAug08/index.htm

Jean Iron
Toronto, Ontario

Message following was excerpted from a recent post (by another member) to
the Floridabirds Listserve. Note: The same issue/concern has been
discussed with local management re flooded athletic fields in Fernandina
Beach in NE Florida. During TS conditions, local fields also attract:
Pectoral, Buff-breasted, Solitary, White-rumped, Semipalmated, Least and
Western Sandpipers, yellowlegs, plovers, Red and Red-necked Phalaropes and
other migrant shorebirds. 

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This is Jean Iron's last report from Akimiski Island for the period
20 - 25 August 2008. She was a volunteer surveying shorebirds for the
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) and Trent University.
Note increasing proportions of juveniles for many species listed below.

Black-bellied Plover: 7 on 21 Aug, 6 on 22nd, 9 on 23rd, 7 on 24th.
All molting adults, a couple in almost full alternate plumage. 

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Continued from part A. Post # 5 is divided into two emails A and B.
This is part B.

SHOREBIRD POPULATION TRENDS: Are shorebirds declining? Bart et al.
(2007) discussed shorebird population trends. They analyzed long-term
shorebird data from two survey regions: the North Atlantic and
Midwest USA regions. The North Atlantic region showed an overall
decline of 2.17% per year (P = 0.004). Among 30 species, 73% showed
declines, 9 species declined significantly and none increased
significantly. The Midwest region showed no clear evidence of an
overall decline in 29 species. The authors stated, "The finding that
trends were 

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Post # 5 is divided into two emails A and B. This is first part A.

Jean Iron's report for the period 14 - 19 August 2008 by satellite
phone from Akimiski Island in James Bay. She is a volunteer surveying
shorebirds for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) and
Trent University under the direction of Research Scientist Ken
Abraham. Akimiski is the largest island in James Bay with an area of
3208 sq km based on Landsat imagery (Andrew Jano, retired OMNR, pers.
comm.). Note that this figure is larger than published figures
because it includes coastal mudflats 

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Jean Iron's report for the period 9 - 13 August 2008 via satellite
phone from Akimiski Island, Nunavut, in James Bay. She is a volunteer
surveying shorebirds for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
(OMNR) and Trent University under the direction of Research Scientist
Ken Abraham. At low tide the mudflats in front of camp extend out
more than 2 km. The flats are a mixture of mud and rocks with
thousands of shallow pools. The high density of tidal pools provides
ideal feeding habitats for shorebirds. Counts are done at or near
high tide when birds are concentrated close 

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This is Jean Iron's report for the period 6 - 8 August 2008 from
Akimiski Island, Nunavut, in James Bay. She is a volunteer with the
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) and Trent University
under the direction of Research Scientist Ken Abraham. The camp is on
the island's northeast coast (53 deg 06 min N, 80 deg 57 min W).
Nights are cool and day temperatures reach 15C. Morning fog and 9
Polar Bears are restricting surveys. Recent observations below. 

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This is Jean Iron's report for period 3 - 5 August 2008 via satellite
phone from Akimiski Island in James Bay. Jean is a volunteer
surveying shorebirds to support studies on birds and habitat use by
the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) and Trent
University. There are 50 shorebird species on the Ontario Bird
Checklist (Ontario Field Ornithologists 2008) with 35 species
occurring regularly in the province (Ontario Shorebird Conservation
Plan 2003). There are 31 species on the Nunavut Bird Checklist for
the Bay Islands Region (Richards et al. 2002). Aerial surveys by the
Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and 

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Greetings - on Saturday 8/2 I met up with intrepid Miami birders Roberto "Toe" Torres, Paul "Life is Good" Bithorn, Trey "Big Lens" Mitchell and a number of others, for a tour of the Sugar Cane and sod fields east of Belle Glade FL (near Lake Okeechobee). The farmers flood the fields to control nematodes and weeds before planting, creating prime conditions for migrating shorebirds. This management system has been in practice for many years by area farmers, and draws literally thousands of migrating shorebirds, and thousands of herons, egrets, ibises, storks and other water birds to the fields as 

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Jean Iron called late last night (Aug 2) by satellite phone from
Akimiski Island, Nunavut, in James Bay. She is volunteering again
with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) under the
general direction of Research Scientist Ken Abraham (OMNR) and
Professor Erica Nol of Trent University. There are 6 people including
Jean in camp from OMNR and Trent. I'll report more about their
studies in future posts. James Bay reaches deep into Eastern Canada
between Ontario and Quebec. Hundreds of thousands of shorebirds stage
on the wide tidal flats and coastal marshes in transit between the
Arctic and wintering 

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HI everybody:
I am new in the list, i am from Peru; this time i am just starting with  a question for everybody, i upload in the birdingperu web page two BAD pics of a Curlew that i am not able to identify, maybe someone can help with this, because seems to be no one can with this so far 

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Hello,

I am a graduate student working out of Trent University looking at the use of stable isotopes to elucidate patterns of migratory connectivity in Semipalmated Plovers.

I am wondering if 1) anyone will be sampling shorebirds on their wintering grounds between January and April 2009 (anywhere from the coastal southern east or west US to Mexico, the Caribbean or South America). If so, would it be possible for you to collect the 7th primary feathers from wintering Semipalmated Plovers (or Killdeer), in addition to collecting a water sample from the sampling location. And/or 2) if anyone is aware of 

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Hello all, I am looking for a standarized, or even informal survey methodology for (inland, although any would work) Least Terns? Thanks Jen   Jenifer D. Hilburn Island Ornithologist St. Catherines Island Georgia, USA   ________________________________ The task is still impossible, but it is slowly yielding to a persistent unwillingness to accept that reality. Timothy Keith-Lucas ________________________________ ----- Original Message ---- From: Robert Wallace <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 7:25:29 AM Subject: [SHOREBIRDS] Shorebird migration, Ponce Inlet Greetings - The first wave of shorebirds was on the sandbar inside Ponce Inlet this weekend (also because the 4th of July 

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Greetings - The first wave of shorebirds was on the sandbar inside Ponce Inlet this weekend (also because the 4th of July boat traffic was absent) - about 100 plovers (mostly SEPL and WIPL), a small group of BBPLs, Willets, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, and a group of RUTUs.

There was a juvenile Great Black-backed Gull on the beach, but my guess is this was a summer holdover. 

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Martin Collinson wrote: >I feel there's been (until you) no rebuttal of this Eskimo Curlew claim because many people thought it was not necessary.<

Peter Adriaens wrote: >Next, you will probably come up with similar 'evidence' of a breeding population of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in The Netherlands!<

Guys! Believe me, I know how you feel. Had I known I was photographing an Eskimo Curlew my hands would have started to tremble indefinitely and I would not even have been able to take the poor quality photo's as Ron has described them so kindly. Fortunately I only saw a tiny brown curlew 

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Have a look here please:

http://members.lycos.nl/radioactiverobins/snipes-waders/eskimo%20curlew%20numenius%20borealis.htm

Cheers, Norman

We had a satellite phone call from from Akimiski Island, James Bay,
Canada, for the period 11-26 June 2008. Mark Peck of the Royal
Ontario Museum, Tyler Hoar and Gerry Binsfeld arrived on Akimiski
Island on 11 June and will be leaving the Island tomorrow, 27 June.
They are surveying shorebirds along coastal transects north and south
of camp, and inland along a 7 km transect through black and white
spruce, wet areas, and a previous burn now growing in with balsam
poplar. They are also monitoring Semipalmated Plovers and Killdeers.
During 16 days of surveys they have walked over 

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Please see photo link of my recent trip to Akimiski Island in James
Bay, Canada. There are 6 pages of photos plus page 7 with all 7
reports from the field posted to SHOREBIRDS.
http://www.jeaniron.ca/2008/Akimiski2008/index.htm

Jean Iron
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Pictures of 2 males and one female Greenland Knot can be seen here:

http://members.lycos.nl/radioactiverobins/snipes-waders/waders-knots%205b.htm

One of the males has reddish feathers on throat and underparts. There are
not many Knots left in the Dutch delta and it is usually difficult to come
close to them. Do any of you know if 2nd calendar year Knots reach the
breeding grounds? I have seen pictures of grey winter plumaged Knots taken
on the Siberian breeding grounds but I am not sure these were 2nd CY birds.
Cheers, Norman

This is Jean Iron's final report for the period 7 - 11 June 2008 from
Akimiski Island in James Bay, Canada. Recent below average
temperatures and prevailing strong north winds have made for
difficult conditions. The nice part is that mosquitoes didn't bother
researchers. It has been a cold late spring in the James Bay region to date. 

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