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Shore Birds
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Shore Birds
- From: MJWESTPHAL@unca.edu
- Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 09:40:39 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Just received this forwarded message. We may be getting some early shore
birds if this is a generalized problem.
>I just came back from Churchill, Manitoba yesterday, July 2, and thought
you
>would be interested in knowing that the university people studying
shorebirds
>found 75% less nesting shorebirds this year as compared to last year. The
>tundra phenology is over 10 days behind normal and there was poor weather
for
>nesting. Many of the birds have already flown south.
>The good news is we saw the Ross's gull in beautiful pink plumage, plus
>beluga whales, cross fox, (color morph of red fox), and caribou.
>Sharon Johnson
>Leader, Michigan Audubon eco-tours
Marilyn Westphal/Hendersonville email: mjwestphal@unca.edu