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Marbled Godwits fed daily along the tide
line at Hannah Bay. The high count of 99 on 20 July 2013 and other
observations suggest that Marbled Godwits breed in the vast marshes
of Hannah Bay. Todd (1963) in the Birds of the Labrador Peninsula
described Marbled Godwit habitat at Hannah Bay. He wrote "The level,
wet meadows which the godwits haunted reminded me strikingly of the
plains of Saskatchewan, where I had become familiar with this
species in the season of 1932." This godwit was recently found
breeding nearby in Quebec at Baie Cabbage Willows and Baie de
Boatswain. The James Bay population was recently revised upwards
from 1500 to 2000 birds based on observations from last summer. See
Shorebird Population Estimates 2012 in link below. Climate warming
may be having a positive effect on the breeding success of Marbled
Godwits in James Bay. |
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Semipalmated Sandpipers were our most
abundant shorebird. High count was 12,650 molting adults on 21 July.
We saw no juveniles during our stay which ended the 30 July. Antonio
Coral spotted two flagged Semipalmated Sandpipers. David Mizrahi of
the New Jersey Audubon Society provided the following information "The
flag yellow bird, MV2 on upper right leg, was banded on 7 April 2012
at our study site, Warappakreek, Commewijne District, Suriname
(05°59'28.59"N, 54°54'48.97"W). The lime green flagged bird, 3P3 on
upper right leg, was banded in Delaware Bay on 22 May 2013, at our
Fortescue study site, Cumberland County, New Jersey (39°13'24.58"N,
75° 9'59.84"W)." |
