Sid and Betty June Smith found these birds on their recent survey of Shore Birds on the Cape: 14/07//00, for the Canadian Wildlife Service

Black-bellied Plover 19
Semipalmated Plover 30
Piping Plover 4
Willet 35
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Whimbrel 44
Hudsonian Godwit 8
Red Knot 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 250
Least Sandpiper 9
Baird s Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 1040

(A distant flock of 375 unID'd peeps were also seen)

Others:
Oystercatcher 4

Regarding the Oystercatchers: Murray Newell reports recently; there is now 6 adult american oystercatchers,and the best news is that one pair have hatched 2 little ones, the other pair is nesting about 150 yards from the other pair, the third pair have just arrived.

Regarding the Piping Plovers: Clyde Stoddart recently reports;
19 July 2000, talked with Jonathan Kierstead today
- at Daniels Head beach 11 piping plover chicks
- at Stoney Island beach 4 piping plover chicks
- at Sand Hills beach 4 piping plover chicks
- at Baccaro Beach 8 piping plover chicks

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