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Todd_Boland
St. John's, NL
(Zone 5b)
 February 19, 2007
8:21 PM Post #3206505
| Another Arctic visitor to Newfoundland during the winter months are Purple Sandpipers. How they can survive the winter storms around here is anyone's business. They must be a tough customer! 
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Todd_Boland
St. John's, NL
(Zone 5b)
February 19, 2007
8:22 PM Post #3206509
| Here they are peaking over a rock...or am I doing the peaking! 
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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
February 19, 2007
8:28 PM Post #3206529
| Wow, beautiful pics Todd! They must be very tuff little birds. Thanks for posting these! |
Grasmussen
Anchorage, AK
(Zone 4a)
February 19, 2007
11:29 PM Post #3207099
| Great pictures Todd!
With all of continental Canada in-between us, there sure are a lot of species not found on both sides. So many of the pictures you post are new to me. |
Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA
(Zone 7a)
February 20, 2007
12:04 AM Post #3207164
| Wonderful, Todd - they are adorable as well as tough!! |
lilyfantn
Kingsport, TN
(Zone 6b)
February 20, 2007
6:16 AM Post #3207373
| beautiful! and look at all that snow! |
Resin
Northumberland
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 9a)
February 20, 2007
6:20 AM Post #3207377
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| Quoted: | | With all of continental Canada in-between us, there sure are a lot of species not found on both sides. So many of the pictures you post are new to me |
Very similar to your Rock Sandpiper. some authorities even consider Rock Sandpiper to be just a subspecies of Purple Sandpiper.
Resin
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Resin
Northumberland
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 9a)
February 20, 2007
6:22 AM Post #3207378
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| Quoted: | | look at all that snow! |
Methinks that's coastal surf, not snow! (they feed on rocky shorelines)
Resin
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Resin
Northumberland
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 9a)
February 20, 2007
6:28 AM Post #3207381
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| Quoted: | | They must be a tough customer! |
Definitely. Some even spend the winter well north of the Arctic Circle in northernmost Norway, where they have to cope with two months of complete darkness, as well as cold
Where I am at 55°N, the number wintering is declining, as fewer of them are bothering to migrate this far south with global warming.
Resin
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Todd_Boland
St. John's, NL
(Zone 5b)
February 20, 2007
7:45 AM Post #3207495
| Yes, its coastal surf in the background. Mind you, we have about 5 feet of the white stuff right now so it could just as well be snow! On the east coast of NA, Newfoundland is about as far north as they stay in winter. Most overwinter south to Boston. (PS, please send some global warming this way!) |
Sheila_FW
Fort Worth, TX
(Zone 8a)
February 20, 2007
7:52 AM Post #3207512
| Sending warm wishes from Texas to melt your snow Todd! Cute little birds, no coast near me, but I can enjoy your pictures. Can't imagine what they would find to eat in that climate. Whatever washes up from the ocean currents I guess. |
ginnylynn
Blyth, ON
(Zone 5b)
February 20, 2007
7:56 AM Post #3207522
| Beautiful pictures as usual Todd. Those birds sure look fat and happy - or maybe they're just fluffed up to stay warm :-)
--Ginny |
