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Dragonfire wrote:
Dispite natural predators and occasional idiots this season...



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Aug 21, 2016 at 05:19 PM
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Thank you Tim

Thank you again Greg A woman lost her way comming from the campground and the Skimmers chased her away and three kids attempted to enter the dunes and I cut them off. I have been there 3 times a week since March 25th.

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Aug 21, 2016 at 05:51 PM
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August 23 - Breakfast on the beach



























Aug 23, 2016 at 12:46 PM
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Juvenile skimming



























Aug 23, 2016 at 01:15 PM
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The Skimmer babies are flying and flocking and the Dunlin flocks have appeared, the season will soon end.



























Aug 24, 2016 at 12:26 PM
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UPDATE - many are talking about the Skimmer mortally rate and they fail to take into account:

1 - Two days of relentless wind and blowing sand that hit the when the Skimmers were most vulnerable.

2 - Two days of flooding rains where babies drowned in their nests and caused some to move to the open beach.

3 - Searing heat that forced babies to seek shade and adults to pant like dogs.

A vision of the future for us

IF I HAD A HAT - Sandstorm - https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1435053



Aug 25, 2016 at 07:20 AM
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August 27th - Skimmer are still on the beach



























Aug 27, 2016 at 10:25 AM
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Juvenile working on his stamina with a 3 minute flight



























Aug 27, 2016 at 10:29 AM
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As I said in my initial post, the beach we lost has allowed the tide to form massive pools and the birds all seen a bit disoriented.



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Aug 30, 2016 at 02:09 PM
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Turnstone, Black Belly and Knots were out today and every Skimmer is capable of flight. A tropical storm is on the way.



























Sep 02, 2016 at 11:07 AM
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The breach will grow











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Overcast on September 3rd, awaiting the arrival of tropical storm Harmine



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Sep 03, 2016 at 01:21 PM
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Skimmers are building stamina



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Sep 03, 2016 at 01:26 PM
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September 7th - The Skimmers and Oystercatchers are huddled, the north wind has scoured the beach, the surf is pounding and the dunes to the east were flooded Most should survive.



























Sep 06, 2016 at 01:24 PM
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A Royal Finale - the Plovers and Common Terns are a distant memory, the Oystercatcher have scattered and there was not a Black Skimmer in sight.

Lelah Cafuoco spotted a Royal Tern family and I must thank her spotting birds through the season I would never have seen in time to photograph.

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