What is a typical clutch size for semipalmated sandpipers
4 eggs
How many shorebirds can be found in one square meter
100 birds
What is the island out in the bay and who owns it
Grindstone island, owned by the anglican church in sackville
What causes peregrines and other birds of prey become endangered? Explain
DDT. Bioaccumulates up the food chain, affects those at the top. Made the shells of eggs to be very thin
What is NCC
Any good explanation will do
What do the sandpipers eat in delaware bay
Horeshoe crab eggs
Do shorebirds make other stops before getting to the bay of fundy, if so where
James Bay, Ontario
What percentage of juveniles make it to the wintering grounds
roughly 40%
How did banders catch the shorebirds at johnsons mills
Funny pull trap
When did NCC start buying land at johnsons mills and when did the centre open
Started buying land in 1994, and the centre opened july 2000
when do the semipalmated sandpipers reach sexual maturity
2 years of age
How many corophium do the sandpipers eat is one low tide
15 000- 20 000
What is the name of the mountain across from the centre
Shepody Mountain
What are the three common species of gulls
ring billed gull, herring gull and greater black backed gull
When did Johnson’s Mills, Mary’s Point and all of Shepody Bay become part of these two organizations?
Shepody Bay and Mary’s Point were designated as a hemispheric shorebird reserve in 1987. At this time the Shepody Bay area, including Johnson’s Mills, and the Minas Basin were also designated as a Ramsar site, however, Mary’s Point was designated as a wetland of significant importance in 1982. The Minas Basin designated under WHSRN in 1988.
What are the three main stopover areas shorebirds rest during their northward migration
Delaware Bay, New Jersey, Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas, Quill Lakes Saskachewan
What other places in the upper bay of fundy are the shorebirds found
Johnson’s Mills (Grand Anse), Mary’s Point, Daniels Flats (beside Hopewell Rocks), Evangeline Beach NS and Blue Beach NS
What is the order of the Bays starting from here to the furthest point
Shepody Bay is right in front of us. It along with the Cumberland Basin merge further down the stream at Mary’s Point, to form Chignecto Bay. Chignecto Bay is joined with the Minas Basin to the Lower reaches of the Upper Bay of Fundy. Collectively, Shepody and Chignecto Bays, and Cumberland and Minas Basins are known as the Upper Bay of Fundy.
Where does the ruby throated humming bird winter
Central America
What does WHSRN stand for? What is it
WHSRN stands for Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network. WHSRN is an international organization founded in the mid 1980s to assure the preservation of critical habitat that is extremely important to migratory shorebirds in the western hemisphere. To be designated as a Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve the area must be populated by at least 30% of the world’s population or at least 500 000 shorebirds annually.
Name top 11 sandpipers found at johnsons mills. What two are most common
Semipalmated sandpiper, semipalmated plover, black bellied plover, least sandpiper, white rumped sandpiper, ruddy turnstone, sanderling, dunlin, short-billed dowitcher, greater and lesser yellowlegs
When juveniles leave the arctic how do they know how to get to the Bay of Fundy
It is believed that shorebirds have an internal compass that allows them to find their way. It is thought that they use the stars, sun and the earth’s magnetic fields as a directional guide for their migration. Or that a few males stay behind to show them the way
What are the predators for the shorebirds at johnsons mills and in the arctic
Here peregrine falcons and merlins, (gulls and eagle if too fat and slow). Up north is northern harrier, snowy owl, and gulls and mammals
Where else can corophium be found? Give two scenarios why corophium are found in this area?
Gulf of Maine and the Baltic Sea. Come over on the ballast of ships, or a land bridge used to exists between the tectonic plates
What does RAMSAR stand for
RAMSAR is not an acronym but rather is the name of the city in Iran where the Convention of Wetlands International Importance took place in 1971.