[NatureNS] Marsh bird in Kegi-ID please

From: "Greg Dobbin" <dobbin@upei.ca>
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Thanks for the guess Paul, but unfortunately that's not it. 

If I had to guess, I would say it looked like a Greater yellowlegs, but 
none of the pics I can find on the internet show the yellow on the 
neck! Because I saw 2 so easily, I assumed they were common 
there!?
Greg


Date sent:      	Wed, 6 Sep 2006 06:59:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:           	Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
Subject:        	Re: [NatureNS] Marsh bird in Kegi-ID please
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> Hi Greg
> Would Least Bittern fill the ID?
> Not very common but heard of. CWS would be interested
> if that is what it is.
> Nice sighting
> Paul
> 
> --- Greg Dobbin <dobbin@upei.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I am curious about a bird I saw this past weekend in
> > Kegi while 
> > canoing on the Mersey River. It looked like a willet
> > or a rail 
> > perhaps? It was a large bird, with its neck
> > stretched upward it must 
> > have been 30 plus cm. It mottled brown on the breast
> > with yellow up 
> > thru the neck toward the underparts of the head. It
> > allowed us to 
> > approach within 4 or 5 feet. I either saw 2 or the
> > same one twice in 
> > different parts of the river. It was hanging around
> > the reeds at the 
> > edge of the water in both instances.
> > Thanks.
> > Greg
> > Greg Dobbin
> > Research Assistant
> > Dept. of Pathology and Microbiology
> > Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI
> > Phone: (902)566-0744
> > Fax: (902)566-0851(to my attention)
> > 
> 
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Greg Dobbin
Research Assistant
Dept. of Pathology and Microbiology
Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI
Phone: (902)566-0744
Fax: (902)566-0851(to my attention)

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