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What about the juvenile Black bellied plover? You said it looked plain / had a short bill and no black belly?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Lindsay" <rhlindsay@accesswave.ca> To: <kenmcken@eastlink.ca>; "Nature NS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] great egret at Conrad's Beach > Hi, Ken. > > Sanderling was one of the first that I discounted, mainly because it's a > much squatter bird - chunkier, shorter legs, shorter bill, lighter and > more uniform in colour, and I'm generally able to ID these, which I've > often seen here. > > I thought perhaps the Purple Sandpiper or Solitary Sandpiper were > possibilities, but the legs were darker than the dull green shown in my > field guide for the Solitary, and it didn't have the yellow legs of the > Purple. > > I've never seen either of these two in the field that I know of. The only > time I recall a Solitary Sandpiper was one ID'd by my mother, when I was > living at home in Brookfield (Colchester County, near Truro) back in the > early 1960s. It was October, and it had apparently run into our > clothesline during a night migration and fallen dead to the ground, where > we discovered it the next morning. > > But I digress. > > That's about all I can offer for this sandpiper. > > I also heard the "pffft" of the Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow in the > grassy dunes above the beach, this morning, and a few times in the last > two or three weeks. > > Thanks. > Bob > > > > kenmcken@eastlink.ca wrote: >> Hi Bob What about Sanderling? >> >> Ken >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Bob Lindsay <> >> Date: Friday, June 15, 2007 11:21 am >> Subject: [NatureNS] great egret at Conrad's Beach >> >>> Good morning, all. >>> >>> This morning, a few minutes after 0700, I saw a Great Egret at Conrad's >>> Beach, Lawrencetown. As I drove in Conrad Road, as soon as I was in >>> sight of the marsh, it was to the east of the road on the other side of >>> the marsh. An hour later, it was still there in roughly the same spot. >>> >>> Although I didn't see any Piping Plovers (as I did on three occasions on >>> the past month), I did see a medium-sized sandpiper on the beach that I >>> couldn't identify. It had near-black legs. Too long-legged for >>> semipalmated, and I think the colouring was a bit dark for the semi as >>> well. >>> >>> Willet? While willets were numerous there, it was much too small. >>> >>> White-rumped sandpiper? Maybe. The white rump, and common white wing >>> markings were conspicuous in flight. >>> >>> Anyone? >>> >>> Also in the marsh behind the beach were four Green-wwinged Teal. >>> >>> cheers, >>> Bob Lindsay >>> Dartmouth >>> >> >> > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: > 269.8.16/849 - Release Date: 6/14/2007 12:44 PM > >
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