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Index of Subjects Hi, Liz. No; it was the other way around. The Sanderling is smaller, plainer and chunkier and has a shorter bill than what I saw. What I saw was definitely not a plover. But thanks for the suggestion. Bob Elizabeth Doull wrote: > 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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