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Index of Subjects try red knot ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Lindsay" <rhlindsay@accesswave.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] mystery sandpiper > 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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