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Hi All, In my earlier post I classified the CSI Broad-billed Sandpiper as the first getable Broad-billed Sandpiper, I should clarify, that this is from a Canadian Birding perspective as the bird in New York was seen by many in including (I believe) our own Dorothy Poole. - All the Best in Birding, Clarence
--- On Tue, 9/16/08, Clarence Stevens <birder_ca@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi All, My apologies on the Broad-billed Sandpiper
> oversight, no slight intended, my first search for
> Broad-billed Sandpiper records was based on
>
> 1. My limited book collection of just over 200 bird books.
> This just goes to show one can never have enough bird books!
>
> 2. A Internet Based Search for “Canadian Records of
> Broad-billed Sandpipers” which turned up no records of
> Broad-billed Sandpipers in Canada, including the 1990
> sighting and Johnny’s earlier record for Cape Sable
> Island. Such is the limitations of the Internet.
>
> As a followup today I did a search for “North American
> Sightings” for Broad-billed Sandpiper and that turned up a
> list of 3 which of course is by no means a complete list.
> These 3 sightings were:
>
> 1. First State Record for Massachusetts - September 10,
> 2002, Plum Island (Essex), R. Heil. While counting
> shorebirds the observer was shocked to come upon a
> Broad-billed Sandpiper among a group of calidrids. He was
> able to study it with a 60x zoom for a total of 15 minutes
> from as close as 80 yards and in excellent light. At that
> distance even the specific feather detail was clear, and he
> was able to age it as a worn juvenile. This Asian vagrant is
> generally uncommon, even within its range, but in August of
> 2002 there was an influx of Broad-bills in Europe, with
> greater than normal numbers from England to Hungary. The
> appearance of this individual is most likely associated with
> this incursion, although an Asian origin cannot be ruled
> out.
>
> 2. Only Photographically Documented Record -The only
> photographically documented record in North American
> (outside Alaska) was in New York in August 1998 (North
> American Birds, Vol. 53, No. 1: p. 36)
>
> 3. Convincing Sight Record - there is a convincing sight
> record from Nova Scotia in September 1990 (American Birds,
> Vol. 45, No. 1: p. 69).
>
> However regardless of missing reports on the internet, it
> is certain, from the few facts that we do have that
> Johnny’s & Clyde’s Broad-billed Sandpiper is a
> fabulous find and holds the distinction of being the first
> getable Broad-billed Sandpiper. Or put another way the
> first Broad-billed Sandpiper that provided the chance for
> other birders to enjoy it. And being the first gettable
> Broad-billed Sandpiper sighting certainly makes it, in my
> eyes, the Best Broad-billed Sandpiper sighting for the
> province.
>
> - All the Best in Birding, Clarence
>
> PS: Andy I hope my earlier believe didn’t lead you down
> the garden path in a hand basket. :-)
>
>
>
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