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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0059_01D0D08F.06A8C950 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Randy. Lovely photo! I agree with Ken that the eggs looks like those of a = Spotted Sandpiper. Both the nest and the eggs are a very good match to = those of Spotties illustrated in the Princeton field guide "Nests, Eggs, = and Nestlings of North American Birds". No date given in the attached = report of the sighting, but assuming late July, it is much too late for = nests of the other most common NS shorebird breeders, Willets and = Greater Yellowlegs. Whereas Spotted Sandpiper, since the female often = has two broods with successive mates, can be much later nesters. Also, = far too well-built a nest for Killdeer, and no broken-wing display. The other possibility for a small shorebird is Least Sandpiper, a fairly = rare local breeder, which can have eggs as late as August. But its eggs = have a darker background colour and finer streaking, not matching the = photo.
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