It's probably a spotted sandpiper. It's never a good idea to go solely by measurements such as total length in the field.
On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:47 PM Nancy Cusumano <nancycusuman...@gmail.com> wrote: > There have been so many public osprey nests failing this year - seems like > many of the nest cam nests have had one tragedy or another. Does anyone > know how the many local osprey nests are doing? Candace can you give an > update? Thanks. > > Second question - we are kayakers and always see a small shorebird along > the river shores. Merlin tells me it is a spotted sandpiper, but my husband > says they are smaller than the 7" given in books and AllAboutBirds. > Without a photo (super hard to get them as they are moving and so are we) > can anyone confirm this is what we are seeing? It doesn't seem like there > are any other good options, as Solitary is out of area for us, right? > > Thanks for whatever assistance you can give! > > Nancy > > > > Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 565! dogs since 2005! > Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --