After much better looks and much discussion, we are fairly sure that this is a golden-plover. A number of plumage details have been seen better and due to a combination of those traits and relative size we are all fairly set on it being a golden-plover. Oh well, still a fun study!
Good birding! Jeremy Bensette, Josh Vandermeulen, etc Jeremy Bensette - Leamington, ON Birding/Wildlife Tours, Photography, Naturalist Services > On May 20, 2016, at 3:19 PM, Josh Vandermeulen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > There is an interesting plover at the hillman marsh shorebird cell that looks > pretty good for Mountain Plover - a number of us are watching it now. Michael > Runtz found it. > > Good birding > Josh > > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to [email protected] > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
