Hi all, I, for one, would like to see this bird's picture.
Good birding, Richard Richard L. Wood, Ph. D. University of Minnesota Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy 717 Delaware St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55414-2959 rwoodphd at yahoo.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Jim Williams <[email protected]> To: MOU-Net net <mou-net at cbs.umn.edu> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:20:50 AM Subject: [mou] that sandpiper Begin forwarded message: From: Joseph Morlan <[email protected]> Date: May 22, 2007 7:17:40 AM CDT Jim Your bird looks like a Least Sandpiper to me. The crouched posture with dirty-yellowish legs bent, no obvious primary projection and finely pointed bill-tip are all features of Least Sandpiper. The brown mottling to the bib, not extending to the flanks is also a chracter of Least Sandpiper. It is not a Western Sandpiper which has a different scapular and head pattern, more extensive streaking going to the flanks and a less-finely tipped bill. Nor is it a Semipalmated Sandpiper which has a straighter, more blunt bill and darker legs. ===== Well, if it was a Western, I certainly didn't want to ignore it. Jim Williams ____________________________________________________________________________________Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070522/bc905ac2/attachment.html
