Hi All--Yesterday, 29 Aug, Erika and I drove down to the River Bend Nature Center in Faribault, Rice Co., to check out the Stilt Sandpiper. I took photographs and got around to "developing" them late morning the next day (today),
What do you make of this photo? http://www.northern.edu/tallmand/dat/misc/stiltmystery.jpg At the time I thought I was taking a photo of one of a few Stilt Sandpipers on the pond. But the bill looks way too short for a Stilt Sandpiper. The base of the bill is also an odd pink color. The bird is vaguely colored like a Ruff, but the breast is not plain like a Ruff. A second photo shows what may be the mystery bird behind an obvious Stilt Sandpiper. http://www.northern.edu/tallmand/dat/misc/stiltmystery2.jpg Note the much more obvious eyeline on the Stilt Sandpiper and its grayer coloration. Is the mystery sandpiper just an immature Stilt Sandpiper? I will be interested to hear any and all opinions. dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://danerika.googlepages.com/home http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika danerika at gmail.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080830/35bb373b/attachment.html
