Thanks to everyone who helped with the ID of this sandpiper -- there were well over 200 views of the photo on Flickr. Although a couple of people thought this was a spotted sandpiper, the majority by far said solitary sandpiper.
This list is such a great resource, thank you all! Gail -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Gail Wieberdink Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 12:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou-net] shorebird ID question We stopped at the 180th St. marsh yesterday and there was just a single shorebird. However, there is a question about what it actually is! (several different opinions so far) We watched the bird for 5 to 10 minutes and during that period it did not move at all other than once it turned its head so it was alive;-) Take a look at see what you think. If you click on the right hand photo on the photostream, there is a tighter crop although it really doesn't show much additional detail. I would be most interested to hear what others think this bird might be. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gailw/3808170642// ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
