Although the colouration is certainly intriguing, in the second photo it appears as though four primaries project beyond the tertials and P8 projects past the tail, which more or less rules out Pacific. I wasn't able to get a larger view of the image to be sure of that. The legs also appear on the short side for Pacific...
Christian Artuso (Winnipeg) > Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 17:11:34 -0700 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [mou-net] Plover from Duluth this morning > To: [email protected] > > Not sure why Erik did not post something here about a plover he found this > morning in Duluth, but on the Facebook Bird ID group he posted a picture of > an interesting plover: > > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=539321354627&set=o.307059289359265&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf > > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=539320735867&set=o.307059289359265&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf > > Speculation is Pacific Golden Plover. I have not had a chance to look at the > images in detail, but thought people in Duluth might want to look for this > bird, and Erik might share where he saw it. > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
