Can anyone provide a little more information on this bird? Description of the "odd bill shape"? Grass-piper habitat seems an odd fit for Spoon-billed, no?
Thanks! Peter --- On Thu, 9/6/12, Aaron Virgin <[email protected]> wrote: From: Aaron Virgin <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] 16 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Baird's ++, Riverhead, Sound Ave. To: "Derek Rogers" <[email protected]> Cc: "NY Bird List" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 2:31 PM A highly unusual juvenile sandpiper species is currently being viewed at this location by MOB. The closest fit is SPOONBILLED SANDPIPER based on the odd bill shape, however the color of the bill is not entirely black. The chances of it being this species is beyond incredibly rare, but a definitive ID is still open for debate. Some pics are being taken but more are welcome to help nail this one down. First observed at 11:40 and still being seen by about 15 birders at the same location Derek referenced earlier. Good luck if you go. Aaron Virgin On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Derek Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > As of 9:40 AM: > > From Sound Avenue, just west of CR-105 looking south I noticed a large group > of shorebirds in the sod field. > > 1 Buffy led to the next where I tallied at least 16. There were also 2 > definitive BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a handful of Pectorals. Other common peeps > were in the mix as well. > > It would be great if birders can follow up here as I had very limited time to > further detail the area. There were plenty more birds sparsely located > throughout this field in the distance. > > Best, > Derek Rogers > Sayville > Http://dereksnest.blogspot.com > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
