and I was thinking "willet" at first glance' I'm hunkered down in NY with a cold - haven't been able to read miuch on list...
NOted that since one couldn't see the legs, and couldn't see the size, kept me from putting "yellow legs" into themix before consulting my Nation Geo book, I thought , Willet, Godwit, dowwicher, Yellowlegs and more of thsoe confusing birdies.... I threw out a a couple because this birdy had such a distinctive ring around his eye with out a comet tail . I now see that, drowsy as I am I Have to scan 2 pages of a very special bird book... that I think many of you will enjoy and others are probably familiar with... details at 11 ann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Thanks Ken. Could be. I'll have a look at the hi-res and see if I can tell if >the legs are yellow. The Sollitary Sandpiper pic looks a bit more like mine, >but tis one is close as well. >Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- >From: "Ken Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>Paul, according to my "Birds of Michigan" book - its a Lesser Yellowlegs >>(Tringa flavipes) >>http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Lesser_Yellowlegs.html >> >>Kenneth Waller >>http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: What is it? >> >> >> >> >>>It's not a good photograph. That's for sure. This is a 100% crop, so >>>the bird is tiny in frame. But ti's a bird I've never seen in >>>Michigan. Of course, I'm not a dedicated birder, so take that with a >>>grain of bird seed. It does look a bit like some of the terns I've >>>seen in California. But different coloring and much chubbier. I could >>>look it up in my bird book but that wouldn't be much fun. I'm sure >>>someone here knows exactly what it is. >>> >>>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7773050&size=lg >>> >>>Paul >>> >>> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >>the directions. >> >> > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
