Re: [cayugabirds-l] Two questions

2017-07-12 Thread Suan Yong
Spotted sandpiper is more commonly encountered along riverbanks and especially lakeshores around here, but I've certainly come across a few solitary sandpipers as well, especially in the Cayuga Inlet. Spotted is horizontal and "flatter", solitary is taller with long legs and neck, and will

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Two questions

2017-07-12 Thread Linda Orkin
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 12, 2017, at 2:55 PM, Brad Walker wrote: > > It's probably a spotted sandpiper. It's never a good idea to go solely by > measurements such as total length in the field. > >> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:47 PM Nancy Cusumano

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Two questions

2017-07-12 Thread Brad Walker
It's probably a spotted sandpiper. It's never a good idea to go solely by measurements such as total length in the field. On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:47 PM Nancy Cusumano wrote: > There have been so many public osprey nests failing this year - seems like > many of the