[cobirds] Hypothesis for the Frisco Colorado Purple Sandpiper

2016-12-26 Thread nkorte1
I never thought the town in which I was born and raised, Highland, IL, would ever be mentioned on cobirds! Nic Korte -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an em

Re: [cobirds] Hypothesis for the Frisco Colorado Purple Sandpiper

2016-12-26 Thread Paul Hurtado
Bill's hypothesis lines up exactly with what I was thinking regarding how this bird got to CO, but I wanted to take the speculation a bit further. Here's an additional thought on how it might have gotten it's directions wrong. First, simple mutation or developmental issues might muck up such a sys

[cobirds] Hypothesis for the Frisco Colorado Purple Sandpiper

2016-12-26 Thread Bill Maynard
COBirders, This is a hypothesis. Frisco, Colorado, is located at N 39.57859/W -106.091118. Island Beach State Park, New Jersey, at N 39.54189 is an East Coast location where Purple Sandpiper is regular in winter at similar latitude (eBird). I used Google to tell me a location midway between F