>I read and listened to the discussion as to whether it is a Greater or Lesser
and it seems to be going to Greater based on the call that some folks heard (not
when I was there).
---
FYI-Those interested in traveling to see the potential "Greater" Sand Plover
in Virginia may yet se
Tom:
Thank you for the heads-up. I left about 2 AM on 9/8/09 and saw the Sand Plover
spcies from about 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM along with about 7 others. Per the
directions in the postings to the Days Inn in Stauton VA it was an easy find.
In the beginning the birds flushed then settled and there w
As some who follow either the Frontiers of Identification birding
list-serve, or check the Virginia Birds list-serve will have noticed,
a Sand-Plover (species of shorebird ranging thru Eurasia-Africa-
Australasia), exceedingly rare in eastern N. America) has been
photographed & continued to
