Date:         Tue, 21 Jan 2003 06:06:48 -0500
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From:         Parke H John <pjohn@WLGORE.COM>
Subject:      Semi-palmated Sandpiper at Eagle's Nest Campground 01/18/03
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Here's Sean's version:
----- Forwarded by Parke H John/WLGORE on 01/21/2003 06:04 AM -----


sean.mccandless@att.net
01/20/2003 08:25 PM


        To:     pjohn@wlgore.com (Parke H John), parke@del.net (parke john)
        cc:
        Subject:        semi sandpiper


Parke,

  Thanks for the email about the semi-sandpiper. Well the way I could
discribe
this bird , is that it was much smaller than the other sandpipers that
were
around,Dunlin,Sanderlings and such. It was mingeling around these birds.
The
legs were very dark,the bill was short streight and thick , it did not
seem to
be curved,like you would see on a least or western. It did have a solid
gray
back and a grayish chest, with white undersides. I would admit that I have
been
fooled by peep before as we all have,also miss-judging size of
sandpipers,but I
must also admit that the distance from where we were viewing was excellent
and
the lighting very good. The pipers were not out in the middle of raymond
pool,if you get my point. But everything I know and viewed about peep in
the
past would indicate that it was a semi-sandpiper.

Thanks, Sean McCandless


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