Re: mystery sandpiper to go online this evening
Timothy Boucher (tboucher@geocities.com)
Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:31:26 -0400
Greg
Excuse the silly question but... did you not get an opportunity to look at
the bill front on?
The reason I ask is because I have seen the bird in South Africa (a rarity
there as well) and the bill tip was broader than the rest of bill. On the
other hand I did see the bird in very good light and pretty close (10-15m)
away with a scope. The rest of the field marks (it was a long time ago) were
pretty easy to pick out and the bird stood out amongst the thousands of
Curlew Sandpipers (not rarities!).
Tim Boucher
Chevy Chase, MD