[MDOsprey] Fw: [Marvadel] Re: MD Spotted Redshank Info?

Jane Kostenko (jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us)
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 10:42:16 -0400 

This came through on Marvadel before I even had a chance to write to him!
Jane Kostenko

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From: REWaldrop@aol.com <REWaldrop@aol.com>
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Cc: birdchat@listserv.arizona.edu <birdchat@listserv.arizona.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 10:23 AM
Subject: [Marvadel] Re: MD Spotted Redshank Info?


>To all interested parties in the details of the the possible redshank
>sighting:
>
>Allow me to give some more specific details.
>
>When:  Monday afternoon, August 23, around 5:30.
>
>Where:  Assateague Island, just past the Hwy. 611 bridge, in the marshes to
>the left (northeast) of the road.
>
>Details:  After looking for the Kelp Gull in St. Mary's county, I decided
to
>drive over to Ocean City to look for shorebirds.  As I drove over the Hwy.
>611 bridge toward Assateague Island, I came down to the flat area with "No
>Stopping" signs all around but decided to stop anyway since there were four
>or five other cars there.  I stopped on the right and scanned through the
>marshes on both sides of the road and noticed some shorebirds to the left
of
>the road so I got out and crossed the road and began to walk up the shore
of
>the marsh in a northeasterly direction, roughly parallel to the road,
looking
>in the direction of Assateague Island.  After identifing several shorebirds
>in this area (including a Whimbrel), I saw what I thought was an unusual
>shorebird standing in the marsh at a distance of about 100 yards.  What
>immediately struck me as being strange was the decided reddish color of the
>legs.  After looking at it for a few minutes more I also detected a reddish
>color at the base of the bill.  It was definitely a "Tringa" type of
>shorebird, with long legs and slender build.  It reminded me of a Lesser
>Yellowlegs, except with reddish legs and base of bill.  I was using
Swavorsky
> 10x42 binoculars.
>
>Afraid that I would be apprehended for leaving my truck parked in the "no
>stopping" zone, I returned and continued on to the island.   The only field
>guide I had was the new National Geographic.  Later that evening in my
>message to the Voice of the Naturalist hotline, I reported the bird as a
>possible Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) as opposed to a Spotted Redshank
>(Tringa erythropus) based on the information given about its range being
into
>Greenland with the possibility of stragglers showing up along the east
coast
>of North America.  I have seen both species of redshank in Asia but am
>certainly no expert in differentiating between the two.  I was already
>working against the clock to be back home the next day so I was not able to
>spend the night and look for the bird the next morning.
>
>I hope that someone will find the bird and clarify its identity.  I will be
>waiting to hear about any details.  I can be reached by phone at work
>(423-4787934) and home (423-4728543).
>
>Rick Waldrop
>Cleveland, TN
>
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