Were any photos taken of the Florida bird? It might be possible, from details of plumage or feater wear, to see whether our bird was the same individual. This would support the intriguing coincidences of Lapwing appearance in the two regions.

Hopefully it will be relocated, we couldn't make the "big search" due to prior commitments but would very much like to see it. Have seen this subspecies in Trinidad and the others throughout South America but had not expected one in good ol' Maryland!

Congrats on this find!

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD

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From: Mark Hoffman <>
> The bird was not in a location that is easily accessible.  Only by boat or
> from private property.  I know of one other observer who looked for the bird
> earlier in the week and did not find it.  But it's must be around
> someplace!!
> 
> I've also added comments on the subspecific identification of this
> individual on my web-site, repeated below are the details I received from
> Alvaro Jaramillo, an authority on geographical variation in this species:
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