Sorry, Norm, for this out of the area report but it's certainly a bird that a lot of us would gladly twitch if proven!
 
Tyler Bell

California, Maryland 



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Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 9:20:04 AM
Subject: [de-birds] Possible European Golden Plover

Andy Urquhart just called me from RT 9 at Wick's potato farm to tell me that he is looking at a bird that looks good for European Golden Plover.  It is loosely associating with two American Golden Plovers.  The field marks he has noticed are:

Stockier than the AGPs
Black on the breast is very narrow at the lower breast and then widens out again on the belly.
Bill appears shorter than the AGPs.
Very little primary extension beyond the tail and from the Tertials.
Underside of wings (corroborated by another couple on site) are white

I am going to try and get over there and take a look.  Anyone else that can get to the area might want to take a shot as well.

Chris Bennett
Natural Resource Management Specialist
Environmental Stewardship Program
Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
Phone: (302) 739-9230
Fax: (302) 739-3817

"The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?'"

Aldo Leopold  A Sand County Almanac