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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Tom Cudzilo on September 25, 2007, 06:56:56 PM

Title: Solitary Sandpiper Red Knot maybe ???
Post by: Tom Cudzilo on September 25, 2007, 06:56:56 PM

I just cant ID most of the shorebirds to save my life.

(http://crazyravr.smugmug.com/photos/200407119-L.jpg)

thanx for the help

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Post by: worth on September 25, 2007, 08:44:46 PM

Looks like an American Golden Plover to me.
Dave

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Post by: Joe on September 25, 2007, 10:08:23 PM

Or possibly black-bellied?

Joe

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Post by: Tom Cudzilo on September 26, 2007, 12:42:35 PM

So whats the final verdict here???

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Post by: Joe on September 26, 2007, 04:10:12 PM

I'm certainly no expert, but sometimes even the experts can't be definitive in their attempts at an ID.

Joe

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Post by: Iain on September 26, 2007, 11:27:22 PM

Long wings and dark cap suggest American Golden Plover.

Iain