[Birdnet] Fwd: Pacific Golden Plover at Antelope Causeway?

[Kristin Purdy]

Keith Evans saw and photographed a Pluvialis plover at the causeway on Friday that appears to be an American Golden-plover in transitional plumage. I'll forward the image to Utah Birds. Once posted, I invite discussion as to the identity of this bird.

Kris
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  It was submitted by Bryan - bdixon at xmission.com
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  Subject: Pacific Golden Plover at Antelope Causeway?

  Email_Address: bdixon at xmission.com

  Message: Jean and I believe we may have seen a Pacific Golden-Plover on the north side of the Antelope Island Causeway 1/4 mile east of milepost 3 on Sunday, August 27. We observed the bird from 75-100' through a Kowa scope. It had a definite golden coloration throughout the body - not gray - and its wingtips protruded just barely beyond its tail. Back feathers had golden, not white edges, though the greater coverts appeared to have some white edges. Possible it was a golden-colored Black-bellied Plover, as it looked as though it was molting out of a black coloration on its belly. Undertail coverts were decidedly not black. We've never seen Pacific Golden-Plovers before and have little experience with Black-bellied, so we're unsure how much variation there is in golden color or wingtip length. Sorry, no photos. I would appreciate hearing if anyone else noticed the bird. You can contact me at bdixon at xmission.com. Thanks. Bryan


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