[Birdnet] AIC

[Carl Ingwell]

Carol, yesterday we saw Least Sandpipers.  I wonder if you and Paul didn't
see Least Sandpipers vs. Western Sandpipers.

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Carol Gwynn <cgwynn at earthlink.net> wrote:

> As reported by Paul Lombardi, one Ruff was between mm 4 and 5, north side,
> on the Antelope Island Causeway. It later moved to the south side and to the
> east a little ways. There were also numerous Killdeer as well as several
> other shorebirds that looked like Western Sandpipers, except that they had a
> lot of brown on the upper part of the chest - more than the field
> guides/shorebird books show for winter plumage westerns. I know that the
> brown wash on Westerns is variable, so maybe these guys were on the ample
> end of the scale. I'll send a  (not great) photo of one to Milt to post for
> verification on utahbirds.
>
> Also on the Causeway today were two Long-tailed Ducks and a female Barrow's
> Goldeneye at the bridge closest to the island (north side), numerous
> Harriers, 2 Bald Eagles, 1 Prairie Falcon, and 1 Kestrel. There was a large
> flock of Horned Larks near the entrance gate at about 9:30 a.m., but I was
> on a Ruff mission, so I didn't search the flock too carefully. They were
> moving around a lot, as well. I searched for about 2 hours for Snow Buntings
> to no avail. Three had been seen earlier in the day by some birders from
> Maryland.
>
> Other ducks at the bridge - hundreds of Shovelers, also Common Goldeneye
> and Bufflehead.
>
> Carol Gwynn
>
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