Erik et al. - I would agree with Christian Artuso that the bird is an American Golden-Plover based on the long primary extension with 4 primary tips clearly visible beyond the tertials in at least one of the photos. A Pacific Golden-Plover should only show 2-3 visible primary tips. -Kim
Kim R Eckert ecker...@gmail.com http://www.mbwbirds.com On Oct 3, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Erik Bruhnke wrote: This morning's Duluth Audubon bird hike was a lot of fun! We had both American Golden Plovers and Black-bellied Plovers on the beach of Park Point this morning, with American Black Ducks, Palm Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, fly-over American Pipits and more on the bay-side of Park Point. While scanning through the small group of American Golden Plovers, we came across a golden-orange faced, smaller-billed, and yellow-speckled (on the back) plover. We left this bird as unidentified in the field, and based on abundance of the mid-sized plovers, would most likely be an American Golden-Plover. I am thrown off by some of the field marks. This first set of pictures is from this morning's walk along Park Point. Here is that tricky plover from this morning - note the relatively short bill, soft-orange blotch near the front of the face, gold mottling throughout the backside. http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/146446320 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/146446321 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/146446322 http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/146446323 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
