Thanks. The Solitary Sandpiper looks like a match. Although according to the Cornell map, he would be about 400 miles too far south. They show the Sandpipers only in the upper peninsula of Michigan. But he might be migrating and just stopped in to visit the Egret:-). Paul On Sep 1, 2008, at 12:36 AM, Brian Walters wrote:
> Hi Paul > > I'm no expert on North American birds (or Australian birds for that > matter) but it's possibly a Solitary Sandpiper. > > Here's a couple of links I found - the second one even has a photo > taken > in Michigan! > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_Sandpiper > > http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/156/articles/introduction > > > (Could be completely wrong, of course) > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:00:43 -0400, "Paul Stenquist" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> It's not a good photograph. That's for sure. This is a 100% crop, so >> the bird is tiny in frame. But ti's a bird I've never seen in >> Michigan. Of course, I'm not a dedicated birder, so take that with a >> grain of bird seed. It does look a bit like some of the terns I've >> seen in California. But different coloring and much chubbier. I could >> look it up in my bird book but that wouldn't be much fun. I'm sure >> someone here knows exactly what it is. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7773050&size=lg >> >> Paul >> > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent email > service? > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
