Re: [nysbirds-l] any photos of the "stint" / "peep" / Calidris (genus) Sandpiper on eastern LI on 8/23?

2009-08-24 Thread Angus Wilson
Tom Fiore is right to point out that access to the photos of the Dune Road sandpiper would greatly enhance the current discussion and I'm sure the photographers are planning to post them in the near future. With respect to Lloyd's comment, I think Kevin Karlson's recent posts to ID-Frontiers refer

[nysbirds-l] any photos of the "stint" / "peep" / Calidris (genus) Sandpiper on eastern LI on 8/23?

2009-08-24 Thread Tom Fiore
All, ... STINT (noun) English dictionary, definition number 2: a small short-legged sandpiper breeding in northern Eurasia and Alaska, in the Genus Calidris, family Scolopacidae. Word origin: believed Middle English. Are photos of the sandpiper being discussed from Sunday 8/23 on