:43 PM
To: Steve Walter
Cc: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu; Nyc ebirds
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Curlew Sandpiper Jones Beach we2
It would be great if any photos of this bird be made available for public
viewing. Rump or no rump. Thanks in advance.
"I prefer to be true to myself,
Looking at the photos that are included with Stacy Meyerheinrich's eBird
checklist (link below) I would suggest the observers reconsider the ID. IMO
this bird is very clearly a Dunlin, as proposed in a follow up posting by
Steve Walter.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39350964
Dunlins with
on e-bird, posted by Mr. Arie Gilbert.
Tyler Goldstein
Jericho, NY
On Saturday, September 23, 2017, Andrew Baksh wrote:
> It would be great if any photos of this bird be made available for public
> viewing. Rump or no rump. Thanks in advance.
>
>
> "I prefer to be true to myself, even
It would be great if any photos of this bird be made available for public
viewing. Rump or no rump. Thanks in advance.
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
I hate to do this - and I saw the bird in question - but it looks like a
Dunlin to me. While I wait to see other people's photographs showing a white
rump, I've gone over my pictures. All other characteristics are perfectly in
line with what a juvenile Dunlin might exhibit in late September. Most
i