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I thought this message by Kenn Kaufmann on the Ohio listserv might be of  
interest to some in Eastern KY:
 
Subject: possible Great Knot in WV
From:  Kenn Kaufman <kenn.kaufman AT WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007  12:32:41 -0400
I'm forwarding this from the ID-Frontiers listserve. Winfield, West Virginia, 

isn't too far from Marietta or Gallipolis in s.e. Ohio. I don't know anything 

more about this than what's contained in the two posts below, so don't 
contact 

me for more info; but I've looked at the photos, and it does look like the 
bird 

is a Great Knot, a species I've studied closely in China and Australia. (not 

just a great knot, which could be just a great sighting of a Red Knot -- the 

Great Knot is a different species.) Have any of you birders in eastern or 

southeastern Ohio heard anything about this? 





Kenn Kaufman

Rocky Ridge, Ohio
Subject: Great Knot - Winfield, WV
From: Matt Orsie <wvbirder AT COMCAST.NET>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:50:56 -0400
Hi All,

  I'm just sending out a notification email and will let the gang in

Cabell/Putnam county sending out more specifics on the how the

bird was found, the sequence of events, etc.



A Great Knot was found at one of the Winfield Lock's and Dam

ponds late Monday morning. Other birders from that area visited

the site during the rest of the day. There was a lot of conversation 

on what it could be (thus the delay) and I received some pictures

from Wendell Argabrite late Monday night. My initial impression

was a molting juvenile Ruff but we needed some more opinions

from birders with more experience.



I posted an email to the birding ID-Frontiers listserv last night and

so far have received overwhelmingly support for a Great Knot.



As far as I can tell this is the only record east of the west coast but

more research needs to be done in that area.



The bird was NOT relocated on Tuesday. If it is relocated we'll get that

information out FAST.



Here are the photos taken late Monday morning:



  http://wvbirder.com/tmp9/wv_08-13-07_c.JPG



  http://wvbirder.com/tmp9/wv_08-13-07_b.JPG



  http://wvbirder.com/tmp9/wv_8-13-07_a.JPG










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