They are certaily dowitchers. And most of the year at Ankeny they would be
Long-billed. Did you hear anything? L-b make sharp single "pik" calls in quick
succession. We are about to enter that brief window of spring migration when
Short-billed Dowitchers pass through Oregon. They look very much like L-b but
sound quite different "tu-tu-tu". Visual differences between the two are much
smaller. Beak length is irrelevant in the field and l'm not sure how useful it
is in the hand.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: "joy shreyer("sjoygene")"
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 4/7/24 12:07 AM (GMT-08:00) To:
obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Joy Shreyer <sjoygene@xxxxxxx> Subject: [obol] Are these
long bi?lled dowitchers we saw these birds today at Baskett slough at a long
distance away. Are they long billed dowitchers.?
