[obol] Re: Long-toed vs Least
- From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:29:55 -0700
Here's a bit of trivia (from _Guide to the identification and ageing
of Holarctic Waders_, Prater, Marchant and Vuorinen, 1987):
Bill length Central toe length (with claw)
Least 17-20mm 18-21mm
Long-toed 17-19mm 22-26mm
If you can see the central toes and they're shorter than the bill, it's
not a Long-toed Stint. We can argue 'til doomsday about all the other
fieldmarks, but it has to have long toes to be a Long-toed Stint...
--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
On watch in the Seawatch
http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=1506
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