[obol] Re: Mystery Peep
- From: Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:37:49 -0700
Rhett, you said:
"...for any "lurkers" and/or beginners out there wanting the full
conversation and
consensus on this bird, it's a lightly-colored, fairly short-billed Western
juvenile."
Perhaps I'm missing something. I looked at these photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boundtobird/9604076788/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boundtobird/9604101582/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boundtobird/9600860303/
These photos, to me, look like a normally colored juv Western Sandpiper,
not lightly-colored, and with a noticeably long bill. I would guess it was
a female; certainly in the range for one.
Compare the "lightness" and short bill length of this juv Western Sandpiper
from the Umpqua Estuary a few days ago:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewghunter/9590772493/. Without doubt,
they (w sand's bills) get even shorter than this. This juv has a few basic
gray feathers mixed in; I see one scapular and a few mantle feathers.
This makes me curious, do you have photos of the "7 or 8 westerns around
it"????
Regards,
Matt Hunter
Melrose, OR
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