[TN-Bird] Shorebird Identification

Today I photographed some waterfowl that are life birds to me.  They were in 
a field behind the Hermitage Memorial Gardens ina small (30' diameter) 
ankle-deep rainwater pond.  There were maybr 10 or fifteen of them and when I 
got too 
close they would fly crying, "Peep, Peep".  They were very killdeer like in 
appearance bur were definitely NOT killdeer.  Many had a dark band around their 
throats with white breast and belly and dark gray back.  They had a possible 
dark band on the wing.  Some bobbed their head as they walked.  My best natch 
in Sibley was a Semi-palmated plover, but the pictures I took are not very 
clear.  The best picture I have is on my website: 
http://www.freewebs.com/thornsbirds on Page IV Paragraph III (unidentified 
shorebirds (Plover?)).  Any help 
in identification would be appreciated.
Thanks

Nat Winston III
Hermitage, Tn
thornius2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.freewebs.com/thornsbirds


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