[obol] Another size comparison...
- From: "Paul Sullivan" <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <cobol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <birding-neoregon-group@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:24:27 -0700
Here's another size difference comparison. This time it's waders.
Here's a list of some of our larger waders in alphabetical order:
American Avocet
Black Turnstone
Black-bellied Plover
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Pacific Golden-Plover
Reeve
Ruff
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Surfbird
Wandering Tattler
Willet
And here's a list of their weights in grams (as per Sibley)
590 gms
370 gms
315 gms
240 gms
215 gms
190 gms
181 gms
160 gms
160 gms
130 gms
120 gms
110 gms
110 gms
95 gms
80 gms
50 gms
40 gms
There's more than a 15-fold difference in weight across this group. Can you
match the birds in order of their size?
Paul Sullkivan
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