[obol] Re: Wader size comparison... answers
- From: Diane Cavaness <scrapbird@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:57:17 -0700
This is amazing!
Keep in mind, though, that these are weights, not apparent body size.
Enjoy the rain.
Diane in Brookings
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Paul Sullivan <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Here’s the answer to the wader size comparison:
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> 590 gms Long-billed Curlew
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> 370 gms Marbled Godwit
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> 315 gms American Avocet
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> 240 gms Black-bellied Plover
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> 215 gms Willet
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> 190 gms Surfbird
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> 181 gms Ruff
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> 160 gms Black-necked Stilt
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> 160 gms Greater Yellowlegs
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> 130 gms Pacific Golden-Plover
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> 120 gms Black Turnstone
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> 110 gms Reeve
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> 110 gms Wandering Tattler
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> 95 gms Killdeer
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> 80 gms Lesser Yellowlegs
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> 50 gms Solitary Sandpiper
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> 40 gms Spotted Sandpiper
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> Who would think that a Black-necked Stilt was half the size of an Am.
> Avocet? Or that a golden plover was so much smaller than a black-bellied?
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> Paul Sullivan
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