[wisb] Horicon shorebird ID from the other day... tantalizing possibility...
- From: Dave Freriks <dhfreriks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:56:42 -0500
Thanks to everyone that replied to my question about the call of the Red
Knot. I've listened to a bunch of different ones, nothing with a real close
match. This is a one in a million, but someone emailed me about checking into a
curlew sandpiper. I just got done listening to the call online and it's
actually darn close to what I remember hearing. I just hear a single part call
and not the repeated "chirrip" on the tape. Another description that I found on
Whatbird was that the Curlew Sandpiper flies with a " swift and direct flight
with rapid wingbeats" This describes it perfectly. Anyway, I guess I should
spend a bit less time photographing and a bit more studying shorebird ID!
Obviously probably something else, but if at Horicon maybe be on the lookout a
bit. I saw it on the last pond on the auto tour route coming in from the SW
making a beeline towards Hwy 49
Dave FreriksChesapeake, OH/ SE WI
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