[Va-bird] Bird ID help

  • From: Barbara Houston <rinksyd@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:58:05 -0400

I was in Charles City near Shirley watching a muskrat in the canal. As the muskrat went into the weeds, I caught a glimpse of something yellow and finally saw that it was a bird/duck. It looked like a shorebird of some kind...almost colored like a snipe, but it has a duck type bill. Any idea what this is?

Sorry for the horrible pics, but it was buried deep up in there.....

http://public.fotki.com/bhouston/miscellaneous/nature_pics/20090428-charles-city/

Also, if you are interested, I got the muskrat to give me a special showing last week...he came right up toward me within about 6 feet. Pics are here:
http://public.fotki.com/bhouston/miscellaneous/nature_pics/20090423-charles-ci/

Thanks for any help ID'ing this one.

Barbara




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