The dark carpal bar shown in Jethro's top picture (Terek_Sand_Awesome) is also
suggestive. I've seen the species a couple of times in Australia during their
summer (January 1993) so, my memory is somewhat faded.
Some references that may be helpful:
Slate Field Guide to Australian Birds
Hayman Shorebirds an Identification Guide
Mullarney et al, Birds of Europe
as well as the National Geographic that Ben referenced.
(Slater and Mullarney both mention the dark carpal bar)
Wendy Ealding
In a message dated 08/22/08 21:50:49 Eastern Daylight Time,
KurtCapt87@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
VA BIRDers,
Ben Copeland's photos on Jethro's blog are very convincing - the bright
yellow with a tad of orange legs, the round half moon head, the shading on
the upper breast near the neck, the lack of patterning on the back and
folded wings, the white belly, the long bill that turns up half way to the
tip, dark eyes, and the habit of running on sandy/slightly rocky ground are
all very similar to the observations I made on a Terek Sandpiper I saw in
Japan (of which I have really poor digiscoped photos). This latter bird
often moved thru sparse vegetation higher than its head near the tidally
controlled waters edge nr the Osaka Harbor. It looks like Ben et al tallied
an outstanding bird and a first for the state! Best of luck to all who go
look for it.
Kurt Gaskill
-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of John Fox
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 3:56 PM
To: Va-bird
Subject: [Va-bird] Pics of Terek Sandpiper
FYI, Jethro (welcome back!) has posted the photos on his blog at
http://www.cvwo.org/ ;
Maybe I'm just an optimist but the negative reports don't mean the bird
isn't still there. The place is so vast that you can't ever survey it all.
Good birding,
John Fox
Arlington
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