Thanks Arun for the email.
I emailed Susan and heard from her this morning. She no longer subscribes to
VA-bird. She told me that there are photos linked to her ebird report now, but
here is some of the information she sent me. One needs a boat to get to
Metompkin (stating the obvious I guess).
"General plumage: breeding (alternate), nonbreeding (basic), juvenal, etc.
nonbreeding
Specific location: include county or city, and nearest street name/route number
and GPS coordinates if possible; also include description of habitat
Mid-Metompkin Island, Accomack Co. 37.743, -75.556 (on peat banks at the
shore of a narrow barrier island)
Date and time of observation
9/23/13, 3:49 pm (about midway to low tide)
Length of observation
3 minutes
Distance(s) at which bird(s) observed & lighting/viewing conditions
~100 feet, sun is behind me
I can't add much to what's in the photo. Bird was slightly larger than the
sanderlings and dunlins in the area. It had black legs, some white in wing, a
white rump, an eyebrow, a longish slightly decurved bill, and was generally
pale gray."
Elisa Enders
Portsmouth, VA
From: arun1bose@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:49:45 -0400
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Va-bird] eBird report -- Curlew Sandpiper, Metompkin Island, 9/23
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (1)
- Reported Sep 23, 2013 15:30 by susan brown
- metompkin island, Accomack, Virginia
-
Map:http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=37.7411334,-75.5582142&ll=37.7411334,-75.5582142
- Checklist:http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15248720
- Comments: "black legs, slightly decurved longish bill, white eyebrow, rump
and stripe in wing, light gray uppers. Will link photo"
Arun Bose
Richmond
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