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(Message started by: Neil on Apr 22nd, 2006, 2:59pm)
Title: Unsure wader?
Post by Neil on Apr 22nd, 2006, 2:59pm
Digiscoped at MPNR this week. The bill looks slightly de-curved and it is on a slight angle. I was hoping at first for a Spoon-billed Sandpiper but I couldn't be so lucky.Help anyone? Neil.

MPNR,
Hong Kong,
China.
18/04/06

Olympus 7070wz plus Swarovski STS80HD scope and Sw 30x eyepiece and DCA adapter
http://www.pbase.com/neilfif11/image/58997305.jpg
Title: Re: Unsure wader?
Post by Karl on Apr 22nd, 2006, 6:16pm
it is a sanderling to me. it is mentioned in "Shorebirds, An identification guide" that "Bill black, rarely tinged paler; about head length, heavy-based but tapering and slightly dropped."


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