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(Message started by: Uncle_Tall on Apr 10^th, 2004, 10:53pm)

Title: North American Waders
Post by Uncle_Tall on Apr 10^th, 2004, 10:53pm

Before my slides deteriorated too much, I guess I shall share with you some interesting North American waders that I have seen in the second half of 1999 when I stayed there.

Some of them might turn up in Hong Kong as vagrants, some are regular migrants, while some are posted for interest.

The exact date and techincal details was not recorded. They are from postive and scanned thru film scanner.

Lesser Yellowleg
http://www.cnbird.org.cn/mysite/jpg/20051843284469.jpg
Pennsylvania, September 1999

Greater Yellowlegs
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL11/2103513/4085781/50633569.jpg
Connecticut, August, 1999

Sanderling & semipalmated plover
http://www.cnbird.org.cn/mysite/jpg/20051843587845.jpg
Cape May, September 1999

Short-billed Dowitchers
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL11/2103513/4085781/50633294.jpg
New Jersey, August, 1999

White-rumped (left) & Pectoral (right) sandpipers
http://www.cnbird.org.cn/mysite/jpg/20051882642545.jpg
Philadelphia, September, 1999

Grey plover among dunlins
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL11/2103513/4085781/50633032.jpg
Victoria, BC, Canada, December, 1999

Least Sandpipers and Dunlins
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL11/2103513/4085781/50633621.jpg
New Jersey, October 1999

Black Turnstone
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL11/2103513/4085781/50633644.jpg
Vancouver Island, Canada, December 1999

Mountain Plover
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL11/2103513/4085781/50633195.jpg
Colorado, June 1999

Title: Re: North American Waders
Post by Koel_Ko on Apr 15^th, 2004, 6:42pm

Dear Uncle Tall
Would the last photo be a Mountain Plover instead?

Title: Re: North American Waders
Post by Uncle_Tall on Apr 15^th, 2004, 8:36pm

Thanks Koel.
Sure it was a Mountain Plover in breeding plumage. Corrected.

The exact site was Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, wherer we also saw Burrowing Owl - our first owl in the wild :o !