ID help: Sandpiper

Thanks for the replies so far guys. I did consider Willet, but I don’t think the bird is big enough. Also it has a pale underwing. Red knot would be closer to the size, but doesn’t have pure white rump. Cheers Steve Murray —–Original Message—– From: Peter Madvig [mailto:madvig@iprimus.com.au] Sent: Saturday, 14 September 2013 12:55 PM To: Stephen Murray; ‘Birding Aus’ Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] ID help: Sandpiper Willet is the closest I can get…but, not sure re underwing!?! Chheers Peter —– Original Message —– From: “Stephen Murray” <sjmurray3@bigpond.com> To: “‘Birding Aus'” <birding-aus@vicnet.net.au> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 10:49 AM Subject: [Birding-Aus] ID help: Sandpiper > Hello all. Not an Australian bird (well, it could be), but I know plenty > of > you out there have a wealth of North American experience. I recently > photographed three waders flying over the sea off the coast of British > Columbia. The second two appear to be Dowitchers. The first has me > stumped. > It ought to be easy to ID as it has clear markings, and I have both the > overwing and underwing on the record shots. I must be missing something > obvious, and yes, I have consulted several field guides. > > Things to note: > > 1. Large size.almost as big as the Dowitchers. > > 2. Obvious white rump with greyish tips to tail > > 3. No foot projection. > > 4. Bold wing bar and blackish wingtips. > > 5. Straight medium length bill > > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Photos are here: http://www.pbase.com/sjmurray/unidentified > > Cheers Steve Murray > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== > =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================