How about a Great Knot? I’m fairly sure I see e.g. some darker dotting in the white rump/uppertail coverts. Never seen one, so it’s a long shot, but it was the first thing on my mind. -Harry 2013/9/14 Stephen Murray <sjmurray3@bigpond.com> > 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 > =============================== > =============================== 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 ===============================
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