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- Subject: American Golden-Plover
- From: "William G. Bousman" <[[email protected]]>
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:10:21 -0800
Dear Mike,
If you are around, could you post this? I won't get to my home
computer until this evening.
Bill
Folks:
This morning, 11/7/06, I visited the CCFS waterbird pond 0750-0925
hr. The ground fog cleared by 0830 hr. I found the previously
reported AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER in the pond. As Dean Manley
discussed yesterday, there are four primary tips visible beyond the
tertials. There is no indication of tertial molt and the primaries
extend well beyond the tail. In the 40 min. I studied this bird, I
saw a partial wing stretch twice. On the second instance, it
appeared to me that all 10 primaries were normal and although there
is a V-notch between the inner primaries and outer secondaries during
the stretch process, I could see no obvious sign of molt. For this
entire period, the bird foraged on the mud amongst weeds on the
isthmus of land between the large island and the small island with
poles (used 15 years ago for rigging nets for shorebird banding).
This bird is quite late. This species is now a CBRC review species.
Also in the pond were at least 4 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS.
Bill
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