curlew sandpiper?

["Clark, Darren" <CLARKD at byui dot edu>]

> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:00:31 -0600
I wouldn't mind coming down for the Curlew Sandpiper. What
characteristics did you use to separate this bird from a winter-plumaged
Dunlin. Was the white rump seen?

Thanks,

Darren Clark

Rexburg, ID



About 7:30 this evening Kathy and I found a Curlew Sandpiper along the 
Antelope Island Causeway.  It was on the north side, a little more than .4 
(four-tenths) mile west of the entrance station, where the water first 
begins.  It was in winter (non-breeding) plumage, and was with a large 
flock of peeps, mainly Western and Baird's Sandpipers.  With a plain gray 
body, long black legs and decurved bill, the bird really stood out in the
scope.  At 20-25 yards away, it wasn't quite so noticable in binoculars.

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