Subject: Re: Gulls and starfish
Date: Jan 2 16:42:50 1995
From: btlc at name1.ak.net - btlc at name1.ak.net


On Dec. 30, Dennis Paulson responded to the thread on gulls and starfish and
remarked on a missed ID -

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>I recall another misidentified bird in Terres, the "bristle-thighed curlew"
>that's actually a whimbrel.
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>Dennis Paulson phone: (206) 756-3798
>Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
>University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu


Dennis, a Bristle-thighed Curlew is high on my wish list for Alaska birds. How do you tell,
without seeing the rump, that the bird in the picture in question is a Whimbrel rather
than the curlew?



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