Would it be possible to digitize and post the photos so we can all
get into the discussion. There's nothing like a good debate over
aberrant birds.

>
>Hi Tweets,
>
>I was just told about the Long-toed Stint message from Ocean Shores and
>the query for further information about it on tweeters. Ruth showed me
>her excellent slides of the bird, and it's not a Long-toed Stint. What
>it is remains a mystery at present. It is a black-legged stint with
>quite yellow legs. It has a long primary projection, white breast, and
>no rufous above, which immediately eliminates Long-toed Stint and Least
>Sandpipers. It's nothing like a Temminck's Stint. It looks most like a
>Semipalmated Sandpiper, with a Semipalmated bill, but has the fairly
>significant head field marks of a Red-necked Stint. Ruth, if you read
>this, if you bring the photos back to me I'll scan one or more of them
>for the web, so everyone can see them. This may turn out to be a
>beautiful, detailed photograph that is unidentifiable!
>
>It has essentially no field marks at all of the Long-toed Stint, except
>its long, yellow legs! Stumped by a strange stint.....
>
>Dennis Paulson
>
>

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