Hello Michael,
I am comming tomorrow to BC to see the Great Knot, also to see the Yxantus
Hummingbird.Do you think is a real Great Knot?It is verry rare in Winter.I
never saw one yet, it would be to good to be true. Did by any chance to
see this Bird?
Ruth
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net

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> From: Michael Price <mprice at mindlink.bc.ca>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: GREAT KNOT in Vancouver BC Canada
> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 11:45 AM
>
> Hi Tweets,
>
> John Chandler writes:
>
> >A GREAT KNOT was seen at Iona this afternoon. The bird flew in from the
> >north jetty and was seen in the grass near the outflow pond.
>
> To put this sighting in context, this is a First Canadian record of Great

> Knot Calidris tenuirostris and only the second time it's come further
south
> than Alaska, where it is very rare at best of times, which makes it
almost
> rare as Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni, rarer than Siberian Accentor
Prunella
> montanella.
>
> Considering that a Red Knot C. canutus, usually an uncommon but regular
> migrant in Vancouver BC but almost as rare in winter, is also present
> constitutes some sort of record for double-barrelled rarity.
>
> Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
> Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery and change;
> mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
> Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
>