Dave Lauten did not see the Midway Beach bird. It was seen by
WDFW personnel during the Snowy Plover survey in January and
reported to him later.

If I may expose my prejudices...
WDFW personnel (on average) are probably not well versed in
the subtleties of small plover ID. Given the number of Semipalmated
Plovers reported by those who followed up on the initial report,
I think speculation about what was actually seen will have to
remain specualtion....

Ruth Sullivan wrote:
>
> .Maybe
> some one like Mikel Patterson can arrange for David to see the photo on the
> internet.It would be nice to count this bird for our State.This been a verry
> hot season for RARE SPECIES..
>
> Ruth Sullivan
> Tacoma
> godwit at worlnet.att.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Greg Toffic <greg.toffic at zoo.org>
> To: <birdsmiths at hotmail.com>; <obol at mail.orst.edu>;
> <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 12:09 PM
> Subject: Re: California sandplover
>
> Bill and Tweeters,
> I wonder if this is the same plover that Dave Lauten reported as having been
> sighted amid snowy plovers and identified as a Mongolian plover, at Midway
> Beach last month.
>
> Greg
>
> Greg Toffic
> Curator of Birds
> Woodland Park Zoo
> 5500 Phinney Avenue North
> Seattle, WA 98103
> (206) 684-4836 (Desk)
> (206) 233-7278 (Fax)
> greg.toffic at zoo.org
>
> >>> "Bill or Sue Smith" <birdsmiths at hotmail.com> 02/03/01 11:38AM >>>
> Any one drooling for more info about the sandplover near San Francisco
> might like to look at:
>
> http://fog.ccsf.org/~jmorlan/sandplover.htm
>
> Bill
> -----------------
> The Smiths
> Grays Harbor, Washington USA
> birdsmiths at hotmail.com

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Mike Patterson Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo,
Astoria, OR it is not enough to be persecuted
celata at pacifier.com by an unkind establishment,
you must also be right.
---Robert Park
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