Hi Michael. Very interesting report. In August 1974, I was hiking above
the treeline on Three Brothers Mountain in Manning Provincial Park just
east of Hope, B.C. I had wandered off the trail and stumbled upon
(literally almost stepped on) a group of six Baird?s Sandpipers all
huddled together in a small hollow. At the time I thought it was a
pretty bizarre find but Rick Toochin and others told me years later that
shorebirds will often migrate from ridge-top to ridge-top. Yours is the
first specific report I have seen of this phenomenon. Peeps on the
peak. :-)

Daniel Bastaja
Budapest, Hungary
dan at calivita.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael G. Shepard [mailto:mgshepard at pacificcoast.net]
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 6:49 PM
To: TWEETERS; BIRDCHAT; BCBIRDINGVANISLAND
Subject: [bcbirdingvanisland] Baird's Sandpipers on a snowfield

Greetings,

My brother Chris was hiking in the mountains of Vancouver Island and
photographed a couple of Baird's Sandpipers on a snowfield. The images
can
be viewed at www.birdinfo.com/BairdsSandpiper_2003-08.html

Quite a few shorebird species migrate southward along the western
mountains,
with Baird's believed to move mainly along the ridges.

Cheers,

Michael G. Shepard
Victoria BC Canada
North American Bird Information Web Site: http://www.birdinfo.com
mailto:info at birdinfo.com





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