>From the habitat it was flushed from and your description of the flight pattern, I would say Spotted Sandpiper.

Daniel Bastaja
dan at calivita.com

> _____________________________________________
> From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu [mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of carenp
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 7:49 PM
> To: tweets
> Subject: unknown peep at JBP
>
> about 90 minutes ago, i was quite surprised to spook a peep (sandpiper-ish) from the underbrush near the end of the western
> boardwalk at juanita bay park... he and i exchanged about 1 full second of frozen surprise before he took off in a distinctive
> flight pattern (strong and quick wingbeats for about 1 second, followed by a very short rest, repeated... he lost little altitude
> during the rests)...
>
> he was maybe 6-7" tall, mostly buff-coloured with a hint of speckling on his back... i don't recall his beak being especially
> long, but as i and he were facing each other, it would be hard to tell... my mind wants to say greyish legs, but the rest of me
> is really not sure... for what it's worth (and i'm hardly an expert), i didn't get the feeling he was (1) one of many in the area
> or (2) a juvenile...
>
> any ideas / thoughts? yes, i had my camera. no, i didn't get the shot... yes, i was frozen... no, it wouldn't have made a
> difference (he was gone from sight within 5 seconds)... and stokes and i aren't seeing eye-to-eye on the possibilities...
>
> sigh :)
>
> 00 caren
> http://www.parkgallery.org
> usually found at juanita bay park, kirkland, WA
> carenp somewhere near the vicinity of yahoo and dot com
>
> ps: i was just talking to joe meche earlier about this type of "identification" (grin)
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