Subject: [Tweeters] Terek Sandpiper?
Date: Feb 1 21:03:13 2007
From: Rachel - RachelWL at msn.com


The bird in the photo attachment looks like a yellowlegs to me. The
legs are far too long and slender, the head is too small, and the bill
is too delicate and not upturned enough for Terek Sandpiper. Yellowlegs
sometimes do have bright orange legs, which looks quite shocking.

Terek Sandpipers are really short and stumpy looking, with short, heavy
legs. Their heads are quite large relative to their bodies, the neck is
short and thick, and the bill is heavy and strongly up-curved.

Rachel Lawson
Seattle
RachelWL at msn.com