Earlier today David Gluckman asked:



On my recent trip to Florida I took some images of Dowitchers in a salt
water mangrove area on the lower west coast. Can one of you Dowitcher
experts tell me which one it is so that maybe, just maybe, I can actually
learn the difference. Thanks. See the it at:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/37079820 at N07/

Based on information in the attached information, I think this is a short
billed Dowitcher. Thick bill base, high loral angle, white belly, spots
not bars. But, there are some real shorebird experts here that will correct
me.



http://www.surfbirds.com/ID%20Articles/dowitchers1005/dowitchers.html



http://www.surfbirds.com/ID%20Articles/dowitchers1005/Dowitcher_bill_surfbir
ds.pdf



Pete Fahey

Issaquah, WA