Re: Powerline Perchers

[Helmut Mueller <hmuelle@earthlink.net>]

Upland Sandipers freqently perch on power lines in teh west. I have also
seen Lesser Yellowlegs & Common Snipe perch on poer or telephone lines.
-- Helmut C Mueller

409 Moonridge Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Phone: 919-942-4937

Permanent email address: hmueller@email.unc.edu


> From: mjwestphal <mjwestphal@unca.edu>
> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:53:20 -0400
> To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
> Subject: Powerline Perchers
> 
> Following up on John Fussell's oddball powerline percher, the oddest bird I
> have seen sitting on a powerline was an Upland Sandpiper.  It was a slightly
> breezy day and the bird had a heck of a time keeping its balance with those
> long legs, and feet that wouldn't curl around the wire.  I don't know how he
> did it.  It must have been like one of us trying to walk a tightrope.  He did
> have a good view of his field from there, though.
> Marilyn Westphal
> Hendersonville, NC
> mjwestphal@unca.edu
>