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Peeps and Owls
- To: Carolina birds group <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Peeps and Owls
- From: David Lenat <lenatbks@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:49:35 -0400
- Resent-date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:54:13 -0500
- Resent-from: "Will Cook" <cwcook@duke.edu>
- Resent-message-id: <200210281455.JAA03781@niven.acpub.duke.edu>
- Resent-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
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My thanks to Carolina Birds comntributors for helping me find the
Pectoral sandpipers and Stilt sandpipers at Falls Lake. I confused the
Stilts with Yellowlegs on a morning visit, but on consulting my field
guides, I noticed the yellowish legs illustrated by Sibley. An evening
re-visit convinced me that both birds were present, and easily separated
by behavior and bill shape. I felt better after reading in Bent's "Life
Histories": "I have never seen, or never recognized, a stilt sandpiper
in life. As it often associated with lesser yellowlegs and so easily
mistaken for it, I may have overlooked it."
On another subject, I would like to see a Barn Owl. Does anyone know of
one that can be easily found in the Triangle Area?
Dave Lenat
Raleigh NC