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Alan Ryff
Amateur photographer
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Alan Ryff
Amateur photographer
First County Record. Found by Darlene Nicole on 11/14.
Roberto Torres
Amateur photographer
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Surely e-Bird sources do not reflect the totality of American records, published or not. Nevertheless, as of November 2019, 33 of the Lower 48 have records of the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Ten of these 33 have just a single record. Panama and Bolivia have a single record as well. Do these records show the frequency of strays across the continuous states? Or do they show a third flyway?--though a minor one, a flyway that leads from coastal staging sites in western Alaska to yet undiscovered wintering areas in South America, a flyway shared with Siberian Pectoral Sandpipers?
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Alan Ryff
Amateur photographer
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Surely e-Bird sources do not reflect the totality of American records, published or not. Nevertheless, as of November 2019, 33 of the Lower 48 have records of the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Ten of these 33 have just a single record. Panama and Bolivia have a single record as well. Do these records show the frequency of strays across the continuous states? Or do they show a third flyway?--though a minor one, a flyway that leads from coastal staging sites in western Alaska to yet undiscovered wintering areas in South America, a flyway shared with Siberian Pectoral Sandpipers?
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Alan
Alan Ryff
Amateur photographer
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Third San Francisco City record.
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Alan Ryff
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Fifth county record. Digiscoped.
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Very rare this far south.
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While I stood on the grass between the curb and pond just north of 24558 El Marco in Farmington Hills, the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck swam up to me with accompanying domestic ducks--dumpy over-sized Mallards having curly feathers above the tail, but with patches of white on the head, neck, breast or anywhere else, some simply being dusky throughout. Since I had no handouts for the ducks, they swam to the aforementioned address, walked up the sloping lawn then to the driveway and waited near the doorway. I am aware a wild duck can learn new feeding habits from its domestic associates. Nevertheless, suspicious thoughts of its provenance arose.
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Alan Ryff
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First county record. Present since 14 October.
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