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cheers,
Susann Myers=20
From: Randy Lauff=20
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 5:50 PM
To: NatureNS=20
Subject: [NatureNS] Fwd: egg ID
All,=20
I had a request to identify the eggs of a small shorebird...the text =
below may help. The photo is posted at:
http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/rimg1423.jpg
Randy
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We visited Trinity Cove (SW St. Paul Island) for the 3rd time in ~10 =
years. I observed two nests in both thick dry and green grass of a =
sandpipery bird near cliffy shore. Can you identify this bird from the =
attached macro photo of its eggs? Birds departing both nests were =
largely silent and without broken-wing pretence. =20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Hi, Randy.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Lovely photo! I agree with Ken that the=20
eggs looks like those of a Spotted Sandpiper. Both the =
nest and=20
the eggs are a very good match to those of =
Spotties illustrated in the=20
Princeton field guide "Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American=20
Birds". No date given in the attached report of the sighting, =
but assuming late July, it is much too late for nests of the =
other=20
most common NS shorebird breeders, Willets and Greater =
Yellowlegs. =20
Whereas Spotted Sandpiper, since the female often has two broods =
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successive mates, can be much later nesters. Also, far too =
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nest for Killdeer, and no broken-wing display.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>The other possibility for a small shorebird is =
Least=20
Sandpiper, a fairly rare local breeder, which can have eggs as late as=20
August. But its eggs have a darker background colour and finer =
streaking,=20
not matching the photo.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>From the photo, this looks like the nest of a =
Spotted=20
Sandpiper. Maybe the observers could ID the birds that =
departed the=20
nest, given this possibility?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>Susann Myers</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20
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href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">Randy Lauff</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 05, 2015 5:50 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Fwd: egg ID</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=3Dltr>All,=20
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I had a request to identify the eggs of a small shorebird...the =
text below=20
may help. The photo is posted at:</DIV>
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<DIV><A href=3D"http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/rimg1423.jpg"=20
target=3D_blank>http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/rimg1423.jpg</A></DIV=
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<DIV>Randy<BR clear=3Dall>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR>We visited Trinity Cove (SW St. Paul =
Island) for the=20
3rd time in ~10 years. I observed two nests in both thick dry and =
green=20
grass of a sandpipery bird near cliffy shore. Can you identify =
this bird=20
from the attached macro photo of its eggs? Birds departing both nests =
were=20
largely silent and without broken-wing pretence. =
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