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BBRC "current rare species" says white rumped sandpiper (calidris fuscicollis) was removed from list of BBRC rarities in 2006.
Norfolk Bird Report for 2005 confirms white-rumped sandpiper records from 2006 are considered by Norfolk County Rarities Committee.
Ron Seymour and I discussed the white-rumped sandpiper over the phone before my earlier posting. We are happy that it was the white-rumped seen in the afternoon. I talked Ron out of it being one since I was not sure.
Looking in the book at home confirms it was not a dunlin and Ron was spot on in his ID. Jizz not right for dunlin. My notes at the time are not good enough to clinch the bird as white-rumped but no doubt the salient features were noted in the afternoon. :t:
Well done to John and those other afternoon observers who can claim it as self-found: as can Ron but not me, if that makes sense.
Should be a good record in 2009 Norfolk Bird Report in due course.B
It a tricky and frustrating one whether you can claim this Paul. Well done for being honest about but it seems clear you were looking at the White-rumped and you were with someone who thought it was one and you weren't sure!
Further ID points were that it had deep red, almost ruby coloured upper scapulars and as the photo and video show one or two of these were moulting into winter plumage on the birds right hand side. Also although not nearly as pronounced as the Pec, the bird did have a complete Pectoral band very apparent when it was front on. Also the upward kinking supercilium past the eye was very obvious on this particular bird. Maybe some of these features you noticed almost subliminally?
In comparison to juv Bairds its was not as crouched or flat backed and did not have the uniform, scaly muddy/sandy brown ''weetabix'' upperparts.
Whatever, sure its been a good ID experience.
I can't claim it as a self find either - not that that means anything! 10 minutes earlier maybe or if i abided by the you know who rules - ''Anyone who notes an important id. feature, any time between the initial finding and the eventual unequivocal clinching (i.e. contributing to the correct identification of the bird)''. :-O
Yeah, outrageous its not classed as a rarity, (along with Dusky, Radde's - who knows soon OBP and Bluetail!) how is anyone meant to find a genuine rare these days!!
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