Microtus
Maryland USA (he/him)
A sand-plover was found yesterday, far out of range, in the state of Virginia.
Photos of it can be found here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendeldh/
and here
http://www.visitingnature.com/sandploverspecies.htm
There is a thread about it on the Surfbirds ID forum as well as on the Frontiers of Bird Identification listserv.
Does anybody have any comments as to which species this bird belongs to? There are a handful of Lesser Sand-Plover (formerly Mongolian Plover) records in eastern North America, and one Greater Sand-Plover record.
Thanks!
Rob
Photos of it can be found here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendeldh/
and here
http://www.visitingnature.com/sandploverspecies.htm
There is a thread about it on the Surfbirds ID forum as well as on the Frontiers of Bird Identification listserv.
Does anybody have any comments as to which species this bird belongs to? There are a handful of Lesser Sand-Plover (formerly Mongolian Plover) records in eastern North America, and one Greater Sand-Plover record.
Thanks!
Rob