Date: 4/12/25 3:34 pm From: Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Does this Upland Sandpiper have a normal bill
The bill looks normal to me. I was telling Joe Neal that this bird reminds me of a small old world Bustard, especially when it extends its thin neck as in Ian's photo. That plus the open grassland habitat. Nice photo.
On Thursday 10 April, 2025 at 08:40:42 pm GMT-5, Ian MacGregor <00000489141846bd-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Went to Siloam Springs City lake and had my FOS Prothonotary Warbler, then over to Chesney Prairie and had finally saw Greater Roadrunner in Arkansas, then drove several backroads where the only thing of note were a couple of FOs Lark Sparrows, and finally Shay Acres Road in Centerville for my FOS Upland Sandiper.
I took pictures of the Roadrunners, an assumed pair, the Lark Sparrows. and the Sandpiper.All were very much out of focus and/or the bird was positioned in such a way as to hide its field marks. Roadrunners have such a unique shape , they are identifiable in very poor photographs.
I did manage a decent picture of the Upland Sandpiper, which I am attaching. Upland'd are strange looking birds, and this one particulary so. I'm trying to decide if the birds bill is normal.
Ian MacGtregor Bella Vista
