Photo 217979, (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Greg Lasley

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Associated observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)

Observer

greglasley

Date

May 18, 1991

Description

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
adult
Village Creek Drying Beds
Tarrant Co., Texas
18 May 1991

This was the first Texas record of this species. Most lower 48 U.S. records are fall juvenile birds, but this was a spring adult. It only remained two days. Another better photo is on the Texas Bird Records Committee of the Texas Ornithological Society web page at:

http://www.texasbirdimages.com/home/region-2/sharp-tailed-sandpiper

The 2nd shot shows a Pectoral Sandpiper in the background. There are now (2012) three records of Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Texas.

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