Bird Identification: CLOSED: ID help -Please., 1 by begoniacrazii

begoniacrazii wrote:
Just had a thought (I know, dangerous!) any hoo, I found this bird (what I'd call a shore bird) in my back yard back in July. My cat was chasing it and it would not fly away. As soon as I saw this going on, I gathered up the bird and found a bird rescue not far from here who took it in and I assume rehabbed it to release it. No one knew for sure what it was.
I've never seen one before or since. Any ideas on what it is? And if it is a shore bird, why so far from home.