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growin Beautiful, BC(Zone 8b) Mar 10, 2012

Cool dude with a penchant for the surf. Manzanilla, Jalisco, Mexico

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Mar 10, 2012

Long-billed Curlew maybe

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Mar 11, 2012

Whimbrel

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growin Beautiful, BC(Zone 8b) Mar 11, 2012

That sure looks like it, Resin. I noticed from your pic in birdfiles - you've seen this one before. :-)

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Mar 11, 2012

Yep, they occur over here too, except a different subspecies – the ones here have a white rump, yours have a brown rump. Sooner or later they'll get split as separate species (it hasn't happened yet, I checked!), and then I'll have Eurasian Whimbrel and you'll have Hudsonian Whimbrel.

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growin Beautiful, BC(Zone 8b) Mar 11, 2012

Would it be separate species or subspecies?

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Mar 11, 2012

Separate subspecies at the moment, but evidence which suggests they may be better treated as separate species is being evaluated. When the split will be made officially I don't know.

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Mar 24, 2012

ok I see the difference now. Long bill is just that. much longer bill. I have never seen a Whimbrel
edited to say can you put pics side by side for comparison Resin??

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