Rare Bird Accounts
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
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Rare Bird Accounts Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) |
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10/18/04 |
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These Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea )
photographs were taken on Little Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia on
July 9, 2000 by Bob Zaremba. The Georgia Annotated Checklist lists Curlew
Sandpiper as hypothetical. Recorded from Altamaha State Wildlife Management
Area, McIntosh County on 19 Nov 1961 and from Jekyll Island causeway on Apr
20 1975, but with insufficient details for provisional status. This is the
first documented occurrence of the species in Georgia. This was bird was
discovered by Deb Barrio on July 6 and seen again by numerous observers on
July 9. The bird remained several days in the same area and was last seen on
7/12/2000. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the photograph.
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