Hi all, this note just received from Marie Dunford in California.
> Tony,
>
> I thought that you might be interested in some birding news from
California.
> Right now there is a Greater Sandplover on the beach just north of San
> Francisco. Two biologists spotted it when they were doing a shore bird
count
> at the end of January. If confirmed, it will be the first sighting of a
> Greater Sandplover in the Western Hemisphere! Greg and I will probably
drive
> over this weekend (about a four hour drive for us) if it is still there
and
> if it doesn't rain.
>
> The last time a non-native species was first sighted in California, it
took
> 10 years to persuade the committees to validate sightings of a
> Swallow-tailed Gull, due to lingering suspicions it had hitched a ride on
a
> boat** from the Galapagos. Let's hope this one gets validated and sooner
than
> 2011.
>
> Hope all is well. Marie
>
** my footnote - Oooops !
Tony Russell, Adelaide.
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