Willet, Bear Lake

[Gunnar Engblom]

Hi Brian

You'll be here soon!!...

So was it Eastern or Western? Which one is the regular one you'd get
so far inland. I guess Western is most likely.

We actually get both forms in Peru.

Gunnar Engblom
Peru
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Brian A <tanager at manistee.com> wrote:
> I had the good fortune of finally seeing my curse bird, Willet, in Manistee
> County on Saturday evening at Bear Lake.
>
> I was out walking the dog and actually thinking at the time what a lousy
> year this has been for shorebirds when I notice a smaller bird sitting on a
> swim platform in the lake next to a herring gull.  I continued to walk for a
> while thinking how I wish I could get to Peru and see some good birds  and
> then thought, wait I better check that out.
>
>  Much to my delight it was a Willet and it sat there and called several
> times.  I was able to point it out to the owner of the property who took
> interest in it and was surprised that a bird that nests in Montana could end
> up resting on his swim platform (and fortuantely not make a mess on it while
> we were scoping it).
>
> BA
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