Purple Sandpiper

[Sheldon Kirsch]

Yup ... it's still there!  I got there at about 3:30 this afternoon.  
The DNR claimed it had been seen earlier in the day, but a birder had 
been out there for quite a while with no luck.  I kept looking ... 
through the rain ... but no bird.  A photographer arrived (Dan Klaus) 
and we chatted.  After the wee chat he went up the path and I turned 
around ... there it was!  A beautiful bird ... and a lifer.  Saw it for 
about 20 minutes from 4:10 to 4:30 and then I left.  The bird was still 
there.  Very cooperative ... let us get within 15 feet.

Sheldon Kirsch