http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/08/30/if-only-they-were-all-this-easy/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Mon, 20 May 2013 16:51:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/08/30/if-only-they-were-all-this-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-18725 Kate St. John Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:26:58 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=54914#comment-18725 kc, that is so true it made me laugh out loud!

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/08/30/if-only-they-were-all-this-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-18724 kc Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:28:06 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=54914#comment-18724 I have to laugh sometimes at the seemingly strange statements only birders understand. For instance, “I knew it was a black-bellied plover because it had black armpits.” When I was fairly new to birding one spring, I was happy to see a certain bird in breeding plumage vs. its fall garb. I said to my birding friend who knew exactly what I meant, “Today I spotted a spotted spotted sandpiper.”

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/08/30/if-only-they-were-all-this-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-18723 Carol Smith Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:46:38 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=54914#comment-18723 Thank you for pointing this out. So far, I have only seen these birds in winter when to identify them as black-bellied plovers seems so completely wrong.

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