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Hitchhiker

Posted by Andrew via Email at 11:00 AM, August 16, 2004
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This little guy was our hitchhiker most of yesterday. Looks like some kind of wading bird with a long beak to poke in the sand for whatever it eats. It was a rainy and windy so even though we were rolling around a fair bit, our ship still made a convenient resting spot for him. I guess he's migrating from somewhere to somewhere. I just hope we were heading in the right direction. If it was a fish, one of our several marine experts on board could probably tell me all about it, but unfortunately we didn't bring any ornithologists with us.

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Hello Andrew and all R.W crew,
With the help of Anders Wirdheim, an ornithologist in Sweden,we have decided that the hitchhiker could be a BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW, and as you correctly mentioned, it is a migratory bird, with subarctic breeding grounds, but it spends the winter in tropic habitats.

Good luck to you all,

Ann from Sweden

Posted by: Ann Novek at August 17, 2004 04:53 AM

Hi again,
Anders , the ornithologist wondered if you please could tell us ,where in the Pacific did you find the bird?

Thanks, Ann

Posted by: at August 17, 2004 05:57 AM

At first glance I thought 'that's a curlew'! The beak is the giveaway. Did it make any sounds?

Posted by: daev at August 22, 2004 08:46 AM

you do birds? - that's disgusting!!!!!!!!!! :-D

Posted by: Lizardfish at August 28, 2004 02:09 AM



 
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