Not sure if there's still a question of identity here, but if so maybe 
these photos will also help. Did not see the bird over the weekend... 
these are from earlier.

Roger Schroeder,
Marshall

http://rogallery.rohair.com/Sharing/Birds/shorebirds/Purple%20Sandpiper/

----
Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net
Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html