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