This morning I had an interesting plover that showed a lot of the characteristics of a juv CRPL. The bird was notably larger than surrounding Semipalmated Plovers and had a robust, chunky feel to it. An extensive black mask seemed to reach the bill at the gape and the pale 'eye-stripe' was extensive and broadened after the eye. The bird also just 'felt' different and was clearly not part of the local SemiP gang who were harassing it mercilessly (as they did the Wilson's Plover last week). Eventually they flushed it and it flew close by me, but DID NOT call, and crossed over the dunes towards the beach. It did not return as far as I can tell. I put some crappy distant digi-shots on eBird (camera in the car due to the rain although it was probably too distant for a 400mm lens anyway). Looks like a decent candidate but would need better photos to be sure. Just a heads up if others are out this evening or tomorrow morning.
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