Spoon-billed Sandpipers Arrive in England
Thirteen Spoon-billed Sandpipers have arrived in England after spending sixty days in quarantine at Moscow Zoo. The birds were captured on their breeding grounds in Siberia and the hope is that they can be used to start a captive breeding program in an attempt to bring the species back from the brink. Here’s hoping it goes well!
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has spent the last five years in Queens. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications.
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November 15, 2011 11:51:15 am
It’s good to have a backup plan, but now we need to redouble our efforts to ensure that the remaining wild birds have enough habitat to survive, because otherwise there would be nowhere to reintroduce the captive-bred birds.
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November 15, 2011 4:11:15 pm
I read the headline and imagined that they had turned up as vagrants! Can you imagine the pandemonium?
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November 15, 2011 4:43:49 pm
@Duncan: That raises the question – Is it ok to trample other birders for a look at a spoonie?
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November 16, 2011 3:27:53 am
@Corey: a definite YES!
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