IDENTIFICATION OF "PEEP" SANDPIPERS(C) DUSTIN HUNTINGTON 1984THIS KNOWLEDGE BASE WILL PROVIDE THE MOST LIKELY IDENTIFICATION OF A "PEEP" SANDPIPER (LEAST, WESTERN, SEMIPALMATED, BAIRD'S, WHITE-RUMPED AND PECTORAL) BASED ON INPUT OF A DESCRIPTION OF THE BIRD. THE PROGRAM WILL ALSO SPECIFY THE PLUMAGE THE BIRD WAS IN (BREEDING, WINTER, OR JUVENILE).THE FOLLOWING LIST OF SPECIES AND PLUMAGES IS IN ORDER OF PROBABILITY. SPECIES WITH EQUAL SCORES ARE EQUALLY PROBABLE AND THEIR RELATIVE POSITION DOES NOT INDICATE INCREASED PROBABILITY. CERTAIN COMBINATIONS OF INPUT MAY HAVE ELIMINATED ALL SPECIES.RARE BIRDS OF THE WEST COAST, AMERICAN BIRDS AUG 75THERE ARE A FEW RECORDS OF WINTERING SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS IN SOUTH FLORIDAAMERICAN BIRDS - AUG 75RARE BIRDS OF THE WEST COASTRARE BIRDS OF THE WEST COASTADULTS WILL HAVE MOLTED TO WINTER PLUMAGE BY SEPTEMBERRARE BIRDS OF THE WEST COASTLARGE NUMBERS OF WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS MAY BE SEEN IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADORAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGONLY STRAY INDIVIDUALS REACH THE WEST COAST. A LARGE FLOCK WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNLIKELY.AUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGVERY FEW PECTORAL SANDPIPERS OCCUR ON THE WEST COAST IN SPRINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGLEAST AND PECTORAL HAVE YELLOWISH LEGSAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGTHE LEG COLOR CAN BE DECIEVING, HOWEVER LEAST AND PECTORAL HAVE YELLOWISH LEGSAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGWESTERN, SEMIPALMATED, BAIRD'S AND WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS ALL HAVE BLACKISH LEGSAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGLEG COLOR CAN BE DECIEVING, HOWEVER WESTERN, SEMIPALMATED, BAIRD'S AND WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS ALL HAVE BLACKISH LEGS.AUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGA BLUNT STRAIGHT BILL IS VERY CHARACTERISTIC OF A SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGTHE SEMIPALMATED IS THE ONLY PEEP TO APPEAR SHORT BILLEDAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGA LONG NECKED POSTURE IS UNIQUE TO THE PECTORAL SANDPIPERPERSONAL OBSERVATIONAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGFRESH FEATHERS SHOWING CONTRASTING EDGES IN THE FALL STRONGLY SUGGEST A JUVENILE PLUMAGE BIRDRARE BIRDS OF THE WEST COASTBACK FEATHERS THAT SHOW CONTRASTING EDGES IN THE FALL BUT WHICH ARE VERY WORN SUGGEST A BREEDING PLUMAGE BIRD THAT IS GETTING READY TO MOLT INTO WINTER PLUMAGERARE BIRDS OF THE WEST COASTSOME PEEPS RETURN IN THE SPRING STILL IN VERY WORN WINTER PLUMAGERARE BIRDS OF THE WEST COASTAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGLEAST SANDPIPER NEVER APPEAR LARGE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER SHOREBIRDS, PECTORALS OFTEN DO.AUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGPECTORALS APPEAR TO BE LARGE FOR A PEEP.AUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGAUDUBON SOCIETY MASTER GUIDE TO BIRDINGTHE SEASON THE BIRD WAS SEEN WASWINTER (NOV-MAR)SPRING (APR-MAY)SUMMER (JUNE-JULY)FALL (AUG-OCT)THE LOCATION WASON THE EAST COASTON THE WEST COASTINLANDIN SOUTH FLORIDATHE MONTH OF THE SIGHTING ISAUGUSTSEPTEMBEROCTOBERTHE NUMBER OF IDENTICAL BIRDS IN QUESTION SEEN WASONEA FEWUP TO A FEW DOZENMORE THAN 50THE LEG COLOR WASBLACKISHYELLOWISHNOT SEENTHE LEG COLOR WAS SEENVERY CLEARLYWELLPOORLYTHE BIRD'S BILL SHAPE WASSLIGHTLY DROOPING AT THE TIPSTRAIGHTSLIGHTLY CURVED DOWNWARDSNOT SEENTHE TIP OF THE BILL WASBLUNT (NOT MUCH NARROWER THAN THE MIDPOINT OF THE BILL)TAPERED (TIP NOTICEABLY SMALLER THAN THE MIDPOINT OF THE BILL)THE BILL LENGTH WASPROPORTIONALLY SHORTPROPORTIONALLY LONGAVERAGENOT SEENTHE BIRD'S POSTUREAPPEARED LONG NECKED WHEN THE BIRD WAS DISTURBEDALWAYS APPEARED SHORT NECKEDTHE BODY SHAPE WASLOW, SLIM AND HORIZONTALROUNDERTHE WING TIPSEXTENDED BEYOND THE TIP OF THE TAILDID NOT EXTEND BEYOND THE TIP OF THE TAILWERE NOT SEENTHE BACK FEATHERS WEREDARK WITH CONTRASTING LIGHT EDGESUNIFORM GRAY/BROWN WITHOUT PRONOUNCED LIGHT EDGESNOT SEENTHE BACK FEATHERS APPEAREDFRESH AND CLEANOLD AND WORNTHE FLANKS WERECLEARLY STREAKED OR SPOTTED DARK ON WHITEVERY FAINTLY STREAKEDPLAIN WHITENOT SEENTHE OVERALL SIZE OF THE BIRD, AS COMPARED TO OTHER SHOREBIRDS, WASLARGEMEDIUMSMALLTHE BREAST WASBROADLY STREAKED DARK ON WHITEFINELY STREAKED DARK ON WHITESTREAKED DARK ON BUFFBUFFY WITH LITTLE IF ANY STREAKINGSTREAKED OR DARKER ONLY ON THE SIDES OF THE BREASTWHITENOT SEENTHE BREAST STREAKINGENDED IN A SHARP LINE ON THE BELLYDID NOT END IN A SHARP LINE ON THE BELLYWAS NOT SEENTHE BACK FEATHERSSHOWED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RUFOUSDID NOT SHOW SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RUFOUSWERE NOT SEENTHE CENTER OF THE RUMP WASWHITEDARKNOT SEENTHE RUMP WAS SEENVERY CLEARLYWELLPOORLYLEAST SANDPIPER, BREEDING PLUMAGELEAST SANDPIPER, WINTER PLUMAGELEAST SANDPIPER, JUVENILE PLUMAGEWESTERN SANDPIPER, BREEDING PLUMAGEWESTERN SANDPIPER, WINTER PLUMAGEWESTERN SANDPIPER, JUVENILE PLUMAGESEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, BREEDING PLUMAGESEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, WINTER PLUMAGESEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, JUVENILE PLUMAGEBAIRD'S SANDPIPER, BREEDING PLUMAGEBAIRD'S SANDPIPER, WINTER PLUMAGEBAIRD'S SANDPIPER, JUVENILE PLUMAGEWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, BREEDING PLUMAGEWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, WINTER PLUMAGEWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, JUVENILE PLUMAGEPECTORAL SANDPIPER, BREEDING PLUMAGEPECTORAL SANDPIPER, WINTER PLUMAGEPECTORAL SANDPIPER, JUVENILE PLUMAGETHIS KNOWLEDGE BASE WILL PROVIDE THE MOST LIKELY IDENTIFICATION OF A "PEEP" SANDPIPER (LEAST, WESTERN, SEMIPALMATED, BAIRD'S, WHITE-RUMPED AND PECTORAL) BASED ON INPUT OF A DESCRIPTION OF THE BIRD. THE PROGRAM WILL ALSO SPECIFY THE PLUMAGE THE BIRD WAS IN (BREEDING, WINTER, OR JUVENILE). THE PROGRAM CAN ALSO IDENTIFY BIRDS BASED ON MEASUREMENTS MADE IN THE HAND.THE BIRD WAFMEASURED IN THE HANDOBSERVED IN THE FIELDTHE BIRD WASMEASURED IN THE HANDTHE LENGTH OF THE BIRD'S BILL FROM THE BASE OF THE FEATHERS TO THE TIP OF THE BILL ALONG THE TOP OF THE BILL, MEASURED IN MMTHE SHORT LENGTH OF THE BILL MEASUREMENT SUGGESTS THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A MEASUREMENT ERROR OR THE BIRD MAY NOT BE A PEEP SANDPIPERALL U.S. PEEP SANDPIPERS HAVE BILL LENGTHS OF 15 MM OR MOREGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENSEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS HAVE BILLS OF 22 MM OR LESSGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHE LENGTH OF THE BIRD'S WING, FLATTENED AND STRAIGHTENED, FROM THE BEND OF THE WING TO THE TIP MEASURED IN MMSEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS HAVE WING LENGTHS OF 93 MM OR MOREGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENSEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS HAVE WING LENGTHS OF 104 MM OR LESSGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHIS IS THE PROPER COMBINATION OF WING AND BILL ELNGTHS FOR A SEMIPALMATEDGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHIS IS THE PROPER COMBINATION OF WING AND BILL LENGTHS FOR A SEMIPALMATEDWESTERN SANDPIPERS HAVE BILL LENGTHS OF 21 MM OR MOREGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENWESTERN SANDPIPERS HAVE BILL LENGTHS OF 30 MM OR LESSGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHE LONG LENGTH OF THE BILL MEASUREMENT SUGGESTS THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A MEASUREMENT ERROR OR THE BIRD IS NOT A U.S. PEEP SANDPIPERWESTERN SANDPIPERS HAVE WING LENGTHS OF 94 MM OR MOREGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENWESTERN SANDPIPERS HAVE WING LENGTHS OF 103 MM OR LESSGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHIS IS THE PROPER COMBINATION OF BILL AND WING MEASUREMENTS FOR A WESTERN SANDPIPERGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENLEAST SANDPIPERS HAVE BILL LENGTHS OF 16 MM OR MOREGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENLEAST SANDPIPERS HAVE BILL LENGTHS OF 20 MM OR LESSGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENLEAST SANDPIPERS HAVE WING LENGTHS OF 86 MM OR MOREGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENLEAST SANDPIPERS HAVE WING LENGTHS OF 95 MM OR LESSGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHIS IS THE PROPER COMBINATION OF WING AND BILL MEASUREMENTS FOR A LEAST SANDPIPERGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS HAVE BILL LENGTHS OF 22 MM OR MOREGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS HAVE BILL LENGTHS OF 26 MM OR LESSGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS HAVE WING LENGTHS OF 118 TO 129 MMGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS HAVE WING LENGTHS OF 118 TO 129 MMGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHIS IS THE PROPER COMBINATION OF BILL AND WING LENGTHS FOR THE WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENBAIRD'S SANDPIPERS HAVE BILL LENGTHS OF 21 TO 24 MMGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENBAIRD'S SANDPIPERS HAVE BILL LENGTHS OF 21 TO 24 MMGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENBAIRD'S SANDPIPERS HAVE WING LENGTHS OF 119 TO 135 MMGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENBAIRD'S SANDPIPERS HAVE WING LENGTHS OF 119 TO 135 MMGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHIS IS THE PROPER COMBINATION OF BILL AND WING LENGTH FOR THE BAIRD'S SANDPIPERGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHE BILL ELNGTH OF A PECTORAL SANDPIPER IS 24 TO 30 MMGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHE BILL LENGTH OF A PECTORAL SANDPIPER IS 24 TO 30 MMTHE BILL LENGTH OF A PECTORAL SANDPIPER IS 24 TO 30 MMGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHE WING LENGTH OF A PECTORAL SANDPIPER IS 126 TO 150 MMGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHE WING LENGTH OF A PECTORAL SANDPIPER IS 126 TO 150 MMGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHIS IS THE PROPER COMBINATION OF BILL AND WING LENGTH FOR A PECTORAL SANDPIPERGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHE SHORT LENGTH OF THE WING MEASUREMENT SUGGESTS THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A MEASUREMENT ERROR OR THE BIRD MAY NOT BE A U.S. PEEP SANDPIPERALL U.S. PEEP SANDPIPERS HAVE WING MEASUREMENTS BETWEEN 86 AND 150 MMGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENTHE LONG LENGTH OF THE WING MEASUREMENT SUGGESTS THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A MEASUREMENT ERROR OR THE BIRD MAY NOT BE A U.S. PEEP SANDPIPERALL U.S. PEEP SANDPIPERS HAVE WING MEASUREMENTS BETWEEN 86 AND 150 MMGUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND AGEING OF HOLARCTIC WADERS BY PRATER, MARCHANT AND VUORINENIDENTIFICATION OF "PEEP" SANDPIPERSLEG COLOR CAN BE DECEIVING, HOWEVER WESTERN, SEMIPALMATED, BAIRD'S AND WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS ALL HAVE BLACKISH LEGS.THE LEG COLOR CAN BE DECEIVING, HOWEVER LEAST AND PECTORAL HAVE YELLOWISH LEGS