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Wandering Tattler
Breed in Alaska and north Canada...other
times on Pacific islands, Calif. coast to So.
America and as far as Australia.
times on Pacific islands, Calif. coast to So.
America and as far as Australia.
Tringa incana
(L 1" WS 26" Wt 3.9 oz)
Hilo
The “Big” Island
24Feb2014
Nonbreeding
Eye the colour of whiskey
piping thinly
as autumn coldly laps
the stones, the wandering tattler
spreads its wings.
(Geoffrey Lehmann)
Tringa is a thrush-sized waterfowl
mentioned by Aristotle; incana in
Latin means light grey.
mentioned by Aristotle; incana in
Latin means light grey.
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