On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM Karen LORENZO <carolinabirds...>
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> Not on either of them, sorry.
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> It is posted to instagram under rare bird
> #rareshorebird
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> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 9:40 AM Robert Lewis <rfermat...> wrote:
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>> Can you post photos to ebird or "What's this Bird" on facebook?
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>> Bob Lewis
>> Durham NC
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>> On Monday, November 24, 2025 at 08:30:28 AM EST, Karen LORENZO" (via
>> carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> wrote:
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>> I'm not an avid birder, I just happened upon this bird while at Fort
>> Fisher.
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>> When I looked up the photos I had taken, research says it is a curlew
>> sandpiper.
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>> * After migrating to the Arctic from as far away as South Africa,
>> male Curlew Sandpipers only stay for about 10 days to breed before heading
>> back south. Females stay longer to incubate eggs and care for chicks, but
>> as soon as the young are independent (at 2–3 weeks of age), females also
>> take off to the south.
>> * With its penchant for flying long distances, Curlew Sandpiper can
>> turn up just about anywhere. This species is a rare but regular visitor to
>> North America, where it has occurred in at least 45 U.S. states and all 10
>> Canadian provinces
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