Winter Record for Long-Billed Dowitchers in Suisun Marshes
Winter Record for Long-billed Dowitchers in Suisun Marshes
On December 18, 1929, Mr. P. A. Wetmore, manager of the Benicia Cannery, brought to me two Long-billed Dowitchers (Limnodromus griseus scolopaceus) which had been shot on that date by a hunter in Mr. Wetmore's party who mistook them for Wilson Snipe. These were taken on the grounds of a gun club located eight miles northeast of Benicia, near Cygnus. He reports that the flock consisted of some twenty birds which were flying overhead in a compact group. Both of the birds secured proved to be females.
On December 26, Mr. Wetmore located a flock of about ten of these birds feeding in the shallow water of a small pond in this same part of the Suisun marshes, and knowing that I was interested in securing the evidence to establish a winter record for this species in this section he secured another specimen. This was found to be a male.
Emerson A. Stoner
Benicia, California, January, 25, 1930
