[EBB Sightings] Sandpipers ?

  Below is the text of an e-mail that I received at work that my be of 
interest to local birders.   Peter


Sandpiper Tracking from Panama to Canada
           Seen any western sandpipers with antennaes sticking out their
backs, perhaps with green or blue breasts? No, not mutant birds or another
avian epidemic on the loose.

           The Kalhiltna Research Group at California State University,
Long Beach is tracking western sandpipers from Panama and Mexico to Canada.
Panama birds have been marked with blue on their breasts and Mexico birds
with green (in addition to the transmitter pack). Please e-mail Prof.
Patricia Baird, patbaird at csulb.edu if you've had any sightings!

           They recently found a Panama bird at Batiquitos Lagoon on April
9. Last year, Mexico birds were found at the Santa Maria river and at Morro
Bay.