found this in an old book: SHARP-TAILED SPARROW. AMMODRAMUS CAUDICUTUS. I am quite certain I have seen these little birds running along the beach above high water mark, but not having my gun, could not positively identify them. Notes on the Birds of Hull, Massachusetts ... By Everett W. Ricker 1896 http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/willets/550158950_sSxRj-Ti.jpg http://clongworth.smugmug.com/gallery/8383932_GcjVh/ 2009-06-05T11:23:28Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Dueling Willets at Hacker St.</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550158950_sSxRj" title="Dueling Willets at Hacker St."><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/willets/550158950_sSxRj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="Dueling Willets at Hacker St." title="Dueling Willets at Hacker St." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/willets/550158950_sSxRj-Th.jpg 2009-05-27 14:53:53 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Willow Flycatcher at Little Bay</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550158993_sBk8J" title="Willow Flycatcher at Little Bay"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/willow/550158993_sBk8J-Th.jpg" width="150" height="115" alt="Willow Flycatcher at Little Bay" title="Willow Flycatcher at Little Bay" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/willow/550158993_sBk8J-Th.jpg 2009-05-30 07:54:24 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Yellow Warbler gives us the high five...er, four</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550159043_LLuun" title="Yellow Warbler gives us the high five...er, four"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/yello3/550159043_LLuun-Th.jpg" width="150" height="132" alt="Yellow Warbler gives us the high five...er, four" title="Yellow Warbler gives us the high five...er, four" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/yello3/550159043_LLuun-Th.jpg 2009-05-30 08:00:15 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Cedar Waxwing at Little Bay</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550158881_UqSLG" title="Cedar Waxwing at Little Bay"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/waxwing/550158881_UqSLG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="134" alt="Cedar Waxwing at Little Bay" title="Cedar Waxwing at Little Bay" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/waxwing/550158881_UqSLG-Th.jpg 2009-05-28 12:53:13 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Spotted Sandpiper at Atlas Tack</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550158713_odo7B" title="Spotted Sandpiper at Atlas Tack"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/spotted/550158713_odo7B-Th.jpg" width="150" height="131" alt="Spotted Sandpiper at Atlas Tack" title="Spotted Sandpiper at Atlas Tack" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/spotted/550158713_odo7B-Th.jpg 2009-05-30 10:41:51 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Dowitchers at Hacker St.</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550158595_Vagyq" title="Dowitchers at Hacker St."><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/dowitchers/550158595_Vagyq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="66" alt="Dowitchers at Hacker St." title="Dowitchers at Hacker St." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/dowitchers/550158595_Vagyq-Th.jpg 2009-05-30 07:12:37 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />One of a pair of male Gadwall at Atlas Tack. They looked surprisingly friendly with each other.</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550158660_vo3th" title="One of a pair of male Gadwall at Atlas Tack. They looked surprisingly friendly with each other."><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/gadwall/550158660_vo3th-Th.jpg" width="150" height="94" alt="One of a pair of male Gadwall at Atlas Tack. They looked surprisingly friendly with each other." title="One of a pair of male Gadwall at Atlas Tack. They looked surprisingly friendly with each other." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/gadwall/550158660_vo3th-Th.jpg 2009-05-30 10:41:19 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Yellow-billed Cuckoo takes off at Wilbur Point</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550158541_8XXD4" title="Yellow-billed Cuckoo takes off at Wilbur Point"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/cuckoo/550158541_8XXD4-Th.jpg" width="146" height="150" alt="Yellow-billed Cuckoo takes off at Wilbur Point" title="Yellow-billed Cuckoo takes off at Wilbur Point" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/cuckoo/550158541_8XXD4-Th.jpg 2009-05-30 10:00:50 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550857856_MqA76" title="Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/sharp/550857856_MqA76-Th.jpg" width="150" height="117" alt="Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow" title="Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/sharp/550857856_MqA76-Th.jpg 2009-05-31 08:06:37 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550857926_yJMAn" title="Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/sharp2/550857926_yJMAn-Th.jpg" width="148" height="150" alt="Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow" title="Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/sharp2/550857926_yJMAn-Th.jpg 2009-05-31 10:15:26 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Note yellow edge to wing feathers at Hacker Street</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550858061_Vz6gV" title="Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Note yellow edge to wing feathers at Hacker Street"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/sharp4/550858061_Vz6gV-Th.jpg" width="116" height="150" alt="Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Note yellow edge to wing feathers at Hacker Street" title="Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Note yellow edge to wing feathers at Hacker Street" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/sharp4/550858061_Vz6gV-Th.jpg 2009-05-31 10:15:31 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550857988_cWEYS" title="Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/sharp3/550857988_cWEYS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="134" alt="Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow" title="Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/sharp3/550857988_cWEYS-Th.jpg 2009-05-31 10:02:51 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a> </p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#555703606_F6ZsY" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/salt-face/555703606_F6ZsY-Th.jpg" width="135" height="150" alt="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/salt-face/555703606_F6ZsY-Th.jpg 2009-05-31 10:15:19 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Just say no to drugs</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550857795_GWRfL" title="Just say no to drugs"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/needle/550857795_GWRfL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Just say no to drugs" title="Just say no to drugs" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/needle/550857795_GWRfL-Th.jpg 2009-05-31 09:17:06 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Least Sandpiper at Hacker Street</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550857742_fuFCr" title="Least Sandpiper at Hacker Street"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/least/550857742_fuFCr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="147" alt="Least Sandpiper at Hacker Street" title="Least Sandpiper at Hacker Street" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/least/550857742_fuFCr-Th.jpg 2009-05-31 09:25:13 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a> </p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550857541_Vzkc8" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/gull-prize/550857541_Vzkc8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/gull-prize/550857541_Vzkc8-Th.jpg 2009-05-31 09:40:32 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />This tern was mobbing the gull. I don't know what the argument was about but it chased the gull around and tried to peck it.</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550857598_57j3r" title="This tern was mobbing the gull. I don't know what the argument was about but it chased the gull around and tried to peck it."><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/gull-tern/550857598_57j3r-Th.jpg" width="150" height="90" alt="This tern was mobbing the gull. I don't know what the argument was about but it chased the gull around and tried to peck it." title="This tern was mobbing the gull. I don't know what the argument was about but it chased the gull around and tried to peck it." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/gull-tern/550857598_57j3r-Th.jpg 2009-05-31 09:27:14 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a> </p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550857645_nd9pu" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/gull1/550857645_nd9pu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/gull1/550857645_nd9pu-Th.jpg 2009-05-31 09:40:21 <p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a> </p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/8383932_GcjVh#550857698_9g9j2" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/gull2/550857698_9g9j2-Th.jpg" width="136" height="150" alt="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T11:24:04Z Carolyn Longworth (clongworth) http://clongworth.smugmug.com http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/May-2009/May-30-31-2009/gull2/550857698_9g9j2-Th.jpg 2009-05-31 09:39:15