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Posted by Dotty Robbins on 10:00:02 07/18/14
In Reply to: Red-necked Stint posted by Dotty Robbins
Vicktor Nilsson has kindly cleared up the mystery of the incorrect time stamp on the Twitter photo.
His note, and my response to him below:
Hi Dotty,
I saw your post on tropical Audubon about the timing of the discovery of the red-necked stint. I can't recreate what you did to get that erroneous time stamp from the photo off twitter, but I checked the time stamps on the original photos I took with my phone that morning to recreate a time line. The time stamps on the original photos are fine. Please pass on this information to those interested.
Between approximately 4:30 and 06:00 we searched for Antillean nighthawks around Key West airport and community college.
At 06:24, we were watching two displaying Antillean nighthawks at the beginning of Boca Chica road. We then made a few brief stops to search for mangrove cuckoos on our way down to the beach.
At 06:56 I have a photo of a Wilson's plover taken when we had just arrived to Boca Chica beach. This was one of the first birds we saw at the beach (and a lifer for me!). Then at 07:38 I have the first, blurry photo of the red-necked stint. This is just minutes after the discovery. We then watched the bird until we had to leave to get breakfast and coffee at - I think - around 9am.
I attach the details taken straight from the first photo I took.
Cheers,
Viktor
Hi Viktor,
Thanks so much for your response. Great to hear from you--you are the hero of the week, for sure!
I appreciate the clarification, and will pass it along.
The confusion was caused by the time stamp at the bottom of your photo on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/loxocera/status/489391589148884993
I'm not sure where that incorrect time came from, but it raised some questions in my mind, since it would have been dark at 5:50am!
Your knowledge that this was a very rare bird here, and your speed at getting the word out are very much appreciated. This was a fantastic find, and well worth the 1077 miles I drove to see it!
I think I can speak for the birding community by saying if you need any bird info while you are here, please let us know.
Thanks,
Dotty Robbins
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