Spotted by local bird expert, John Tschopp, dropping by for a visit last week, for a good feed of Upper Meadows worms, on its way north: the long-billed curlew. The long-billed curlew is the largest nesting or regularly occurring sandpiper in North America, also sometimes called the sicklebird or candelstick bird. Back in 2005, Whistler … Continue reading Seasonal Observations: Long-billed Curlew