Feb
21, 2018 Updated 8 hrs ago
Last
summer, Bob Friedrichs traveled more than 2,000 miles to see a bird he hadn't
seen since he was a teenager.
It
wasn't there.
His
disappointment turned to delight this month, though, when he discovered the
bird about 30 minutes from his house.
It's
called a purple sandpiper, and if the report and photos Friedrichs submitted
Friday are accepted by the Texas Bird Records Committee, it will be the 27th
purple sandpiper spotted in the Lone Star State and the first since 2012.
This
time of year, purple sandpipers, named for the shade their gray feathers
display in certain light, are supposed to be along the rocky shores of the
Atlantic Coast, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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