Very interesting Matt! 
Maybe it dressed up as a Spotted Sandpiper for Halloween! 

I googled "leucistic dunlin" and all the images had orange legs and bill...
Mark

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  On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 8:46 PM, Matthew Valenic<[log in to unmask]> wrote:   I welcome opinions regarding a very light Dunlin seen this afternoon (4-5pm)
at LaDue Reservoir (Geauga County).  It had an orange bill and legs/feet and
plumage that suggested Leucistic, but why the orange legs and bill?  See
pics on my eBird checklist at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40255300.





Matt Valencic





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