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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Anonymous on October 26, 2007, 03:49:40 PM

Title: RFI-3 birds and Brandt Geese
Post by: Anonymous on October 26, 2007, 03:49:40 PM

I was at the Cobourg Harbour this morning and there were 2 Brandt Geese in the south west corner of the harbour and these 3 birds that I am having some difficulty with identification. I would appreciate some assistance with these.
Thanks
Art
Unknown birds
1
http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170173.html (http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170173.html)
http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170174.html (http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170174.html)
2
http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170175.html (http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170175.html)
http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170178.html (http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170178.html)
3
http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170179.html (http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170179.html)

Here are a couple of the Brandt Geese.
http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170169.html (http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170169.html)
http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170172.html (http://wyld-art.fotopic.net/p46170172.html)

Title: RFI on three birds
Post by: Leslie Kinrys on October 26, 2007, 05:00:45 PM

Bird one is an American Pipit. Bird two is a Snow Bunting. Both birds are in winter plummage.
I'm not good on shorebirds, so I'll leave that for someone else.

Thanks for sharing your pictures.

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Post by: Anonymous on October 26, 2007, 06:56:27 PM

Thank you very much Leslie, I appreciate your assistance:)

Title: Pectoral Sandpiper
Post by: worth on October 26, 2007, 08:46:57 PM

The shorebird in picture # 3 looks like a Pectoral Sandpiper to me.
Dave

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Post by: Anonymous on October 27, 2007, 08:20:32 AM

Thanks very much for your assistance Dave, it's greatly appreciated:)

Title: sandpiper
Post by: Joe on October 27, 2007, 02:18:20 PM

I could be wrong, but #3 looks like a least to me.  How big was it?

Joe

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Post by: Anonymous on October 27, 2007, 02:40:02 PM

thanks for your reply Joe,,it's hard to come up with a measurement but, it wasnt very big at all.

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Post by: Brian Bailey on October 28, 2007, 11:06:30 PM

#3 looks like a Pectoral to me.  The markings & leg colour look okay for a Least, but the head looks too small in relation to the rest of the body.  That suggests a larger bird:  Pectoral.

BB

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Post by: Anonymous on October 29, 2007, 05:27:17 AM

Thanks Brian, I appreciate your assistance:)
Art