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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Paul O'Toole on September 07, 2015, 03:05:48 PM

Title: Shorebird ID: Solved Western Sandpiper
Post by: Paul O'Toole on September 07, 2015, 03:05:48 PM

Not sure on this one, there is a Western Sandpiper at Presqu'ile but I am not sure exactly what it looks like.

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Title: Re: Shorebird with good size bill
Post by: worth on September 07, 2015, 03:34:07 PM

Looks very much like the Western Sandpiper we saw yesterday at Presquile. Longer and thicker based bill then on a Semi and small amount of rufous feathering showing on the scapulars.

Title: Re: Shorebird with good size bill
Post by: Paul O'Toole on September 07, 2015, 04:05:05 PM

Thanks for the input, wasn't sure having not seen it before. Tricky for sure in the fall with shorebird plumages. Here is a different bird with a higher white area on the shoulder with a large type bill.

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/700/21223201645_5160250b19_c.jpg)