Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Bre_543 on August 23, 2016, 09:44:48 PM

Title: Help please
Post by: Bre_543 on August 23, 2016, 09:44:48 PM

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Title: Re: Help please
Post by: thouc on August 23, 2016, 10:45:58 PM

Least Sandpiper, I think.

/Thomas

Title: Re: Help please
Post by: Bre_543 on August 24, 2016, 09:37:11 PM

Thank-you!! I'm wondering if you could tell me the field marks that indicate what bird it is ( i know its not a great angle). I'm having a hard time sorting all these shorebirds out lol

Title: Re: Help please
Post by: thouc on August 25, 2016, 12:15:35 PM

The Least Sandpiper is the only of the "peeps" (the nickname for small sandpipers) with light-coloured (yellow/green) legs, the other ones have dark legs. You have to watch out for muddy legs looking light-coloured though. Also, they are the smallest, usually darker than Semipalmated Sandpipers (the other common peep) and have a longer, more curved bill than Semipalmated.

/Thomas

Title: Re: Help please
Post by: Bre_543 on August 26, 2016, 11:15:27 AM

Thanks so much, I really appreciate your help