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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Freddie on May 14, 2019, 08:35:24 AM

Title: Requesting help to ID these 2 Sandpipers
Post by: Freddie on May 14, 2019, 08:35:24 AM

Any help you are able to offer is always appreciated.

(1):
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47848178031_f49d71436b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2fUbqjK)2018-08-18-101 (https://flic.kr/p/2fUbqjK) by Gary Lane (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141958007@N07/), on Flickr

(2):
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47848178121_b2a2bbd21c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2fUbqmi)2018-08-10-103 (https://flic.kr/p/2fUbqmi) by Gary Lane (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141958007@N07/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Requesting help to ID these 2 Sandpipers
Post by: Shortsighted on May 14, 2019, 04:06:11 PM

Shorebirds are difficult to ID.
I'm thinking Lesser Yellowlegs for the first, although a Solitary sandpiper
looks similar and appreciation of body size requires a reference. I cannot
see the legs well enough. YL have bright yellow legs and the solitary has
greenish-yellow legs.

The second shot looks like a Least sandpiper. Buffy legs and curved bill.
Where did you photograph these shorebirds?

Title: Re: Requesting help to ID these 2 Sandpipers
Post by: Freddie on May 14, 2019, 10:03:10 PM

Shortsighted, thanks for the response. They were photographed in a flooded farm field north of Newton Robinson, Simcoe County.

Title: Re: Requesting help to ID these 2 Sandpipers
Post by: Rotarran on May 15, 2019, 09:08:16 PM

1. Looks more like Solitary Sandpiper to me
2. Agree with Least Sandpiper