Outdoor Ontario
Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: argo12 on November 07, 2019, 09:26:07 PM
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Looking to identify this shorebird.
Shot in lower BC in mid October, this year.
The "lined" head makes me think Spotted Sandpiper - juvenile.
Appreciate your help.
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In my best Schwartzeneggar accent: "It's nut a Tawtla"
Ich glaube die sind gelbe beine (Flussuferlaufer)
Yellowlegs.
At first I thought that those legs were quite yellow but I viewed it
on a different monitor. On this screen the legs look more green-yellow
like I might see on a Solitary sandpiper, which these are not, Stilt SP
have buffy legs but they do not migrate along the west coast. They
do look like juvenile LYL but the bills are impressively long, much as
might be seen on a GYL, yet these long bills are not slightly upturned
as one would expect. Nonetheless, die sind wunderbar.
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They look like Dowitchers to me no?
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Ah, Dowitchers are a good bet. Never thought of that, which is not surprising considering
I've never been lucky enough to see a Dowitcher (either SB or LB) within the GTA. It's
funny how species one has never seen tend not to come to mind because their characteristics
are not burned into memory as happens when you finally get a chance to observe them, or
better yet, photograph them.
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both species can migrate along the west coast in the fall. I am thinking SB based on the heavy barring on the flanks, though the out of focus one in the back does appear to have a much longer bill than the rest, so it could be both