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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: ravynne40 on May 19, 2010, 09:03:01 PM

Title: Uknown Sandpiper?
Post by: ravynne40 on May 19, 2010, 09:03:01 PM

need help to id this bird please, its not spotted on the underbelly (so of course i'm confused now LOL)

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/4622569547_9282dd170a_o.jpg)

thanks
Irene

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Post by: Cody on May 19, 2010, 09:09:12 PM

Im not sure.. but it looks like a Solitary Sandpiper.  http://whatbird.wbu.com/img/4/1359/image.aspx (http://whatbird.wbu.com/img/4/1359/image.aspx)

Title: Sandpiper...
Post by: bernie2112 on May 19, 2010, 09:09:53 PM

Greetings!

Lovely shot - looks like a Least Sandpiper to me (yellow legs).

Cheers,

Bernie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniemonette (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniemonette)

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Post by: Brian Bailey on May 19, 2010, 09:41:13 PM

I'd agree with Least.  I suspect it's just the pose that makes it look long-necked.

BB

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Post by: ravynne40 on May 19, 2010, 09:50:23 PM

Thanks! his neck was outstretched he was getting food from the water but he wasn't as rich brown as Clemen's Least Sandpiper
I didn't realize there were so many different types!
so thanks again :)

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Post by: Brian Bailey on May 19, 2010, 10:12:36 PM

There's some variation in colour, but it also depends on the light.  In midday sun with a blue sky, they'll look a bit greyer.  Least and Semipalmated are both pretty common here in migration and they look very similar.  The Least has a slightly down-turned bill and yellowish legs.

BB