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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: denis on September 27, 2010, 10:46:08 PM

Title: a few shorebirds.
Post by: denis on September 27, 2010, 10:46:08 PM

a bairds sandpiper and short-billed dowitcher from pickering way.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5032108928_5e86c29b58_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5031491173_1a48c1d7d5_b.jpg)

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Post by: thouc on September 27, 2010, 11:20:42 PM

Beautiful pictures.

I think the second bird is a juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher. It seems rufous below and has rufous within the black on the back. Long-billed Dowitcher is more plain-coloured.

/THomas

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Post by: newfoundlander61 on September 28, 2010, 06:30:59 AM

Very nice low profile shots, good looking images.

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Post by: denis on September 28, 2010, 11:15:31 AM

thanks guys.
thomas,i,m just going by what some seasoned birders in attendance,were saying as far as the dowitcher.if it,s a short-billed then that,s a bonus as i,ve got photos of a long-billed from another location,i will post when processed.this one also was ID,s by a couple of birders,with at least 35 years experience.

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Post by: thouc on September 28, 2010, 11:57:10 AM

After some more research I'm sure (unless my Field Guide and Internet sources are wrong) that this picture is of a juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher.

In this thread there's picture of a juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher, which is considerably more drab looking and has much less orange/rufous colouring: http://outdoorontario.net/birds/phpBB/v ... =dowitcher (http://outdoorontario.net/birds/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6194&highlight=dowitcher)

Here's a guide to identifying Dowitchers if anybody is interested: http://www.surfbirds.com/ID%20Articles/ ... chers.html (http://www.surfbirds.com/ID%20Articles/dowitchers1005/dowitchers.html)

/Thomas

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Post by: denis on September 28, 2010, 04:31:08 PM

thanks thomas,for that very informative link.
i agree with your findings,and will correct.thanks a million for sharing your knowledge.

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Post by: JW Mills on September 28, 2010, 07:28:56 PM

Very nice captures Denis, as always!

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Post by: denis on September 28, 2010, 07:43:31 PM

thanks john.