fort de soto florida -- bird id

[mc]

hi, having trouble with shorebird identification.....this picture was taken october 19, 2015 at fort de soto florida...i think this is a wilson's plover...please help

Plover Id request Fort De Soto Florida 20151019 by mc birding, on Flickr

[Reuven_M]

Semipalmated - the bill is too short for Wilson's

[mc]

thanks so much reuven.....kris also thought it was a Semipalmated plover -- but why no orange on legs and bill....all my guides did not point this out to me....

[thouc]

Juveniles have dark legs and bill and lack eye-ring.

[mc]

thanks thouc.......the dark legs misled me...hehehe LOTS mislead me about shorebirds!!