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Niloc

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on: March 07, 2010, 02:30:17 PM
Can anyone tell me what bird this is..taken a the Spit last June, not the greatest pics but it's all I could get at a distance...I thought it was a Sandpiper but the chest colouring threw me off....

http://www.colinmarcano.com/photo4514265.html#photo
http://www.colinmarcano.com/photo4514271.html#photo
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Mark D

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Reply #1 on: March 07, 2010, 03:23:28 PM
It looks to me like a solitary sandpiper.

Mark
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Reply #2 on: March 07, 2010, 03:31:08 PM
Mark good call, I checked all 3 bird books I have and in the Audubon North American Birds Eastern Region there is a picture very similar with colour to match..thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
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Reply #3 on: March 09, 2010, 11:10:48 PM
By the size of the bill, the shape and the colour of the legs I would say this is a Lesser Yellowlegs.

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Bernie
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