Some more shorebirds in CA
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Some more shorebirds in CA

aviator

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Seeing as I can't birdwatch today I'm posting some more. The Cinnamon Teal and White-faced Ibis were firsts for me. Hope you enjoy too!





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Let's see:
American Wigeon
Cinnamon Teal
Green-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret?
White-faced Ibis
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Sanderling
Dunlin
Marbled Godwit
Willet
Not sure about the 4 bottom birds in the first picture
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Nice spotting the Snowy Egret, it looks black-billed and smaller than the Great Egret so I think you are right.

The four at the front in the first picture might be Western Sandpipers with their bills down in the mud.

The one to the right of the Avocet in the second picture looks like a Pied-billed Grebe.
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I'm starting to get jealous at these pictures, might have to plan a trip there ;-) Love the colouring on those Cinnamon Teals

It's a Am Coot in the second image beside the Avocet, you guys are rocking the ID's!
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The coloration seems to fit with Am. Coot. I thought it was too small compared to the Avocet, but it might be the angle making it look smaller.
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Defenitely a coot, forgot to put it down
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Thanks everyone for the information. With the benefit of additional photos I can add that the largest bird in no1 is a long billed curlew of which there were many. The small birds are Western Sandpipers but the flyin is maybe a Dunlin
There is an American coot, and the only reason I took the Snowy Egret picture was because the 3 birds were alone in that pond. There were many Green winged and Cinnamon Teal and even a Blue winged teal in one of the ponds but not close enough to get all three in one pic
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