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A Spoon-billed Sanderling, China.
Xuky, for the record, I don't think it's fake. This is either an extremely rare and perplexing record (and therefore important, by birding standards), or an unfortunate coincidence with some other explanation (e.g., something held in the beak). With just one photo and no other useful...- nartreb
- Post #26
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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A Spoon-billed Sanderling, China.
Unfortunately, statistics aren't much help in these cases. The odds of any one sandpiper having this deformity? I have no idea, but clearly very small. The odds that if there exists or recently existed,, anywhere in the world, such a deformity, somebody would photograph it (anytime since the...- nartreb
- Post #21
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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A Spoon-billed Sanderling, China.
Tconzemi is right - the bill's shadow clearly continues well below the point that MacNara has marked X. So there's nothing missing from the shadow. I haven't tried any serious forensics (might have time later), but I don't see any artifacts beyond common lens and JPEG effects. Xuky, I don't...- nartreb
- Post #18
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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A Spoon-billed Sanderling, China.
I don't think a water droplet by itself is sufficient explanation, but there is always the possibility of some object held sideways in the bill. Xuky, were you able to observe this bird well enough to rule that out?- nartreb
- Post #5
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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A Spoon-billed Sanderling, China.
The bird at far left also has a slightly rounded bill-tip (compare bird at far right)- nartreb
- Post #3
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A