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Help i.d. in n.y. (1 Viewer)
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birdboybowley
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2 looks more like Dunlin with 2 Pecs and a couple of peeps (Baird's?) in front with the yellowlegs
birdmeister
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I'd go with White-rumped Sandpiper for the bird that's just left of the rightmost yellowlegs.
tom baxter
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The shorebird photo is a pretty spectacular group of birds. Here is my take:
From left to right: The left two are pectoral, next in the back is greater yellowlegs, next in the foreground baird's, middle is dunlin background is dowitcher (cant tell which species), next by itself in the middle is a dunlin, next is a white-rumped next to the greater yellowlegs as stated in the above comment, then you have another baird's in the foreground with two dunlin behind it.
From left to right: The left two are pectoral, next in the back is greater yellowlegs, next in the foreground baird's, middle is dunlin background is dowitcher (cant tell which species), next by itself in the middle is a dunlin, next is a white-rumped next to the greater yellowlegs as stated in the above comment, then you have another baird's in the foreground with two dunlin behind it.
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tom baxter
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Starting with the greater yellowlegs on the left, slightly to the right the dowitcher is the one in the middle that you can only see its head and neck and if you look for the legs they are yellow.
foresttwitcher
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If I've got the bird you mean right, Tom, (head, neck & legs only visible) then the bill is much too short for a Dowitcher sp. - it looks like another Pectoral to me.
tom baxter
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Whoops, you're definitely correct. At first I thought the short bill was an effect of the angle, should have thought about it more.
tom baxter
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I shouldn't have stirred the pot that way, they are probably all juvenile White-rumped Sands, although it seems to me to be nearly impossible to tell them apart from juvenile Baird's in this photo.
