Chinoteague, VA - 09.01.2014 (1 Viewer)

rec1972 · Sep 5, 2014

I just returned from a trip to Chinoteague/Assateauge and I have few I need your help with:

#1 In the field I thought this was a warbler, but the tail pattern is wrong. Bad photo but best I could get, high in trees. Yellow under belly. could this be a Yellow throated Vireo? or no way to tell.

#2 - Back ground, I am thinking Short-Billed Dowitcher - but I am horrible with shorebirds.

#3 - Pectoral Sandpiper?

#4/5 Long-billed Dowitcher?

Thanks in advance, and if you can help me understand why I am wrong I would appreciate it. Thanks.

howiewu · Sep 5, 2014

#1 seems to be a Northern Parula, #3 indeed looks like a Pectoral Sandpiper, pass on the other shorebirds.

Kratter · Sep 5, 2014

1) Pine Warbler
2) Greater Yellowlegs and Short-billed Dowitcher
3) Pectoral Sandpiper
4) Short-billed Dowitchers
5) Short-billed Dowitchers
you can see internal rufous markings in the tertials of these juvenile dowtichers, making them Short-billed

Andy

DarkFireFalcon · Sep 5, 2014

Kratter said:
1) Pine Warbler
2) Greater Yellowlegs and Short-billed Dowitcher
3) Pectoral Sandpiper
4) Short-billed Dowitchers
5) Short-billed Dowitchers
you can see internal rufous markings in the tertials of these juvenile dowtichers, making them Short-billed

Andy

I agree with these. Note the longer tail and more extensive yellow below than a parula would show.

rec1972 · Sep 6, 2014

Kratter said:
1) Pine Warbler
2) Greater Yellowlegs and Short-billed Dowitcher
3) Pectoral Sandpiper
4) Short-billed Dowitchers
5) Short-billed Dowitchers
you can see internal rufous markings in the tertials of these juvenile dowtichers, making them Short-billed

Andy

Thank you very much.

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