Shorebirds flying with Mallards, Ontario, Canada (1 Viewer)

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carterdorscht

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• Oct 18, 2017

• #1

Today a flock of about 20 Mallards flee over. I then noticed three much smaller birds with them that were shorebirds rather than ducks. Is that normal? Anyways these shorebirds had black or dark chests and were white below that. Any idea what my options on ID are?

 

RJP

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• Oct 18, 2017

• #2

A good option in the northern parts of North America this time of year are Dunlin. We often see lots of them on Lake Michigan in the later part of October.

 

tconzemi

Tom

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• Oct 18, 2017

• #3

maybe teals, much smaller than Mallard and flying a bit like shorebirds
here Eurasian Teals, Green-winged is same size
here a mixed flock:
http://c8.alamy.com/comp/FABJY9/tea...large-flock-in-flight-over-wetland-FABJY9.jpg

 

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carterdorscht

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• Oct 18, 2017

• #4

tconzemi said:

maybe teals, much smaller than Mallard and flying a bit like shorebirds
here Eurasian Teals, Green-winged is same size
here a mixed flock:
http://c8.alamy.com/comp/FABJY9/tea...large-flock-in-flight-over-wetland-FABJY9.jpg

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They certainly were shorebirds, I've seen many Mallard-Teal flocks before.

 

jmepler

It's just a flesh wound.

• Oct 18, 2017

• #5

Take a look at Pectoral Sandpiper.

 

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carterdorscht

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• Oct 18, 2017

• #6

jmepler said:

Take a look at Pectoral Sandpiper.

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Oh right, yeah that looks likely!