Shore birds in NJ (1 Viewer)

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xyz99

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• May 2, 2009

• #1

Hope you can help with the Yellowlegs (common? lesser? not the same bird) and an ID for the little guy.

Thanks

 

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Natalie

Learning Birder

• May 2, 2009

• #2

Both of your Tringa are Greater Yellowlegs, but I'm not sure about the little guy.

 

Jan-Paul Charteris

Sussex birder and budding moth enthusiast

• May 2, 2009

• #3

Think the dinky one is a Least Sand, the others are Greater Yellowlegs as Natalie says nice unambiguous ones too

Jan

 

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xyz99

Well-known member

• May 2, 2009

• #4

Pagan Birder said:

Think the dinky one is a Least Sand, the others are Greater Yellowlegs as Natalie says nice unambiguous ones too

Jan

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Hope I'm not asking too much - please educate me: why is this one "unambiguous"? How can you tell?

Thanks

 

Jan-Paul Charteris

Sussex birder and budding moth enthusiast

• May 2, 2009

• #5

xyz99 said:

Hope I'm not asking too much - please educate me: why is this one "unambiguous"? How can you tell?

Thanks

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Just meant the Greater Yellowlegs are unambiguous on account of the stonking great bills, not smaller billed individuals inviting pages of debate with Lesserlegs for once. I'm not sure about the other. Never seen a Least Sand lol. Think that's what it is though

Jan

 

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xyz99

Well-known member

• May 2, 2009

• #6

Jan, thanks a lot. Birds are wonderful things, but not that easy. I'm learning

 

Jan-Paul Charteris

Sussex birder and budding moth enthusiast

• May 2, 2009

• #7

That's cool xyz99, I've been birding for 20 years and I still love the ID posts to learn from Not many things in life that you hit a point where you can't learn any more!

Jan