A shank of sorts (1 Viewer)

lostinjapan · Mar 26, 2007

This bird has been bugging me for quite a while.

I found it last autumn at Minami-Iwakuni in Japan and it just semed too brown for an immature Greenshank.but what do people think.

Sorry the images are not that good

gerdwichers8 · Mar 26, 2007

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

J Jones · Mar 26, 2007

That is a juvenile Greenshank. Certainly not a Wood Sandpiper.

gerdwichers8 · Mar 26, 2007

Josh may well be right, especially the second pix shows a 'snouty' face, typical of the species, brought forward by J.
Brown juveniles are not an exception.

http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=28687

I am not fully convinced on either species though.

lostinjapan · Mar 27, 2007

Thanks

gerdwichers8 said:
Josh may well be right, especially the second pix shows a 'snouty' face, typical of the species, brought forward by J.
Brown juveniles are not an exception.

http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=28687

I am not fully convinced on either species though.

Hey Josh and Gerd

Thanks for the replies. I can reassure this is not a Wood Sandpiper. I have seen a ton of them at this site..movements of up to 50 are not uncommon at peak times of Wood Sandpiper.

I guess I really just wanted confirmation that this was a Greenshank.

I had never seen an juvenile/1st winter quite such a brown mantle and with such bright yellowish legs. I guess i just wanted to elimiate Greater Yellowlegs. From whay I have read and a few other birds I have seen sometimes greenshank have very green legs. It is also 20 years since I saw my one and only Greater Yellowlegs at Minsmere and that was an adult anyway. Having read through the literature I didn' think this could be either of the Yellowlegs or indeed Nordmann's Greenshank..the former as they would be more spotted and less streaked above and the latter bcuse of the tail pattern, length of bill and legs.

Nice pic that Gerd..which leaves me in no doubt it is a 1st year Greenshank.

Thanks

Sean
Hiroshima

jogresh · Mar 27, 2007

Hi Sean, juv Greenshanks are brown, but how big was it? Coz it looks like a Marsh Sand to me. Esp if you say it has bright yellow legs. Very fine bill too. And the face pattern fits. You can also see the white stripe coming up the back.
Cheers,
Mike.

JRE · Mar 27, 2007

I don't think it's a Greenshank.
http://www.aviceda.org/abid/images/data/1106193608.jpg

Conorbirda2 · Mar 27, 2007

first year Greenshank for me, too.

lostinjapan · Mar 28, 2007

Thanks

Conorbirda2 said:
first year Greenshank for me, too.

Hey Mike, Jyothi and Conorbirda

Thanks for your replies. First Mike, no deffo not a Marsh Sandpiper, though the white strip on the back and bright yellow legs did throw me for a bit. This was a big bird, Greenshank size and the bill (not easy to see in the pic) was quite stout.

As I said before I know juvvy and first wiinter Geenshank are brown, but I have never seen one this brown before.

Jyothi I think the photo you attached is actually a Marsh Sandpiper. See the following pics of Marsh Sandpiper that I have taken at the sam site.

Cheers

Sean

JRE · Mar 28, 2007

lostinjapan said:
Jyothi I think the photo you attached is actually a Marsh Sandpiper.

I know, I just didn't label it, I though it said so on the picture.

lostinjapan · Mar 29, 2007

Jyothi Ray said:
I know, I just didn't label it, I though it said so on the picture.

Sorry Jyothi

I just wasn't clear thre whether you were suggesting it was a marsh Sand like Mike or had mislabelled the pic.

Cheers

Sean

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