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Common Sandpiper?? (1 Viewer)

I take it you mean this bird Darren.

I don't think its Temminck - it looks too long legged. Bloody funny for a Common sand too though.. what happened to the breast spur and where did the Wryneck stlye uppers come from... and where did the super go etc....
 

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Guess it has to be an adult... the pec band is high so it must be the angle that has elimnated the spur and the grey must be a phographic effect!
 
Jane Turner said:
Guess it has to be an adult... the pec band is high so it must be the angle that has elimnated the spur and the grey must be a phographic effect!


Guess you must be right. It just didn't (and still doesn't) strike me as a Common Sand. The back colour, patterning and lack of spur threw me.

Darrell
 
Hello.
This is an odd looking bird but it isn't a Temminck's. Temminck's Stint this time of year would show a more "clear cut" breast patch, and the typical black centered rufous tinged pattern on the upperparts, especially on the scapulars and mantle.
The legs are a bit too short for Temminck's Stint and the prominent eye ring also leans more towards Common Sand.
Best.
 
The picture on the website is annotated with 'one of seven present' or something along those lines. I guess that strongly suggests it's just an odd looking common sand rather than a Temminck's.
James
 
Adult summer Common Sand for me - maybe in moult since there seems to be a vestigial breast-spur. The barring on the upperparts is entirely typical and certainly doesn't show Temminck's characteristic patchy mixture of dark and light feathers. The super is definitely there, though is very subdued compared to the orbital ring.
 
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Part of the problem is the quality of the picture - there seems to be some sort of obstruction in the foreground that has blurred to white, and it disguises the area between wing and breast. I agree with the comment about Wryneck plumage, but yes, it's a Common Sand by my calculations.
 
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