Help with a sandpiper from Florida (1 Viewer)

Deb335077

Well-known member

• Dec 13, 2009

• #1

Iam after help with this sandpiper taken in Naples, Florida, I have been told it is a black bellied sandpiper but I can not find it in my birds of florida books. Can anyone confirm whether this is correct or if it is something else
Thanks
Debbie

 

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james holdsworth

Consulting Biologist

• Dec 14, 2009

• #2

They were close, it's a basic [winter] Black-bellied PLOVER.

 

J

Jim M.

Member since 2007

Supporter

• Dec 14, 2009

• #3

Agree. AKA Grey Plover.

Best,
Jim

 

AlexC

Aves en Los Ángeles

Opus Editor

• Dec 14, 2009

• #4

Black-bellied / Grey Plover it is.

 

Deb335077

Well-known member

• Dec 14, 2009

• #5

Thanks for that... no surprise I could'nt find it in my book

 

T

Tom Lawson

Well-known member

• Dec 14, 2009

• #6

Nice photo of a winter Black-bellied Plover. If I was you I would buy a decent field guide! Tom.

 

DDolan1075

Well-known member

• Dec 14, 2009

• #7

Hey Tom, it wouldn't matter how good your book was if you were looking in the SandPIPERS section instead of the PLOVERS section, even though they are close. I find it interesting that you have been a member for 3 years and yet your post number is 1. How did you do that?

 

T

Tom Lawson

Well-known member

• Dec 15, 2009

• #8

I don't look at the Forum very often hence yesterday was my first post. Just very saddened that somebody could take such a good shot of a common bird but didn't know what they were photographing!

 

J

Jim M.

Member since 2007

Supporter

• Dec 15, 2009

• #9

Tom Lawson said:

I don't look at the Forum very often hence yesterday was my first post. Just very saddened that somebody could take such a good shot of a common bird but didn't know what they were photographing!

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Hi Tom,

We welcome all comers in the ID forum. They are a diverse lot from expert birders to novices to people who love nature and photography but know little of the intricacies of bird ID. I don't really see anything sad about someone not knowing the ID of even a common bird. I think the important thing is that they care what the ID is.

Best,
Jim

 

rjackb

Well-known member

• Dec 16, 2009

• #10

J. Moore said:

... We welcome all comers in the ID forum. They are a diverse lot from expert birders to novices to people who love nature and photography but know little of the intricacies of bird ID... I think the important thing is that they care what the ID is.

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Good point. My primary interest is photography, not birding, but I always like to be able to identify what it is I am photographing hence my occasional presence on this forum. Identification for me includes not only birds, for which this forum is the best place for an answer, but also plants, buildings, people, and other subjects. Although I have developed a mild interest in birding over time, my interest in photography remains much greater.

Oddly enough, one of the last birds for which I sought an ID on this forum also turned out to be a Black-bellied Plover.

Jack

 

Last edited: Dec 16, 2009