Is this a Pectoral sandpiper? (1 Viewer)

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NatureLvrCanada

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• Oct 25, 2007

• #1

Photographed this in Ottawa, Ontario - Canada.

http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/87829384

 

jcwings

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• Oct 25, 2007

• #2

Wish I could see the leg color, but this looks like a White-rumped Sandpiper. Don't have much experience living in CA (quite rare) but I think the plumage fits a juvenile bird. When does WR Sand leave Canada? Looking forward to more opinions.

 

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NatureLvrCanada

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• Oct 25, 2007

• #3

jcwings said:

Wish I could see the leg color, but this looks like a White-rumped Sandpiper. Don't have much experience living in CA (quite rare) but I think the plumage fits a juvenile bird. When does WR Sand leave Canada? Looking forward to more opinions.

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Here is one showing the legs (black).
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/87830737

White-rumps pass through now. Infact, many shorebirds have already gone through. Dunlins are one of the last ones to migrate....and maybe White-rumps too.

 

Chris Benesh

So much work, so little time...so let's go birding

• Oct 25, 2007

• #4

Hi All,

I agree that this is a juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper, but I also wanted to say what a :eek!: stunning :eek!: shot of a juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper it is! [edit - make that two stunning shots!!]

Here is a duller individual that has already replaced a few scapulars:
http://www.michael.farina.com/Birds/wrsandpiper359W.jpg
It shares the same overall shape, bill shape and pattern, long wings with very long primary projection.

Chris

 

jcwings

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• Oct 25, 2007

• #5

That rules out Pectoral Sandpiper which has yellowish legs and feet. I'm still going with White-rumped. By the way- fantastic photos!

 

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Gambia14

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• Oct 25, 2007

• #6

Fantastic pics of White-rumped )S&*&^£!)$59

 

JANJ

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• Oct 25, 2007

• #7

...and some very good Owl photos!

JanJ

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Oct 25, 2007

• #8

Amazing White-rump shots!

 

birderbf

Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis

• Oct 26, 2007

• #9

Very unusual to capture such a reddish juvie! Well done!!

 

Dave Hall

Bumbling Bears

• Oct 26, 2007

• #10

Hi Great Photo's I agree with White-rumped Sandpiper

 

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• Oct 26, 2007

• #11

NatureLvrCanada said:

Photographed this in Ottawa, Ontario - Canada.

http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/87829384

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I'd agree with everyone else on this one - the leg colour rues out pec sand. The feature that pointed to white-rumped sand for me was the brown at the base of the lower mandible.

 

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Ghostly Vision

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• Oct 26, 2007

• #12

Without the leg colour, the bill is too short for Pectoral, and the wing tips extend a long way beyond the tip of the tail on White-rumped. Otherwise, plumage is quite similar to Pectoral.

Sean