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Sandpipier, Cyprus (1 Viewer)
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Cristian Mihai
Cristian Mihai
1 Dunlin
3 Broad-billed Sandpiper.
3 Broad-billed Sandpiper.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
1. is a Dunlin (note the remains of the black breast) and 2. and 3. are Curlew Sandpiper (note the solid white rump)
Cristian Mihai
Cristian Mihai
If in 2 and 3 are the same birds, then I agree they are Curlews Sandpipers...
angi-p
Well-known member
If in 2 and 3 are the same birds, then I agree they are Curlews Sandpipers...
That's a good question, Christian.
I can't really say if they were the same birds because my husband was taking the photos.
It's the same beach and there were about 20 Kentish Plovers an two Sandpipers but they flew away when we arrived. Picture #3 was taken a few minutes later and focused on the Kentish Plovers. I just found them on the margin of the photo later and thought these were the same that flew away in the beginning.
Here's another picture showing the same birds as in #2
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chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
Agree with
1. Dunlin
2. Curlew Sandpipers
3. Broad-billed Sandpiper. The bill is too straight and has a tiny, but distinct, kink at the very tip and the rather dark, isolated ear coverts rule out Curlew Sandpiper.
1. Dunlin
2. Curlew Sandpipers
3. Broad-billed Sandpiper. The bill is too straight and has a tiny, but distinct, kink at the very tip and the rather dark, isolated ear coverts rule out Curlew Sandpiper.
But the feathers on back, wingcoverts, mantle and scapulars don't really, IMO, fit with juvenile or winter BBS.....more like juvenile CS to me.
Rotherbirder
Well-known member
To confirm - 1. Dunlin; 2 & 3 Curlew Sandpiper, as has already been stated.
Valéry Schollaert
Respect animals, don't eat or wear their body or s
If needed, I confirm typical juvie Curlew Sandpiper in #3
dan pointon
Can't Stop
3 definitely shows a relatively straight forward Curlew Sand.
