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Monday 29th August 2005, 18:13
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Macswede
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Green Sandpiper or Wood Sandpiper?
Is this bird a Green Sandpiper or a Wood Sandpiper? I was fairly certain that it was a Green Sandpiper but now I'm not so certain.
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Monday 29th August 2005, 18:49
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the birdonist
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it's a wood sandpiper. one of the clues is the strong supercilium extending way behind the eye; heavily spotted back, fine barring on tail versus 3-4 thicker dark bars on green etc.
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lou Last edited by lou salomon : Monday 29th August 2005 at 18:51. |
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Monday 29th August 2005, 19:29
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Macswede
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Thanks! Pretty much what I suspected. Woods are much more common than Greens where I took the picture and Greens tend to be a bit warier. Pity though as it means that I don't have any photos of a Green Sandpiper. Even I can see that the other pictures are of Wood Sandpipers.
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