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Unknown flyover calidris from inland Virginia
Thank you all for the input I am being swayed. Pretty cool that they do this, it makes them look like an entirely different bird. +1 on the redshank comparison too. Thanks all.- tom baxter
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Unknown flyover calidris from inland Virginia
The other birds are lesser yellowlegs. I think the mystery bird looks structurally different aside from the legs but it is an interesting thought. I will surely keep it as a possibility as I circulate the image. Just fyi I have had a field guide author look at it and yellowlegs was not...- tom baxter
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Unknown flyover calidris from inland Virginia
Appreciate the input. Personally I find that very hard to believe, but I don’t have a clue what it could be so if you are experienced and seeing this as a yellowlegs then I suppose it is possible. My problems with yellowlegs are the tail, it should be much more noticeably white, the throat...- tom baxter
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Unknown flyover calidris from inland Virginia
cropped- tom baxter
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Unknown flyover calidris from inland Virginia
Vagrant? Unknown flyover calidris from inland Virginia This bird was seen last year on May 8. At the time I think I probably wrote it off a a Pectoral Sandpiper, but now looking back through pictures a number of things don't add up. I can not seem to find a match with any NA shorebird. I...- tom baxter
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