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A few more Californian birds for ID confirmation - all taken at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve near Newport Beach - July 2018:

1) Long-billed Curlew - I think the bill is long for whimbrel, and he's lacking the stripes on his head.

2) Willet - grey legs, grey colour, grey bill.

3) Reddish Egret, I believe.

4) More Willets & short-billed dowitcher (left side)?

5) Sandpipers of some sort - I'm not great at identifying them on the ground...never mind in flight.
 

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AdamfromCanada said:
A few more Californian birds for ID confirmation - all taken at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve near Newport Beach - July 2018:

1) Long-billed Curlew - I think the bill is long for whimbrel, and he's lacking the stripes on his head.

2) Willet - grey legs, grey colour, grey bill.

3) Reddish Egret, I believe.

4) More Willets & short-billed dowitcher (left side)?

5) Sandpipers of some sort - I'm not great at identifying them on the ground...never mind in flight.
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Definitely right on #1-3. I think you're correct on #4, though I'm not sure if the bird on the right is a Greater Yellowlegs. Perhaps they're all Willet.

I am assuming Western Sandpipers for #5.
 
#4 Looks like a Little Blue Heron, not a Reddish Egret. The red is duller.
 

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Chato said:
#4 Looks like a Little Blue Heron, not a Reddish Egret. The red is duller.
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Here's a couple more photos of him.

He was relatively large too. The Little Blues I've seen have all looked a lot daintier.
 

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AdamfromCanada said:
Here's a couple more photos of him.

He was relatively large too. The Little Blues I've seen have all looked a lot daintier.
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Well, I live in New York, and have Never seen a Reddish Egret. They never come up here. I have seen and photographed MANY Little Blues. I checked with Google Images, and a good 30 percent of the photographs are actually Little Blues. Here's a down loaded picture (I.e. Not mine) of a Reddish Egret.
 

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