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Illinois Aug 2020 Shorebirds (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter seelyea
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Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Lesser Yellowlegs for #5
Deb Burhinus
Used to be well known! 😎
I think!
#1 Juvenile Least Sandpiper
#2 Semipalmated Sandpiper
#1 Juvenile Least Sandpiper
#2 Semipalmated Sandpiper
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birdmeister
Well-known member
I agree with Nutcracker and Deb, with the addition of Baird's for #3 and likely #4 as well.
tom baxter
Well-known member
Agree with the above
They’re all juveniles except you can’t tell age for #4
They’re all juveniles except you can’t tell age for #4
My immediate thoughts were:
Least sandpiper (yellow legs)
Semipalmated sand (e.g. bill shape)
?perhaps Western sandpiper (bill shape but had colour makes me doubt this unless it's staining)
Shape etc suggests Baird's sandpiper but I think we need a better photo to be sure
Lesser yellow-legs (thin bill etc)
Least sandpiper (yellow legs)
Semipalmated sand (e.g. bill shape)
?perhaps Western sandpiper (bill shape but had colour makes me doubt this unless it's staining)
Shape etc suggests Baird's sandpiper but I think we need a better photo to be sure
Lesser yellow-legs (thin bill etc)
Deb Burhinus
Used to be well known! 😎
Agree on all accounts Tom (and Birdmeister!) - I thought Bairds too for 2-3 (but I thought with an untrained eye, they looked a bit similar to juvenile White-rumped too so wasn’t entirely sure and held back but subsequently decided on the former!)
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Yes 3 is better for strongly coloured Baird's: I was misled by deceptively short winged appearance in photo (think you meant Baird's for 3-4 rather than 2-3: 2 clearly isn't).
So in summary:
Least
Semipalmated
Baird's
Baird's
Lesser yellow-legs
This was my first impression.
Deb Burhinus
Used to be well known! 😎
Obviously since I had already ID’d #2 as a Semi P before you posted
(as had Tom and Birdmeister!)
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