Trail Camera ID (1 Viewer)

MontanaOspreyCam

Registered Member

• May 16, 2010

• #1

The picture below was taken by a trail camera in Condon, Montana the other day. Any help at all narrowing it down to possible species is greatly appreciated.

It is on a small pond (the camera is set up to take pictures of turtles).

I apologize for how blurry the picture is, but I didn't have control of the camera.

Thanks in advance!

 

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KenM

Well-known member

• May 16, 2010

• #2

It's a wader!...A very odd Killdeer?

 

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Morg

Well-known member

• May 16, 2010

• #3

spotted sandpiper - a little over-exposed to see the spots

 

MontanaOspreyCam

Registered Member

• May 16, 2010

• #4

I was leaning toward Mountain Plover???

I thought this was a Spotted Sandpiper....(taken on a different day with the same trail camera)

 

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KenM

Well-known member

• May 16, 2010

• #5

Your right on that last image, but as pointed out by Morg, the over exposure 'clouded' the original suggestion for ID.

 

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Kev Roy

• May 16, 2010

• #6

Build looks good for plover sp. Killdeer with breast bands hidden by angle & exposure?

 

Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

Supporter

• May 16, 2010

• #7

Funny looking bird. Assuming the bill really is pale then that favours Spotted Sandpiper. The pale supercillium is a bit weird but could perhaps be explained by over-exposure. I find it a bit easier to make it into Spotted Sandpiper than anything else, but it does look strange.

 

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Morg

Well-known member

• May 16, 2010

• #8

It is a spot sand all right, just in direct sun so its features are burnt out and it is facing away from the camera a little which shortens the apparent length of the bill and condenses the markings on the neck to make it look as though it has a breast band.

The other picture shows it more clearly

What's the turtle?

 

njlarsen

Gallery Moderator

Opus Editor

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• May 17, 2010

• #9

Morg said:

It is a spot sand all right, just in direct sun so its features are burnt out and it is facing away from the camera a little which shortens the apparent length of the bill and condenses the markings on the neck to make it look as though it has a breast band.

The other picture shows it more clearly

What's the turtle?

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The second picture as the op stated was on a different day ....

Niels

 

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Parula6

Well-known member

• May 17, 2010

• #10

The turtle is a Western Painted Turtle.

 

MontanaOspreyCam

Registered Member

• May 17, 2010

• #11

yes, the turtle is a western painted turtle

The pictures are from two different days, so they are most likely different birds (although could be the same specie).....sorry if I made that confusing by posting the second picture.

It sounds like the consensus is that it is a spotted sandpiper....thanks for the help! Please feel free to weigh in your answer if you think it is something else.