Spotted Sandpiper ? (1 Viewer)

fotoemin

Active member

• Apr 14, 2015

• #1

We've been birding in Turkey for a while and today at Kaldirim, a lagoon lake at southern Turkey, Yumurtalik lagoons, Adana we saw this bird. In our opinion it seems to be like a Spotted Sandpiper but as there's only one accepted record in Turkey, it's a mega. So we want to be sure of its ID and hope this photos are enough to identify it.

 

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Red_Shoulder

Well-known member

• Apr 14, 2015

• #2

When it flew, did it have white on top and bottom of the wings? Did it bob up and down, while standing? Don't know if these clues are 100% either way , though.

 

phil baber

Clipped Wing

• Apr 14, 2015

• #3

These pics are interesting. The very yellow legs, and the flight shot (extent of white wing-bar across secondaries), and short tail. But would like to see more photos...

 

Tero

Retired

• Apr 14, 2015

• #4

Disregarding summer/winter plumage, this the most yellow legs I could find for Common s.p. on the net
http://www.manxbirdphotography.co.u...on Sandpiper/slides/commonsandpiper170411.jpg

 

Peter C.

...just zis guy, you know?

• Apr 14, 2015

• #5

Hi Fotoemin:

I can't say much RE: Common Sandpiper, having only ever seen one or two in my life. But Spotted Sandpipers should have spots at this time of year (i.e., will not have a retained "basic" plumage) so I can be fairly confident it isn't one of those.

Peter

 

TLeukering

Well-known member

• Apr 17, 2015

• #6

Though the bird's tail seems a bit short and the legs too yellow for Common Sand, the bird's eye ring is too obvious (and obviously complete) for the bird to be a Spotted Sand. However, the most damning feature in regards an ID as Spotted is that it is in alternate plumage and shows no spots underneath.

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Apr 17, 2015

• #7

TLeukering said:

alternate plumage

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Please avoid using that incomprehensible weirdo Parkes terminology when dealing with anyone outside of the USA - it's totally unfamiliar in most of the world

 

TLeukering

Well-known member

• Apr 17, 2015

• #8

Nutcracker said:

:h?::h?::h?:

Please avoid using that incomprehensible weirdo Parkes terminology when dealing with anyone outside of the USA - it's totally unfamiliar in most of the world

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It's perfectly understandable, one just has to read the paper or Howell's explanation of it.

I can't help it if Europeans (that's simply a generalization) want to call the green-headed plumage of male Mallards "summer plumage" (or "breeding plumage") when

a) it is acquired in fall and worn throughout winter and spring and

b) in the summer (or breeding season, you know, when the females have youngsters) they have brown heads.

Or, that they call the red plumage of (Red) Knot "summer plumage" but call the gray (grey) plumage that they wear in the southern hemisphere summer "winter plumage."