gpike
Well-known member
Hi, I had about 4 of these birds yesterday here on Guam - I believe they are Lesser Sand Plovers but I'd like to double check. Sorry these are not good quality photos - the one time we actually found something new my husband hadn't brought along his good camera!
I don't know if anybody will be able to make anything out from these at all, really, but here they are:
This is the one in breeding plumage. Most of the individuals seemed to have black legs.
Here they are in flight with Ruddy Turnstones. I think the wing stripe looks really narrow and I did not see ANY dark bands on their tails.
I wish I'd known to check for the shape of the beaks when I was observing them. I had excellent views but I didn't know there would be two possibilities so similar and just didn't know to look for the right features.
Thanks for any opinions.
I don't know if anybody will be able to make anything out from these at all, really, but here they are:
This is the one in breeding plumage. Most of the individuals seemed to have black legs.
Here they are in flight with Ruddy Turnstones. I think the wing stripe looks really narrow and I did not see ANY dark bands on their tails.
I wish I'd known to check for the shape of the beaks when I was observing them. I had excellent views but I didn't know there would be two possibilities so similar and just didn't know to look for the right features.
Thanks for any opinions.