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shorebird i.d. help in new york (1 Viewer)

glide133

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hello,i'm uncertain as to the identification of these poor photo's of some migrating shorebird's.these were taken today in an empty resevior in the Bronx.thanks for your time looking at them.
 

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I'm by no means an expert of Nearctic waders, but my take would be the Calidris on 1, 3 and 4 are (almost) all Least Sandpipers. The leftmost bird on 1 seems slightly bigger with a somewhat thicker bill. I think it should be a Semi-palmated. 4 is just a crop from 1, right?

Agree with (probably Greater) Yellowlegs for 2
 
A pity somebody with plenty of Nearctic experience doesn’t pipe up and put us mere mortals out of our misery;) there must be some out there.....

Laurie -
 
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