Juvenile Baird's sandpiper? Cape Race, NL, Canada, 09-23-2018 (1 Viewer)

[Lancy Cheng]

ID confirmation, please. It's a long winged sandpiper, so, either Baird's or White-rumped. I seem to see dark rump from the blurry preening photos.
Thanks!

 

[Lancy Cheng]

ID confirmation, please. It's a long winged sandpiper, so, either Baird's or White-rumped. I seem to see dark rump from the blurry preening photos.
Thanks!

These photos could be the same bird but I'm not 100% sure...

 

[D Halas]

White-rumped. It's not buffy enough for Baird's, and in the second set of photos, the reddish base to the lower mandible is diagnostic.

 

[Lancy Cheng]

White-rumped. It's not buffy enough for Baird's, and in the second set of photos, the reddish base to the lower mandible is diagnostic.

Thanks! I'm not sure if that's the same bird in the second set of photos.
The second photo of the first set seems showing dark rump, which bothered me.

 

[TLeukering]

Thanks! I'm not sure if that's the same bird in the second set of photos.
The second photo of the first set seems showing dark rump, which bothered me.

The rump cannot be seen in those photos. In fact, it cannot be seem in any of the photos. Besides, technically, White-rumped Sandpiper does not have a white rump -- it has white upper-tail coverts.

 

[apcdave]

first set shows a Bairds...second set shows a White rumped

 

[Lancy Cheng]

The rump cannot be seen in those photos. In fact, it cannot be seem in any of the photos. Besides, technically, White-rumped Sandpiper does not have a white rump -- it has white upper-tail coverts.

Thanks for clarification! What do you think these dark feathers are?

 

[Lancy Cheng]

first set shows a Bairds...second set shows a White rumped

I saw the bird in the first set from a distance. I took some photos then got a bit closer. I was trying to refind the bird but only got the bird in the second set...