Sandpipers, SF Bay Area, CA, USA; Oct 23 2016 (1 Viewer)

[kolibrik]

Dear everyone, I would be grateful for the help with several birds in the attached photos. Taken in the San Francisco Bay, California USA, October 23 2016.

Photo_1: Most of the birds at the bottom with yellow legs seem to be the Least Sandpipers. The bird in the upper left portion (in yellow oval) looks like a Dunlin to me but I am not sure. Finally, the uppermost bird that is second from the left in the upper left part of the photo is challenging (blue oval); it seems that two birds in the upper right portion of the view are the same species.

Photo2: The birds in red and yellow ovals raise questions. The upper one looks like a Least Sandpiper, too. The larger birds in this photo seem to be Dunlins.

Many thanks in advance!

 

[Nutcracker]

1 Yep, Dunlin for yellow ring; I'd guess Western Sandpiper for blue ring.

2 Yep, Least Sandpipier for red ring; yellow ring I think another Western Sandpiper.

 

[RafaelMatias]

Photo1: Least Sands + Dunlin (yellow oval) + prob Western Sands (blue oval, plus another probable seen from the rear at the center bottom, + another 2? at the far right hand side of the photo)
Photo2: Least sands (including the 1 juv inside the red oval), Dunlins (centre and far right hand side of the photo), Western Sandpipers (yellow oval, another at the top of the photo, and another probable at the right dipping its head)

 

[kolibrik]

thank you all very much! this is very helpful!