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Started by Melissa :), Apr 28 2012 08:11 PM

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#1 Melissa :)

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 08:11 PM

Last batch of shorebird photos. I think there might be a dowitcher in there.... Thanks in advance!!

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6) there's one bird here with a much longer bill than the others....
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 09:02 PM

I will take a shot, but I am not the expert here for sure...

1. Lesser Yellowlegs/Dunlin
2. Greater Yellowlegs
3. Willet
4. Black-necked Stilts/Lesser Yellowlegs
5. Willet
6. Semiplamated Plovers/Dunlin

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 09:59 PM

Thanks dakid!!! :)
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 12:15 AM

I will take a shot, but I am not the expert here for sure...

1. Lesser Yellowlegs/Dunlin
2. Greater Yellowlegs
3. Willet
4. Black-necked Stilts/Lesser Yellowlegs
5. Willet
6. Semiplamated Plovers/Dunlin


I agree with this but 3 looks like a yellowlegs to me. Still working on what species. . .
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 01:02 AM

"I agree with this but 3 looks like a yellowlegs to me. Still working on what species. . ."

If it was ever called a Willett, it's gotta be a Greater! ;)

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 01:03 AM

I'm seeing 3 as a Willet, based on head shape and bill thickness and the streak pattern on the breast, but I don't really have any really field marks to go on there, just general vibes. :/

Edit: Actually, don't listen to me. The more I look at it the more I get confused.
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#7 Grandpa577

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 01:05 AM

Eye ring on #3 is characteristic of a Yellowlegs not a Willet. Agree with Greater.

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 01:12 AM

I agree with Greater Yellowlegs for 3, but I can see how one could mistake it for a Willet, with it being underexposed and all.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 01:15 AM

If it was ever called a Willett, it's gotta be a Greater!


Did they make it two species? I thought it was just Willet? I'm confused. . . :wacko:
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 01:24 AM

Did they make it two species? I thought it was just Willet? I'm confused. . . :wacko:


I think he was implying that he agreed with Greater Yellowlegs, because dakid had called it a Willet.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 01:28 AM

I still don't quite get it. . .
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 12:21 PM

I read it as, if it was able to be confused for a willet, then it's so large and robust it has to be a Greater rather than Lesser, which is dissimilar to a Willet in proportions.

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 06:11 PM

Exactly, PoorMatty. Sorry that wasn't clearer in the first place.
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