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Plover ID

Started by Coastie, Jul 21 2012 07:19 PM

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#1 Coastie

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Posted 21 July 2012 - 07:19 PM

Cape Cod . July 21

Wilsons?

july 21 001 by Coastie32, on Flickr

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#2 Grandpa577

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Posted 21 July 2012 - 07:25 PM

Quoting All About Birds "Single black breast band makes young Killdeer easy to confuse with Wilson's or Semipalmated plovers" Young Killdeer.

(Wilson's Plovers breed on East Coast but furthest north is the southern end of the Delaware Penisula.)

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#3 BarnSwallow

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Posted 21 July 2012 - 07:25 PM

I'm going to say juvenile killdeer, but I'm not sure.

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#4 Coastie

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Posted 21 July 2012 - 07:27 PM

ok..so i went to a spot on base where birding tours are, and sightings reported killdeer. I saw only 1 black stripe so i got confused

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#5 Liam

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Posted 21 July 2012 - 07:27 PM

Wilson's Plover: http://3.bp.blogspot...PloverChick.jpg
Killdeer: http://www.friendsof...ldeer-chick.jpg

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#6 Melissa :)

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Posted 21 July 2012 - 07:30 PM

Agree with Killdeer! Cute picture!

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