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[sgmfla]

Saw these birds in southeast Florida Sat 8/18 in a flooded agricultural field (the birds love it when the farmers flood the fields :-)

Shorebirds still remain a mystery to me for the most part.
Thanks, in advance for your help with ID (and what characteristics point you to that ID so I can continue to learn :-)

Bird #1 Pectoral Sandpiper ???
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Bird #2 Lesser Yellowlegs ??
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Bird #3 (sorry for the blurry photo... )
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Bird #4 Another Pectoral ??
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Bird #5 Lesser Yellowlegs ???
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Bird #6 Another Yellowlegs ??
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Bird #7 Stilt Sandpiper??
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[MWM]

1. Pectoral
2. L Yellowlegs
3. Pectoral
4. not sure
5. & 6. L Yellowlegs
7. L Yellowlegs (on left) , pretty sure Stilt (on right)

[psweet]

#4 is a Pec, and the bird on the right on #7 is definitely a Stilt Sandpiper.

[sgmfla]

Thank you for the IDs.... the Stilt Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper are both NEW for me!!!

[TheBillyPilgrim]

Fantastic photos! I'm jealous of all your great finds

[sgmfla]

Fantastic photos! I'm jealous of all your great finds

Thank you... we are quite lucky to live about an hour drive to the agricultural fields... seems the farm operations flood the fields in late July and August and it wonderful for the birds and birders :-)
At the same field, I also saw a tern that was later identified as a Black Tern... unusual for here, but confirmed by others. 3 lifers in one day, I was very happy!