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[jlk1987]

possibly a dowitcher?
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yellowlegs?
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blue wing teal?
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spotted sandpiper?
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semi plover?
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not sure on these two...i think they are different though
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sandpiper or yellowlegs?
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sandpiper or yellowlegs different bird
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which pharalopes?
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bad picture but this guy was sitting on a rock near the water then took off and i snapped these on the wrong setting
I think its a peregrine or merlin
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I think this is a least sandpiper, american golden plover, yellowlegs, and killdeer
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am golden plover and least
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[Liam]

1. Leaning Short-billed based on Sibley's description of the back pattern and tertial differences.
2. Lesser Yellowlegs (short bill)
3. Blue-winged Teal on left, Mallard drake in eclipse plumage on right.
4. Spotted Sandpiper indeed
5. Semipalmated Plover confirmed
6. Lesser Yellowlegs
7. Lesser Yellowlegs
8. Lesser Yellowlegs
9. Red-necked (thin bill, streaked back)
10. Cooper's Hawk, I think. Merlins are proportionately smaller among other things.
11. Least Sandpiper, Golden-Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, and a Killdeer. The Golden-Plover may be a Pacific. Sibley's says Pacific has a spotted vent and white on the flanks.
12. Same birds as 11?

ETA:. For some reason, I misread your thread and thought you were in OR. My bad. The Golden-plovers should be American in molt, then.

Edited by Liam, 14 September 2012 - 01:21 AM.

[BarnSwallow]

I thought the hawk looked cooperish, too.

[blackburnian]

would a pacific be rare? agree with Liam on the rest .

[GreatHorn]

would a pacific be rare? agree with Liam on the rest .

In Michigan? Exceedingly. That has to be an American.

[blackburnian]

but americans shouldnt show white underparts

[Liam]

but americans shouldnt show black underparts

In alternate plumage, they have black vents. This would be an individual in molt, hence the spotted vent.

[blackburnian]

really, cant find that in sibleys, not that im doubting you

[jlk1987]

11 and 12 arent the same birds....there were 5 or 6 golden plovers around but this one was darker so just checking. thanks on the rest

[psweet]

I agree, the hawk's a Coop. None of our falcons would show that obvious banding on the primaries, and the longest primary would be the second one back from the tip (p9), with the rest falling quite close to it, forming a much more pointed look.

[jlk1987]

ok thanks, now that i have my guide with me i can see that. Thats what i get for guessing from memory.

[Liam]

really, cant find that in sibleys, not that im doubting you

In Sibley's he has the adult breeding male with a black belly, flank, and vent. Female adult breeding has spotted vent and flanks, but black belly.