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This image is showing how a variety of bird species can get along. In this image has been ID many species. Marbled Godwit Willet Dunlin Dowitcher Western Sandpiper
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Some of the species are hard to ID so I had help from Liam.
Spotted on Dec 17, 2012
Submitted on Dec 17, 2012
7 Comments
Those sandpipers always get me. I saw so many sizes in just one place. Yes I have the Godwit and glad I didn't finish the Least. I thought it was it because they are the smallest of the sandpipers and these were tiny and most numerous. As you also see I have a Curlew in my spottings. They recently had the Christmas Bird Count on Sunday and I wish I could have gone but I had other plans. The series of birds I took were all on Sat and I visited 5 different areas and made so many different spottings.
Uncircled on the left: Dunlin
Circled in black: Western Sandpiper (Least have greenish legs)
Circled in yellow: Dowitcher sp., species indistinguishable in basic plumage. In your area, more likely a Long-billed.
Circled in red: if you already had it ID'd as a Godwit, I'll take your word for it.
I already got someone to ID that one. It is a Godwit. It's the Yellow circled one and the one left of the black circled one. The black circled I am sure is a Least.
Or a godwit...hard to tell without the head...
The larger one on top looks like a curlew...
not the red circled one. just the three smaller ones
One is not circled. I believe the smallest is a Least.
need confirmation and ID on the circled ones.