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Calidris fuscicollis
Small to medium-sized sandpiper. Short neck. Moderately long straight bill. Moderately long legs. Long wings extend past end of tail on resting bird. Large white patch at base of tail. Underparts white, with fine dark streaks on pale gray breast. Black chevron marks on flanks in breeding plumage. Back mostly gray in nonbreeding plumage, mixed gray and warm brown in breeding plumage.
Feeding at the edge of lake Lewisville
Spotted on Sep 11, 2013
Submitted on Sep 29, 2013
3 Comments
Hi Jemma; immature killdeer still have the start of that dark double ring on their neck. These little sandpipers are common on the lake behind me. I recognize them by flight and sound - helps, but sometimes during migration others sneak in and confuse me. :)
Hi gators,could you check out if there are sand pipers in these pics?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/408...
Thank you in advance :)
doesn't a kildeer chick look similar?