Black-bellied Plover - Stephen Kacir
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Green Lane Park--Church Rd. Bird Sanctuary
Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
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Map Coordinates: 40.386532, -75.5158192
Age
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Observation details

1 Juvenile. Fine tracings of light plumage edges around the feathers of the wing coverts. Large heavy bill - too large and heavy for golden-plover. Black wingpits obvious when bathing itself and even more so later when it flew in close to where I was scoping the scene. Steely grey in color with no hint of gold plumage. Primaries do not extend much past the tail. Pale cap over supercilium shows little contrast with supercilium. Low contrast between belly and wing coverts. Overall pale in color. Short-legged rather than looking talk as in golden-plovers. Video on Twitter

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