ML29753241

Age and sex

Adult, Unknown sex - X

Observation details

first noted by Blair Fleming who saw it fly to the small field where the gulls preen next to the dog park. We quickly got on the bird and could see that it was a golden plover with a white area extending from the face down the flanks to the undertail coverts - ruling out American GP. It stayed there for ~1 minute before flying across the road to the technip building baseball diamonds. When it flew the white underwing and auxiliaries were very visible making for the EUGP ID. Structurally this bird was bulky, unlike the slender appearance of PAGPs. It had a short tarsus, white undertail coverts, and the primary projection. Only 3 primaries visible beyond the tertials. Great looks, and clearly a different bird than the one @ Biscay Bay last weekend. Cliff Doran photographed a GP yesterday at Daley's cove, likely a EUGP. This is an unusual, and as far as I know, unprecedented late spring influx of EUGPs.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

ISO

500

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/1000 sec

Dimensions

1280 pixels x 960 pixels

Original file size

127.38 KB