ML339025071

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Medium sized Calidris sandpiper with long, dingy yellow legs not as vivid as nearby Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs, extensive barring on stomach and chest showcasing the beauty of full breeding plumage, very vertically oriented posture when not feeding, strong white supercilium with orange cheek, long downcurved bill without the kink of Dunlin. Smaller than adjacent Lesser Yellowlegs, and dwarfed by the Greaters. Not a particularly skittish individual, but the yellowlegs it was associating with were quick to give alarm calls and take to the air, often bumping it in the process. This group moved back and forth from the two largest impoundments in the northern half of the tract, but observed primarily around the largest impoundment that abuts the pine forest along the southern perimeter (with the small islands), by the southeast corner where the trail pulls several ninety degree bends. Personal first-of-spring in Virginia Beach and a fairly rare transient here in this season, depending on habitat availability which fluctuates year to year; photographed.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 6D Mark II

Lens

EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM

ISO

200

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/800 sec

Dimensions

6240 pixels x 3857 pixels

Original file size

7.36 MB