ML354105561
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Cool! My first good shorebird at carson. While picking through dowitchers I saw a noticeably smaller, gray, elongated shorebird with them and quickly suspected Stilt Sandpiper. The bird was maybe 2/3rds or 4/5ths the height of a dowitcher but much much less bulky/massive. At one point this bird was next to a Western Sandpiper and stood roughly twice as tall. I could tell the bird was pale grayish overall, as expected of an adult in alternate adult. The bird’s shape was skinny and long, with an attenuated rear and long wings. The bill was mid-length to long and drooped heavily toward the tip. The bird was quite petite/slender overall. The only species of potential confusion would be wilson’s phalarope which would be chunkier, paler, have straight bill, and Lesser Yellowlegs which would similarly have a straight bill, and be notably larger in relation to adjacent dowitchers. The bird was wading in the water during the entire observation and I never got a sense on leg length or color, though I could presume the legs were long since it was wading in water the same depth as the dowitchers. I have some poor but maybe suggestive photos and video
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