ML384772861

Age and sex

Adult, Unknown sex - 2

Behaviors

Flying

Observation details

3 Dowitchers - I think at least two birdswere been Long-billed (based on bright white underwing patters and at least one bird had narrow loral angle in photos, but one of three might have had steeper loral angle in phots (like Short-billed). Flight shots show very white arm-pits (a good field mark for Long-billed), but this could also be an artifact of lighting, over-exposed under wing coverts. Not 100% sure! Both species recently reported from Chincoteague. I usually assume all Dowitchers I see in the east are Short-billed. Alvaro Jaramillo wrote to me the following about thee birds: "The dowitchers look like Long-billed. One or two are actually super long-billed, and that is a really great feature. Also the bill is thin at the base, and straight. Short-bills have a thicker bill base and droop on the final ¼ of the bill. If these were in fresh water, even more useful once winter arrives. After migration ends, they do stick pretty well to habitat (fresh vs salt water). As well a couple of your birds retain juv feathers, and they are dull and not all that different from the new set, that is a Long-billed feature. " i believe this pool was freash water as well.

Additional species

• Dunlin Calidris alpina

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary 015

ISO

400

Focal length

500 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.3

Shutter speed

1/2000 sec

Dimensions

3533 pixels x 1791 pixels

Original file size

1.07 MB