Contributor
Stephen T Bird Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Heron's Head Park
San Francisco, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
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Observation details
Returning asiatic-Alaskan last year, looks like a Purple Sandpiper (very plump large sandpiper, stocky and round with a longer drooping bill that is black and yellow-orange at base), but less orange in exposed parts, and distinctly more spotted on breast than pusa . Darker so of the couesi/tschtschorum ssp, presumed the latter by wintering range (this would be the expected ssp.) Looked like a feathered rock when I walked up and some birders having missed him, but with enough attention eventually peeked out an eye and began moving about thanks to slapping waves.
Technical information
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- 4032 pixels x 3024 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.46 MB