ML413616181
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Key ID features here - yellow legs, yellowish base to lower mandible - on a tiny wader (see other shots for size comparison with Red-capped Plover and Red-necked Stint) that has overall patterning similar to Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and in rufous tones (unlike grey Red-necked Stints in other photos), but with clean white under-parts.
Observation details
Scoped at a distance and roosting with head tucked in, took this to be a coloured-up Sharp-tailed Sandpiper from back pattern. Getting closer however, it was very secretive, hiding in stubble/straw, but when moving, clearly as small - or smaller - than the Red-capped Plovers. With neat Sharpie appearance but small size, had to consider remote possibility of Little Stint, but eventually yellow legs came into view to confirm LTS. All RNS present in grey plumage - unlike this bird. While feeding, pecked at substrate at slower rate than RNS - deliberate individual jabs, rather than like a sewing machine. Yellowish base to lower mandible subsequently noted in photos.
Technical information
- Dimensions
- 1402 pixels x 934 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.51 MB