ML601452691
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Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
Media notes
Foraging adult. Jet noise in background as location is adjacent tot PDX airport.
Observation details
Awesome find by Andy Frank this morning. Am thankful it was still there in the afternoon into the evening for lots of people to see. A stint that stuck out like a sore thumb due to its orange face and upper breast. When first looking at it on my phone I jumped to the conclusion as did a number of other people that it was a Red-necked. BUT after looking at Andy's photos I began to feel uncomfortable with that ID. Andy sent me a message asking how I told it from Little. A bit more sleuthing and consulting with Iranian-born Dorna Mojab who was very familiar with Little Stint, I changed over to Little. Dorna has photos of LIST from Iran that look just like this bird. DESCRIPTION: The tertials were broadly edged with rufous. None of the photos of August adult RNST showed much if any rufous, unlike this bird which had copious amounts. In general RNST can have narrow rufous edges to one or more tertials particularly in fresh plumage but by August any coloration has largely worn off and they appear to have a thin pale edge to the otherwise dark tertials. The bill looked longer and thinner with a sharper tip. RNST bills are pretty stubby and shaped more like a Semipalmated with the blunt tip. The breast had small thin spots/streaks set atop an orange-washed breast. RNST has a clean orange throat and upper breast with brown spots/streaks that are located at the base or below the orange color on a white background. Structurally it didn't have the short, legged, long attenuated look of an RNST. They have shorter fibulas, the area above the ankle that to most looks like the knee. LISTs have longer exposed fibulas that give them a longer-legged taller appearance. Legs were black. I have seen both LIST and RNST in the US and abroad.
Technical information
- Camera
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 18.75 MB