ML604599711
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Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
- Tags
- Habitat
Observation details
Continuing megararity and lifer! Seen well at the point about .75 miles east of the beach entrance, with a good dozen+ others, including some non-birders that we showed the bird to. A few notes on identification and behavior: Slightly larger than Semipalmated Plover, with a different shape overall - more hunchbacked, and longer body. Longer, blackish legs. Bill larger than SEPL with a slight bulge at the tip, looking like a mini Wilson's Plover bill. Tail and wings appear slightly longer than SEPL, and the mantle color is a few shades lighter, though not as light as I was expecting, perhaps due to the overcast conditions. I noticed the top of the tail appeared black - not sure if that was from a shadow cast by the wings or not. Peach colored upper breast, and white "front" in front of the eyes, bordered on top by a black line. For much of the time we spent with it, it kept its back towards us, and it blended in well with the SEPL, but was still readily findable with a scope. When it turned to face us, however, the orangeish upper breast stood out, even in its faded current status. Sometimes it would dip its rear end a few times in a row, almost but not quite in the manner of a Spotted Sandpiper - like a Spotted Sandpiper that's less committed to the dance moves. It had been reported this bird was quite flighty and nervous, but it seemed like it had calmed down a bit. A couple that lived nearby and had to pass were able to pass by without it flushing (after we encouraged them to try to hug the dunes).
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Technical information
- Camera
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 109.92 MB