ML616996939
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Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Continuing 2nd state record found by Lucas Brug and Tony Kurz. Seen shortly after arriving, this bird was closely associating with a group of 15-20 Greater Yellowlegs on the southern edge of The Narrows near a channel entrance, approx here: (41.8395965, -124.2066582). This active group of tringas spent several minutes "skimming" the surface of the water while walking quickly along the shallow water. At approx 8:30, the Common Greenshank flew away with some of the GRYEs and was not found again all day (it was found again the next day). The Common Greenshank was structurally similar to the nearby Greater Yellowlegs, but paler overall. The most striking feature of this bird was the dowitcher-reminscent white wedge on its lower back, which lead down into its white tail. While this feature was most visible in flight, the white wedge could occasionally be seen when the bird was preening and walking around. While looking at the bird head-on, there appeared to be a vertical white line down from the bird's throat down to the belly, which was bordered by smudgy darker feathers. From a distance, this throat pattern reminded me (Van) somewhat of the white line down the belly of an Olive-sided Flycatcher.
Technical information
- Camera
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 58.89 MB