ML618600983
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Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
Media notes
Semipalmated Sandpiper in center.
Observation details
Peeps with black bill and legs. Bill stout, blunt, short, straight, neither fine-tipped nor decurved. Supercilium and chin white. Body not as front-heavy in appearance as Western Sandpipers nearby. (Thanks Dennis Paulson.) Upperparts plumage of three individuals I saw here today ranged from overall gray to having noticeable red highlights. These Semipalmated Sandpipers weren't pugilistic as I usually find them. Perhaps the strong, gusty wind was enough for them to deal with. Resting between Lesser Sandpipers (LESA). Foraging alone & close to LESA. Captured red squiggly things. Certainly 3, possibly more. More photos available if eBird reviewer needs. Viewed from less than 40 feet to approximately 80 feet. Zeiss Diascope 85mm; Canon 10x42 L Image Stabiliser binoculars. eBird indicates Semipalmated Sandpipers are rare here now. I find it enjoyable and worthwhile trying to look at every bird I see, avoiding just counting peeps and assuming they're all the same. Maybe Semipalmated Sandpipers are most often overlooked here -- not noticed especially as today when outnumbered seven to one by Western Sandpipers and over fifty to one by Least Sandpipers.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS R5
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM +1.4x III
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 560 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/320 sec
- Dimensions
- 711 pixels x 873 pixels
- Original file size
- 488 KB