Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher - Layton Pace

ML619472766

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus/scolopaceus

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Location

Playa del Rey/Ballona area
Los Angeles, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 33.9634551, -118.4519934
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

In Del Rey Lagoon with Willets, Whimbrels and Marbled Godwits. The bird appears to be largely in basic plumage -- lacks rusty plumage, but perhaps has some darker molted feathers? Marks on the flanks in the last photo look like bars more than spots and the breast looks grayish rather than with spots, so looks to me more like LB, but no vocalization and Alvaro Jaramillo's Dowitcher ID course states that overwintering birds molting from one basic plumage to another tend to be SB, at least in a wintering area, so not likely LB's in late May in CA in this plumage.

Technical information

Model
COOLPIX P900
ISO
320
Focal length
642.6 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/6.5
Shutter speed
1/500 sec
Dimensions
4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
Original file size
5.64 MB