ML619598526
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- Age
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- Sex
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Observation details
Tentative ID on a weird basic-plumaged peep, but this bird seems spot on for sanderling. This was the first bird I noticed when I scanned the fluddle - its unique color and size stood out from the other peeps. Some low-quality pics. Field notes: overall a very gray and white bird with almost no color. Really big peep - dwarfed nearby least sandpipers, and was at least the size of nearby WRSA if not a little bigger. Longer bill, slight droop? Primary projection was roughly at the tail, the bird seemed fairly long winged. Overall color from a distance was very pale, gray above. Slighly paler supercilium. Fine pale gray thin collar on breast. Some dark patterning on the back. When the bird flew repeatedly, the tail was entirely white except for the central portion. The wings were also very dark and had a broad white stripe extending all the way down to the wing tips. In pictures, the black "shoulder" is noticeable from when the bird was closer. Size alone ruled out most peeps. The tail and rump pattern was completely off for WRSA or Baird's, and the wing pattern was the nail in the coffin for me to eliminate smaller peeps if my estimation of size was incorrect. The bill just doesn't look long or droopy enough for Dunlin, and the bird is way too pale in my opinion. Doug saw the bird running, but most of the time the bird was foraging similar to the other peeps. These features in the field led me to conclude that this was likely a sanderling.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX B500
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 480 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/13.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 7.69 MB