Whimbrel - Wyatt Egelhoff
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Location

Amistad NRA--Spur 406 area (HOTW 010)
Val Verde, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 29.5522277, -101.0230652
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Really cool surprise! Large wader, smaller than expected for Long-billed Curlew. Brownish overall, darker above than below, lacking the cinnamon or buffy tones expected for Long-billed Curlew. Bill shorter than a Curlew and mostly straight for 2/3 it's length before drooping sharply at the tip (rather than the gradual droop more typical of Long-billed Curlew). Dark crown with contrasting pale supercilium (as opposed to the more buffy concolor face of a Long-billed Curlew). Somewhat squat, dark legs. Timing somewhat more consistent with Whimbrel (which tend to be later migrants). Long-billed Curlew should largely still be breeding further north in the Great Plains. Potentially a first Val Verde County record. I have some distant digiscope photos.

Technical information

Model
motorola edge 5G UW (2021)
ISO
181
Focal length
5.9 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/1.9
Shutter speed
8333333/1000000000 sec
Dimensions
713 pixels x 582 pixels
Original file size
80.79 KB