ML62972521

Age and sex

Adult, Unknown sex - X

Observation details

Spotted within 5 minutes of arriving after searching for one for over a decade! Spotted a hundred or more meters off foraging by itself in the side channel paralleling the road in the southeast corner. I told myself it must be a Sanderling since it couldn't really be a stint, but it did appear small. It then flew a short distance with few other peeps of around the same size making us realize that it really was a stint! Ran down for closer views and confirmed it as a Red-necked Stint rather than Little Stint based on the fully reddish throat (in addition to the face), small dark spotting across the lower breast below the reddish area, and the dull edging to the wing coverts and tertials. Then proceeding to watch it the next 45 minutes before being able to start searching through the many hundreds of other peeps which we did the next few hours. Other birders arrived within an hour or so and by the time we left about four hours later around a dozen birders had also enjoyed views of the stint. Usually in vicinity of other peeps but generally off to itself a bit, one time stayed crouched down when nearly all the other peeps flushed. It was surprisingly easy to pick out of a flock of a couple hundred flying peeps by spotting the bright orange face. Short bill with finer tip than typical Semipalmated Sandpiper. Tertials frequently blown back and flopped over by the wind. Scapulars dark-centered with brownish or reddish edging. Belly and flanks gleaming white without spotting or other markings. This is the 2nd record for Crockett Lake and 8th/9th for Washington.

Technical information

Model

NIKON D500

ISO

400

Focal length

420 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/2000 sec

Dimensions

2928 pixels x 1464 pixels

Original file size

3.28 MB